InstallShield 2024 R1 Now Available:

We are thrilled to announce the release of InstallShield 2024 R1! This release brings a host of exciting new features that will streamline your application installation processes and empower you to deliver exceptional user experiences.

Let’s dive into the highlights of this release!

New Features

Support for .NET Core Custom Actions

InstallShield 2024 R1 introduces support for .NET Core custom actions in the Custom Actions and Sequences view. This allows you to add .NET Core-based assembly files to your projects. The .NET Core custom action type calls a public method in a .NET assembly written in managed code such as Visual Basic .NET or C#. This feature is available for Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI, and Suite/Advanced UI project types.

Enhanced Database Import Wizard for SQL Scripts

The Database Import Wizard in the SQL Scripts view has been improved in InstallShield 2024 R1. It now includes SQL Server Management Objects (SMO), enabling you to import database settings and generate SQL script files more accurately and efficiently. This enhancement also helps resolve legacy script issues reported by customers.

Enhancements

Ability to Prevent Multiple Executions of Setup.exe

PROJECT: This information applies to the following project types:

• Basic MSI
• InstallScript MSI

InstallShield 2024 R1 introduces a new setting called Prevent Multiple Launches on the Setup.exe tab for a release in the Releases view. This setting allows you to specify whether you want to prevent multiple executions of the setup.exe file at the same time. The options are:

• Yes—Prevents multiple executions of the setup.exe file at the same time.
• No—Allows multiple executions of the setup.exe file at the same time.

By default, this setting is set to No. For more information, see the Setup.exe Tab for a Release in the InstallShield Help Library.

NOTE: This change was tracked in ISDEV-42964.

Run a Suite Installation Silently Without Downloading Updates

PROJECT: This information applies to the Suite/Advanced UI projects.

In InstallShield 2024 R1, a new command-line parameter named /skipupdate allows you to run a Suite/Advanced UI silent installation without downloading updates. Use the /skipupdate parameter to skip update downloads and proceed with a silent installation:

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Setup.exe /silent /skipupdate

NOTE: This command-line parameter enhances a Suite/Advanced UI installation in silent mode.

NOTE: This change was tracked in ISDEV-43716.

Ability to Hide Property Value in Verbose Log

PROJECT: This information applies to the following project types:

• Basic MSI
• InstallScript MSI

In InstallShield 2024 R1, you can hide specific property values in the verbose log file using the MsiHiddenProperties property. Set the required property as a value of MsiHiddenProperties in the Property Manager view of Behavior and Logic. This ensures the property value, defined in the Install properties setting for a selected package of the Chained .msi Packages explorer in the Releases view of the Media, is not visible in the verbose log file.

NOTE: This change was tracked in ISDEV-32736.

Ability to Specify EV/OV Token Password Using Command Line

In InstallShield 2024 R1, you can specify the EV/OV token password via the cert_password parameter in the command line build to sign the files in the project.

NOTE: This change was tracked in ISDEV-43922.

Ability to Display Proper Image at 125% and 175% Scaling

In InstallShield 2024 R1, images on the Suite Loading screen during installation will display correctly when Windows scaling is set to 125% and 175%.

NOTE: This change was tracked in ISDEV-43034.