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InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio

Save or print this page for your records. You will need this serial number and
instructions to activate your copy of InstallShield Limited Edition.

Your Serial Number for InstallShield Limited Edition:

5F037QW-D12-E2633D39CN

Download InstallShield Limited Edition for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, 2012 and
2013
Download

Instructions for installing and activating InstallShield Limited

Edition for Visual Studio
InstallShield Limited Edition can be integrated into the following editions of Visual Studio: Professional,
Premium, and Ultimate. Note that Visual Studio Express Edition does not support integration with
InstallShield Limited Edition.
1. Click the Download button above. If prompted, choose to save the file.

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2. When the download completes, run the downloaded file to install the product.
Note: If Visual Studio is open when you install InstallShield Limited Edition, Visual Studio
will need to be restarted after installation has finished.
3. Open Visual Studio and create an InstallShield Limited Edition project:
On the File menu, point to New and click Project. The New Project dialog box opens.
In the Installed Templates box, expand the Other Project Types item, then the Setup
and Deployment item, and then click the InstallShield Limited Edition Project
template.

4. Select Activate or Register for free copy of InstallShield and click Next.
5. Enter your serial number, click Next, and then click Finish to begin your first InstallShield
project.

Getting Started Building Your Installation Project

Need help getting started building your installation project? Get helpful tips on building installation
projects with InstallShield Limited Edition. You can also access technical white papers with best practices
for working with Windows Installer. And to help you get started, you can watch this 5-minute video to see
how to build an MSI installation project in minutes with InstallShield Limited Edition.

Support for InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio

Technical Support is provided exclusively via a private community forum dedicated to this product. This
forum is monitored by Flexera Software Support Engineers, and response times are typically within 48-72
hours. No phone or email support is available at this time.
If you opted in to access this private support forum during the product registration process, and you do not
currently have a Flexera Software community account, you should have received a separate email
containing your login credentials and the specific URL. If you have an existing Flexera Software
community account, it has been granted access to the private community forum. If you cannot access the
private community forum or did not opt in during the registration process, please click here so an account
can be created or your existing account can be updated to give you access to this forum.

Are your installation requirements more complex?

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InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio replaces the functionality provided by the Visual Studio
Installer tool. It provides a subset of the world-class functionality found in our more advanced InstallShield
editions. To evaluate these other InstallShield products, download an evaluation from the InstallShield
evaluation page.
If your installation requirements evolve beyond its capabilities, consider upgrading to one of the more
advanced InstallShield editions:
InstallShield Premier Edition
InstallShield Professional Edition
InstallShield Express Edition
The table below highlights some of the functionality differences among the four editions. Please visit
www.installshield.com for more details.

Feature Highlight Comparison of InstallShield Editions

Limited
Edition
Premier Professional Express for
Visual
Studio

Create Microsoft App-V Installations - Now

Included with Premier!
Build both physical and virtual application packages from the
same build process. Includes new support for App-V 5.0.

Virtualization Suitability Testing

Ensure applications are compatible with enterprise application
virtualization technologies, such as Microsoft App-V, VMware
ThinApp and Citrix XenApp.

Automate Installing Windows Roles and Features

Avoid the risk of manual tasks by automatically installing
Windows roles and features with an application's installation.

Microsoft PowerShell Support - Run

PowerShell Scripts from Suite/Advanced UI
Projects
Streamline server configuration tasks by running PowerShell
scripts - the enterprise scripting language of choice.

Simplify Multi-Tier Installations

Use multi-tier installation templates to deploy web/server
applications as a single cloud-ready package.

Windows 8 Validation Testing

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Validate installations against Windows 8 and Windows Server

2012 best practices from Microsoft.

Windows 8 Start Screen Icon Pinning

Define the application shortcuts that are pinned to the Windows
8 start screen, delivering a clean first impression for the end-user.

Updated Advanced UI Designer

Create contemporary install experiences using new Wizard
design capabilities.

Create Pure 64-Bit Installations

Deploy 64-bit applications using 64-bit installations that support
Windows Server configurations where WoW64 has been
disabled.

Hybrid Cloud Deployments

Microsoft SQL Azure database scripting capabilities enable
hybrid cloud SQL deployments.

Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server

2012
Includes support for Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server
2012.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Support

Includes support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

Advanced Wizard Page Editor and Redesigned

Wizard Pages
Provides an entirely new end-user interface with redesigned
built-in wizard pages and a new wizard page editor.

Automatic Checking for Installer Updates and

Patches
Automatically checks and downloads updates and patches at runtime.

Suite Installation Enhancements

Enhanced Suite/Advanced UI project type provides more
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capabilities to bundle multiple products together into a single,

unified suite installation.

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration

Manager Support
Enables Software Producers to provide required deployment
metadata to their Enterprise customers.

PowerShell Support
Enables Software Producers to streamline installation scripting
requirements.

Suite Installations
With the new InstallShield Suite Project type, multiple products
can be easily bundled together into a single, unified suite
installation..

Installation Streaming
Installation Streaming reduces the downloading wait time
required before installation can begin.

Installation Collaboration
The InstallShield Collaboration add-on has been significantly
enhanced to better support distributed, collaborative installation
development.

Build Events
InstallShield eliminates the need for you to manage external
script files by integrating new pre- and post-build events with the
InstallShield build process.

Multilingual Support
Present installation text in up to 35 languages.

Standalone Build System

Maintain a clean build machine by using only the part of
InstallShield that compiles the installations.

InstallShield Best Practices Validation Suite

Avoid common installation issues.

Merge Module Projects

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Merge Module Projects now include built-in support for IIS, text
file changes, and XML file changes.

Automation Interface Support for Setting the

Setup.exe Required Execution Level
The InstallShield automation interface lets you configure the
required execution level for Setup.exe. The required execution
level is the minimum level required by your installation's
Setup.exe file for running the installation (the setup launcher, any
InstallShield prerequisites, and the .msi file) on Windows Vista
and later platforms.

64-Bit Application Support

New functionality gives developers more power to deploy
applications on 64-bit systems.

Unicode InstallScript Support

Build InstallScript installations that support multiple languages
in runtime strings, registry entries, dialog boxes, and more.

Enhanced Script Editor

New auto-completion functionality increases developer
efficiency by reducing the time spent on typing code and helps
eliminate typographical code errors.

Expiring Setup Launchers

Prevent your end users from installing outdated versions of
applications.

Industry-Standard InstallScript
Achieve maximum flexibility in your installations.

Dialog Editor
Modify the layout of existing end-user dialogs, create new
custom dialogs, and more.

Patch Creation
Build updates and patches for your products.

Setup Prerequisite Editor

Easily control prerequisite restart behavior and source locations.
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String Editor View

Control the localizable text strings displayed at run time with this
spreadsheet-like table.

Text File Changes View

Configure search-and-replace actions for content in text files to
be modified at run time.

Unicode Support
Improve multi-language installation development.

XML Support
Save time by quickly testing XML configuration changes to
installation projects.

Standalone Build Add-On

5 Free 1 Free
InstallShield provides a Standalone Build add-on that enables
Licenses License
installation developers to maintain a clean build system by using
the part of InstallShield that builds the installations, plus any
redistributables included in the installations.

Standalone Build Licensing Changes

Standalone Build licenses come with InstallShield Premier and
Professional Editions, and more are available for purchase.

Specify Custom Icon and Version Resource

Properties

5 Free 1 Free
Licenses License

Partial

Modify the icon and version resource properties to match your

company and product branding.

Billboard Support for Custom Branding

Limited

Display Adobe Flash billboards and other graphic files during the
install process.

Install Websites

1
1
Website Website

Deploy Websites to IIS 8.

Install Windows Services

Install new Windows services along with your application.

Application Tagging
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InstallShield is the only strategic installation development

solution that creates ISO 19770-2 software identification tags as
part of the installation development process.

COM Extraction
InstallShield supports a new monitoring method for COM
extraction.

.NET Framework 4.5 and Other Prerequisites

Have installers check for and install required applications and
system components during install time.

Integration with Microsoft Team Foundation Server

Use the Visual Studio IDE to effectively manage, compile, and
build Visual Studio and InstallShield projects in a single
environment.

Predefined System Searches

New searches for .NET Framework 4.0, SQL Server 2008
Express SP1, and Adobe Reader 9 check if the required
component is installed on the target system and take appropriate
action.

Specify Folders for InstallShield Prerequisite

Searches
This enhancement makes it easy for your development team to
share prerequisites and store them in source code control.

Project Assistant
Jumpstart a project by using a simplified set of views.

Support for Digital Signatures

Save time by digitally signing all your files at build time.

Easily Run Custom Actions

Schedule a custom action to run at precisely the right moment in
your installation.

What We Do
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