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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod_Maupin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you need to create a new InstallShield installation (Basic MSI or InstallScript), and&#160;think you can reuse an older project by&#160;just changing&#160;the items that are different for your new project, then read on.&#160;&#160;This article will help you reuse your old projects and make the process&#160;as painless as possible. Here are the steps you need to [...]]]></description>
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If you need to create a new InstallShield installation (Basic MSI or InstallScript), and&nbsp;think you can reuse an older project by&nbsp;just changing&nbsp;the items that are different for your new project, then read on.&nbsp;&nbsp;This article will help you reuse your old projects and make the process&nbsp;as painless as possible.
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Here are the steps you need to take in order to reuse an old project:
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	Copy the entire folder that contains your older project and all associated files.&nbsp; Then&nbsp;paste it into a new location on your hard drive.&nbsp; Next,&nbsp;rename the copied folder and give it a new name.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you do this kind of thing frequently, you&#39;ll realize that it is best to have your folder structure set up so that your&nbsp;installation project and all&nbsp;files necessary to build it&nbsp;are in the same folder structure.&nbsp; This makes copying and reusing projects&nbsp;an easy affair.
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	Now, open the &quot;copied&quot;&nbsp;project&nbsp;in InstallShield.
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	Go to the General Information group, Summary Information Stream property sheet, click the Package Code, and click Generate GUID.
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	Go to the General Information group, Product Properties property sheet, click the Project Code, and click Generate GUID.
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	Go to the Organization group, Components view, and click each component.&nbsp; Then click the Component code property, and click Generate GUID.&nbsp; Do this for all the components in your project.
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	Go to the Media group, Path Variables view, and change all the paths to point to their new folders.&nbsp; Currently, they point to the folders associated with the original project, and you don&#39;t want that.
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	Make any other changes necessary to make this a different project.&nbsp; For example, under General Information view, Product&nbsp;Properties, change the Name, Version, INSTALLDIR, etc.
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	Rebuild and test.
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When you copy and reuse an old project, the critical things&nbsp;you need to change are the GUIDs in your project and the Path Variables.&nbsp; Yes, you need to change other things, but these items are critical.&nbsp; If you don&#39;t change all the GUID values, your new installation project will conflict with the older installation project when they are both installed on the same machine.&nbsp; This will cause you a lot of grief and calls and emails for tech support with your customers.
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Finally, even though I shouldn&#39;t have to mention this, whenever you do something like this, you have to test throughly to make sure your new installation works as you intend it to work.</p>

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