Customizing and Authoring Installations Using InstallShield

AdminStudio 2025 R2 | 30.0 | InstallShield Editor

InstallShield Professional is included with AdminStudio Professional Editions. InstallShield Premier is included with AdminStudio Enterprise Edition.

InstallShield Editor provides the most comprehensive and flexible setup-creation technology available for the Windows Installer. With the latest InstallShield installation development environment (Interface) you can create setup packages that utilize Windows Installer technology, while harnessing the flexibility provided by InstallScript, InstallShield’s development language.

Administrators can also take advantage of InstallShield Editor to customize repackaged legacy setups, further enhancing them prior to deploying them in production environments. For AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions, InstallShield Editor contains integrated Application Catalog functionality.

InstallShield Editor’s documentation is divided into the following main areas: