AdminStudio-Specific Functionality in InstallShield Editor

AdminStudio 2025 R2 | 30.0 | InstallShield Editor

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

When running InstallShield Editor from AdminStudio, some AdminStudio-specific functionality is enabled:

Functionality	Description
InstallShield Editor Integration with Application Catalog and the Software Repository	If you have the AdminStudio Enterprise Edition, which includes the Software Repository feature, you can add a package to the software repository via the InstallShield Editor Build process.
Repackager Integration	You can launch Repackager from the InstallShield Editor interface for conversion of the following: OpenText ZENworks projects (.axt/.aot) Microsoft SMS Installer projects (.ipf) WinINSTALL exported text files (.txt) Wise Installation files (.wse) Legacy Repackager projects (.inc) When you attempt to open any of these file types in InstallShield Editor, you can launch Repackager to perform the conversion.

Functionality

Description

InstallShield Editor Integration with Application Catalog and the Software Repository

If you have the AdminStudio Enterprise Edition, which includes the Software Repository feature, you can add a package to the software repository via the InstallShield Editor Build process.

Repackager Integration

You can launch Repackager from the InstallShield Editor interface for conversion of the following: OpenText ZENworks projects (.axt/.aot) Microsoft SMS Installer projects (.ipf) WinINSTALL exported text files (.txt) Wise Installation files (.wse) Legacy Repackager projects (.inc) When you attempt to open any of these file types in InstallShield Editor, you can launch Repackager to perform the conversion.

note

AdminStudio Role permissions apply to Application Catalog functionality in InstallShield Editor. If you are not assigned to a Role with sufficient permissions, you may not be able to access some of these features.