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Selecting Releases to Build
You select the releases that you want to build a ThinApp application for on the Releases tree of the Build Options
page. By selecting a release, you are specifying that whenever that particular release is built, a ThinApp application
will also be built.
Note • If you are editing a Windows Installer package (Direct Edit Mode) or transform file (Direct MST Mode), the
Releases tree on the Build Options page is not displayed.
About Building Releases
When you select a release on the Releases tree on the Build Options page, you are specifying that whenever you
build that particular release, you want to also build a ThinApp application for that release. However, the releases
that are selected on the Build Options page have no bearing upon which release is built when you click the Build
button on the toolbar. When you initiate a build by clicking the Build button, a build is initiated for the active
release—the release that was most recently selected on the Installation Designer Releases view. The output of
that build would depend upon what releases were selected on the Build Options page:
• Active release
• Active release not
Note • To build more than one release at a time, perform a batch build. See Performing Batch Builds.
About Creating Releases
You cannot create or edit a release in the ThinApp Assistant. If no releases exist, you can simply click the Build
toolbar button to create a new release or open the Releases view of the InstallShield Installation Designer. You
must create at least one release before you will be able to build a ThinApp application. For more information, see
Creating and Building
If you are editing a Windows Installer package (Direct Edit Mode) or transform file (Direct MST Mode), the
Releases tree on the Build Options page is not displayed.
Enabling ThinApp Application Building When in Direct Edit Mode
When you are editing a Windows Installer (
are in Direct Edit Mode or Direct MST Mode. Because you are directly editing a Windows Installer package, you
save your changes by selecting Save on the File menu. It not necessary to build the package, because it is
already built. Therefore, InstallShield's Build function is disabled.
However, you do need to run the build process to build a ThinApp application for this Windows Installer package.
To enable the Build button to build just the ThinApp application, select the Build ThinApp application option on
the Build Options page.
After you select this option, the Build ThinApp application selection on the Build menu becomes enabled, as
does the Build toolbar button.
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selected—A Windows Installer package and a ThinApp application would be built.
selected—Only a Windows Installer package would be built.
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