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[arshathl]

Hi,

Currently we are working on a project that involves only packaging application (what our client has developed) setups/ installers using InstallShield 12.

Our plan is to perform a unit test to make sure all the "custom functions" and "scripts" that are written in the Installshield project work as required.

· We evaluated Install Shield Collaboration, and decided that it is not the right one since this is not a development project.
· We evaluated Admin Studio, but it looks like a regression testing suite.
· We found the NUnit MSI would be the right tool for our scenario, but we could find enough documentation for this.

What is your recommendations for our requirement (i.e. perform a unit test of all the "custom functions" and "scripts" that are written in the InstallShield project)?

Thanks,
Arshath

[Zweitze]

Use ICE validation to check MSI packages. You can use Orca for the validation, but for a command-line solution use Msival2.exe (somewhere in the Platform SDK I believe).
The evaluation works with CUB files, containing standard rules. Microsoft defined about 100 consistency rules. The method is extendable, you can define your own CUB file with rules for in-house validation, certain Custom Actions etc.

[arshathl]

Hi Zweitze,

Thanks a lot for your suggestion. It really works for us.

Thanks,
Arshath