New Project Dialog Box

InstallAnywhere 2013

The New Project dialog box is provided to name and create InstallAnywhere projects. This dialog box is the first dialog you see when you open InstallAnywhere. It is also the first panel of the Project Wizard.

You can toggle between the New Project dialog box and the Open Project Dialog Box by selecting the Create New Project or Open Existing Project option.

Note: You can set the InstallAnywhere default user interface mode by selecting Project Wizard or Advanced Designer under InstallAnywhere Startup on the General Settings tab of the InstallAnywhere Preferences Dialog Box.

Note: In InstallAnywhere Premier Edition, a template must be selected for the new project. For a first project, use the Basic Project template.

The New Project dialog box includes the following options:

New Project Dialog Box

Option

Description

Create New Project

Select this option to show the New Project dialog box controls. This is the default selection.

Open Existing Project

Select this option to display the Open Project Dialog Box and show the controls for choosing an existing InstallAnywhere project.

Choose Template and Create Project

Lists the available templates. Select the template that you want to use to create the new project.

A template is simply a merge module that has been placed within the iatemplates folder inside the InstallAnywhere installation folder.

Templates are generally used as starting points for installer projects. Installer items that remain unchanged such as the license agreement panel would be saved in an InstallAnywhere template. You may also want to create a template to maintain the look and feel for your installer projects.

Other Template

Click to open the Choose Template dialog box, where you can select a custom template (iam.zip).

Project File Name

After you have clicked Save As to open the Save New Project As dialog box and entered a name for this new project, the project name is listed in this field.

Save As

Click to open the Save New Project As dialog box, where you are prompted to enter a name for the new project.

Exit

Click to exit InstallAnywhere.

Advanced Designer

Click to switch to the Advanced Designer interface.

About

Click to open the About InstallAnywhere dialog box.

Next

Click to save the new project using the settings you provided and proceed to the Project Info panel of the Project Wizard.

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