Using IsSaBld.exe for installshield standalone build environment

FinalBuilder Discussion
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I’m prototyping the Final Builder software - and really liking it - but I’m having trouble with one thing. We want to use the Installshield Standalone Build tool on our build machine so that we don’t have to pay for a license for it on that machine. Unfortunately FinalBuilder uses the IsCmdBld.exe program that comes with the full development environment, and does not allow for specifying the Merge Modules directory with the -o flag.

Ignoring that it doesn’t seem to make sense that Installshield did this instead of using one executable for both environments - is there a way short of command-line executables to use the integrated Installation environment in FinalBuilder to do this?

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Eric,

you can use an “Execute Program” action for this type of requirement.
Add the command line options you need. You can also use Variables here.

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Hi Eric

Which version of InstallShield are you using. The InstallShield Developer action can use the Stand Alone build environment. In the FinalBuilder options, you can specifiy IsSaBld.exe instead of the IsCmdBld.exe, and the InstallShield Developer action has a property page specific to the Stand Alone environment which includes the Merge Module Path.

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I’m using 11.5. The option directory explicitly says (location of the IsCmdBld.exe) above the dialog - so it hadn’t even occured to me to try the IsSaCmd.exe build file. I tried that and it seems to work - well other than a pre-exising bug in IsSaCmd that isn’t FinalBuilders fault.

Thanks.