Migrating ISMP 11.5 project to InstallAnywhere 8

Sicne the time ISMP has been called off from market and started promoting IA. It has been a cumpulsion for the enterprises to migrate their installation project from ISMP to IA 8. Since IA has roots from ZeroG and ISMP has roots from InstallShield basic architecture and logic for installer deployment is diffrent. Although Macrovison supports project migration but all the operations are not possible.

 

I will be describing all the ways the project can be migrated but before that, I will specify all the unsupported elements that can be migrated

 

1. All the custom code written for ISMP project cannnot be migrated as the basic classes are differert. viz ISMP uses Custom Beans (Wizard and Product) for running installation while IA uses installation proxies and uninstallation proxies. Refere the Java Doc for developing custom code

2. All the shorcuts and lnk cannnot be migrated successfully (although can be used for partial reference) ISMP uses reference file paths for lnk and file components whereas IA uses actual isntall path for already installed file or new file. 

3. Custom panels developed with ISMP cannot be migrated to IA.

 

Steps to migrate ISMP project to IA

 

 Downlod the plugin for IA migration for ISMP which is available at support site of Macrovison. use this link to download plugin and doccumentation from Macrovison  http://support.installshield.com/kb/files/Q112375/install.htm

 

Download the doccumentation available at http://www.macrovision.com/downloads/products/flexnet_installshield/installanywhere/white_papers/ismp_ia_migration_wp.pdf   

 

Follow all the steps listed in the doccument to end up into a successful partial migration from ISMP to InstallAnywhere.

 

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