Website Not Created in IIS - Limited InstallShield

Question

I am using a limited version of InstallShield 2015 with Visual Studio 2015.

I have configured the Internet Service Settings as shown below, but the website is not created in IIS.

My IIS Version: 10.0

Here are the IIS settings inside InstallShield

Note. The source code successfully copies the [INSTALLDIR] of the destination computer, but it does not appear in IIS.

Update

I see only an ad related to IIS, but not used anywhere else in the magazine!

Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_CREATEAPPPOOL = Creating application pool %s Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_CREATEAPPPOOLS = Creating application Pools... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_CREATEVROOT = Creating IIS virtual directory %s Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_CREATEVROOTS = Creating IIS virtual directories... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_CREATEWEBSERVICEEXTENSION = Creating web service extension Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_CREATEWEBSERVICEEXTENSIONS = Creating web service extensions... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_CREATEWEBSITE = Creating IIS website %s Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_CREATEWEBSITES = Creating IIS websites... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_EXTRACT = Extracting information for IIS virtual directories... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_EXTRACTDONE = Extracted information for IIS virtual directories... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_EXTRACTDONEz = Extracted information for IIS virtual directories... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_EXTRACTzDONE = Extracted information for IIS virtual directories... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_REMOVEAPPPOOL = Removing application pool Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_REMOVEAPPPOOLS = Removing application pools... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_REMOVESITE = Removing web site at port %d Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_REMOVEVROOT = Removing IIS virtual directory %s Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_REMOVEVROOTS = Removing IIS virtual directories... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_REMOVEWEBSERVICEEXTENSION = Removing web service extension Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_REMOVEWEBSERVICEEXTENSIONS = Removing web service extensions... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_REMOVEWEBSITES = Removing IIS websites... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_ROLLBACKAPPPOOLS = Rolling back application pools... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_ROLLBACKVROOTS = Rolling back virtual directory and web site changes... Property(S): PROGMSG_IIS_ROLLBACKWEBSERVICEEXTENSIONS = Rolling back web service extensions... 

Decided

After adding APPLICATION inside the problem, WEBSITE was resolved. It seems that just having WEBSITE in InstallShield is not enough.

Answer 1

This issue has been fixed by adding an Application inside the Website .

It seems that just a Web site in Configure Target System-> Internet Information Services is not enough.

Reason: InstallShield Limited Version does not support the creation of a website outside of the default websites.

Answer 2

A good effort to create an acceptable question, but I'm afraid you forgot the most important part: what the log file says . Update your question with details.

I am adding this as an answer, and I will "develop" it as soon as we get additional information.

Here is my standard magazine ad unit for you:

Register your MSI installation

Here's how to register your installation (silent installation):

 msiexec.exe /I "C:\Installer.msi" /QN /L*V "C:\msilog.log" 

or for setup.exe file:

 Setup.exe /v"/l*v C:\msilog.log /QN" 

Quick parameter Explanation:

 /I = run regular installation sequence /QN = run completely silently /L*V "C:\My.log" = verbose logging at specified path 

If this is confusing, try setting the frequency of installation logging at sitesite.org - how to create a log file for your installation.

• Once you have the log, you can find the “value 3” in the log file, as Rob Menshing explained here . In your case, the installation seems to have completed successfully, so you also need to look for warnings and suppress errors.
• This article by Robert MacDonald - from the long-disbanded Windows Installer Team - is highly recommended as a practical look at MSI logging: How to interpret Windows Installer logs .
  • This blog has a broken link to a PDF / Word file with an annotated MSI journal . Here he is resurrected with WayBack Machine .
  • The full range of msiexec.exe command line options . Here is the version for technologists .