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    <p>The choice between these approaches (when they all work) largely depends on the build system you are trying to integrate with. If you're using a batch or makefile approach, IsCmdBld.exe is probably the easiest starting point. If you're using Visual Studio and TFS or MSBuild, you'll probably have more luck there, as it will report errors in a way the build system can understand. (Other than that, they're fundamentally similar.) If you need to make tweaks to the project before you build it, the automation layer can either augment or replace the other approaches.</p> <p>But in your case you say they all don't work. What have you done to diagnose why? Here are the first steps I'd take for each of those symptoms:</p> <ul> <li>IsCmdBuild built setups yielding an error that the IDE-build ones do not. First identify what the problem really is. Look in a verbose log for more information. Build both ways with the .msi available and compare the results with MsiDiff. Make sure you've tested elevated. Depending on what you find, it may be something to address in the project, the build process, or a bug in InstallShield.</li> <li>Automation Interface yields TYPE_E_LIBNOTREGISTERED. First off, if this is the IDE machine, consider repairing the installation. If it's a standalone-build machine, ditto. If it's a standalone-build machine that didn't use the installation, you should, or at least you should ensure the dependencies are present and that the automation interface is registered. Secondly, as Christopher Painter noted, InstallShield is a 32-bit product so it must be invoked from a 32-bit context. If you're calling, say, CScript to run a .vbs file, make sure you're using <code>C:\Windows\SysWow64\CScript.exe</code>.</li> <li>MSBuild NSB4025. The comment from stijn is largely correct - you can't call MSBuild on the .ism file (while it can be xml instead of binary, it's not MSBuild-compatible). However you can create a .isproj file that can work correctly. Save the project in Visual Studio, or copy <code>&lt;InstallShield&gt;\Support\0409\MSBuild.xml</code> to <code>(ProjectName).isproj</code> and tweak its contents; call MSBuild on the resulting .isproj file. Odds are strong this will have approximately the same results as IsCmdBuild, as the build portion is largely shared.</li> </ul>
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    1. CO+1 this should get the OP started
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    2. COUnless 2013 has changed, previous versions of InstallShield has required to be run in a 32bit process due to the COM objects. If I'm using MSBuild via TFS I have to select x86 MSBuild or otherwise I'll get COM exceptions.
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    3. COThanks for the response, but I believe I have discovered the solution to all of my problems. When I am automating the build, I have been updating the Product Code. Apparently IS needs the Product Code in a `{guid_goes_here}` format, and I was not putting the curly braces in place. +1 for the insight and guidance.
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