Click the button below to create and open a new QuickPatch project. The new project will patch this current project as well as the base .msi file. It will also patch all intermediate patch projects by default.

The History shows a synopsis of your latest patch project. It always includes the Base QuickPatch Image, along with the latest project you are working on. However, the check boxes for these options are always shaded.

The History also lists all of the intermediate patch projects. Select or clear the check boxes next to the intermediate releases to specify whether or not you want them to be patched by your current project. If you clear the check box of an intermediate QuickPatch project, your current QuickPatch cannot be used to upgrade a machine that has that intermediate version as the latest version of your application.

If you open and modify any of the releases listed in the History of the General Information view, your latest project will not work, since intermediate data shared across the releases in the History may have been lost or altered. Therefore, whenever you create a QuickPatch project for an existing QuickPatch project, InstallShield changes the existing QuickPatch project (.ism file) to read-only mode.

When you specify which releases in the History to patch, InstallShield looks for specific versions associated with each release to identify it.