Running Inside the IDE

While the most straightforward way to test your setups will be to execute them from the build output location, you may find it convenient, and at certain times necessary, to run the setup in the IDE, so as to be able to debug your setups. You may execute any setup inside the IDE, however the following special considerations do apply:

• In the Project Options dialog, on the Build node, make sure the Debug Build checkbox is checked. You may choose any deployment type as long as this checkbox is checked. Note that you do not need to check the Debug build checkbox when building with the Uncompressed Directory Layout option.
• Build your project at least once before beginning debugging. Remember to rebuild whenever you change your installation files and/or build mode. Rebuilding is not necessary when you change the installation script.
• The SUPPORTDIR variable, and other variables which refer to the location of the running setup program, will refer to your project folder.
• The EXEFILE variable, and other variables which refer to the running setup program, will refer to the InstallAware IDE executable file itself.