Installshield interview questions- need answers

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Hello All,

Please provide answers to the following installshield qns:

a) Briefly explain the design/structure/architecture of a Installer package?

b) Explain how its decided (on what basis) whether to provide a single installer (which can manage both x86 and x64 systems) or to provide separate installer for each x86 & x64 installers.NOTE: U cant get any info from customer about his specific requirements or system requirements. You have to decide yourself.

c) Define Context in Custom actions

d) How will you read the version information from a already deployed dll and then perform some action depending on the version.NOTE: you cant handle using scripts. you cant use custom action. You have to do it from some settings in Installshield

e) How to log something in the windows installer debug log.

f) define secure content string in installshield

g) how to handle rollback and perform some action. NOTE: you cant use custom action, and scripts.

h) how to install a driver and handle its unknown failure scenarios and rollbacks. NOTE: Cant use scripts

i) what is the maximum number of files allowed in a component?

j) what is the maximum number of files allowed in a package?

What I have tried:

Well i tried to search for the answers to these questions but i failed. There may be chances that some of these questions are baseless and are just asked to reject.
But still, if there is some real answers to these qns, then i would like to learn.

Posted 7-Sep-16 2:16am

dinesh_redhawk

Updated 20-Jul-17 6:38am

NotPolitcallyCorrect

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[no name] 7-Sep-16 8:19am

This is why Installshield has gone to great expense and trouble to create help documents for their product. Your interview, you want answers, then this has now become your homework. You do it.

[no name] 8-Sep-16 8:23am

Nope. I don't do your work for you. You want the answers, you go do your own research. We aren't to do your work for you whether we are gurus or not. Don't want to do the work? Then go hire something to to do your work for you.

[no name] 8-Sep-16 8:59am

FYI: copied from below codeproject policy:

If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

[no name] 8-Sep-16 9:02am

Why are you posting the policy that you, yourself, violated? We know the policy, you do not.

[no name] 8-Sep-16 9:05am

Who started it, sir?

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Solution 2

...says the person begging for answers instead of doing their own work to find them.

The reason you got the answers you did is because this industry is full of people taking jobs that have no business being in because of a lack of knowledge like this.

Us giving you the answers to these questions does NOT help you. You just go into the next interview and parrot the answers without knowing anything as to WHY you have that answer. Sure, you may answer these questions but the interview will follow it up with another question to make sure you're not just parroting an answer. You won't know the answer to that question and you'll still fail the interview.

THE ONLY WAY TO GET THIS KNOWLEDGE IS EXPERIENCE, not begging for answers.

Do you really think you're qualified for the job at all if you can't find your own answers to these questions? All of those questions are actually valid for finding a good person to fill a job developing installers.

Posted 8-Sep-16 4:16am

Dave Kreskowiak

Updated 8-Sep-16 4:17am

v2

Solution 3

See Flexera Software Support and Resources | Flexera Software[^].

Posted 8-Sep-16 4:23am

Richard MacCutchan

Solution 4

Start here:
Tutorials: InstallShield 2014[^]
InstallShield 2015[^]
Install Shield User Guide[^]

Posted 8-Sep-16 4:26am

Maciej Los

Solution 5

Answers to these questions can be found when you read the Wikipedia link of Windows Installer. These are generic questions about the technology and not a problem that need any solution.

Posted 20-Jul-17 6:38am

Vishnuprasanth

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Dave Kreskowiak 20-Jul-17 12:54pm

You're only a year too late to the the discussion and you didn't really add anything that wasn't already covered.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-07T02:32:00

It's your interview, not ours: we are not here to help you get a job you are not suited for.
That would be unfair to you, the employer, and the other candidates.
You, because once you get the job and they realize you lied your way through the interview and know nothing about the job how long do you think you will keep it?
The employer, because interviewing is an expensive process, and having to repeat it they still need someone who can do the job is a huge waste of time and money.
The other candidates because they may well be able to do the job without cheating, and deserve the chance to get it more than someone who clearly isn't qualified.

If you don't know the answers, don't apply for the job. Apply for jobs that match your knowledge and experience, or be honest and say "I don't know - but I'm a quick learner (if you are) and I have this relevant experience (if you do)".