How to suppress InstallShield warning W7503

If you are like me and don't like duplication you might have something like a common.rul file that contains common methods. But with the InstallShield (7.x and higher ?) compiler you get this warning if you didn't use a method:

W7503: function defined but never called

Bad thing about this is the fact that you can't easily spot real warnings from this 'warning to ignore'.

Here's how to avoid this:

1) define a dummy method where you call all your offending methods

// dummy function to supress warning 'function defined but never called'

prototype dummySuppressWarningW7503();

function dummySuppressWarningW7503()

begin

setRegistryValue("","",0,"");

end;

2) call this method someplace that is definitely executed inside an if( FALSE ):

// a little trick to stop the compiler from showing warnings

if( FALSE ) then

dummySuppressWarningW7503();

endif;

Tada ! The compiler thinks its called, but it never is.