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Chapter 2
Basic Tutorial: Creating a Windows Installer
Installation
About the basic tutorial
Wise Installation Studio/Express Getting Started Guide
This chapter includes the following topics:
About the basic tutorial
Basic tutorial prerequisites
Create a New Installation Project
Assemble the Installation
Customize the Installation's Behavior on the Destination Computer
Define Releases
Compile and Test the Installation
This tutorial guides you through the creation of a Windows Installer installation. A
sample application, QuickFacts, which is included with Windows Installer Editor, provides
a realistic practice scenario. The QuickFacts program is a simple text viewer. QuickFacts
does not make system changes to your computer and is safe to install.
This tutorial takes about 45 to 60 minutes to complete. If you stop before finishing, save
the installation and resume the tutorial at a later time.
If you use Visual Studio integrated editor, first follow this basic tutorial using the Wise
editor. Then follow the Visual Studio integrated tutorial, which contains procedures that
are specific to the Visual Studio integrated editor.
See
Tutorial: Creating a Windows Installer Installation in Visual Studio Integrated Editor
on page 43
In this tutorial, you will use Installation Expert in Windows Installer Editor to:
Create a New Installation Project
Assemble the Installation
Customize the Installation's Behavior on the Destination Computer
Define Releases
Compile and Test the Installation
Note
This tutorial does not cover details of Installation Expert Pages and dialog boxes. Press
F1 on any page or dialog box for context-sensitive documentation.
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