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Open the Installation Project and Set Options
Wise Installation Studio/Express Getting Started Guide
Tutorial: Creating a Windows Installer Installation in Visual Studio Integrated Editor
Select the projects to
include in this package
Scan Method
Bind installed files to the
solution build configuration
11. Select the Main Project page. The default settings should be correct.
Main Project
Automatically Update
Product Information
Create Shortcut
12. Click Finish.
A new project named QuickFacts Installer is added to the other projects in Solution
Explorer. (If Solution Explorer is not visible, select View menu > Solution Explorer.)
FactFinder.dll, QuickFacts.exe, and TextViewer.dl are in the project's Source Files
folder. They were added to the installation project because they are primary output
files from the existing C# projects.
You use the Wise Options dialog box to customize the behavior of Windows Installer
Editor for all installations you create.
Windows Installer projects are comprised of features, and normally, you view folders
and registry keys per feature. In this procedure, you open the installation project that
you created and set options that let you view folders and registry keys for all features
simultaneously, making it easier to see the installation as a whole.
To open the installation project and set options
1.
In Solution Explorer, double-click QuickFacts Installer.wsi. Make sure you double-
click the .WSI file, shown below, not the project name.
The Visual Studio integrated editor opens and displays QuickFacts Installer.wsi.
2.
Select Tools menu > Options.
The solution's projects are selected.
With Always Scan Solution selected, if the
primary outputs for the three projects change, the
files in the installation will change accordingly.
With this marked, if you change your build
configuration from Release to Debug or vice versa,
the installation project will draw its files from the
corresponding directories.
QuickFacts should be selected.
When this is marked, the version number and
other summary information in the installation is
updated whenever the main target file changes.
The information is updated each time you build
your solution.
When this is marked, shortcut is created for the
installation project.
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