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Setting Build Options for a Release
Windows Installer Editor Reference
Note
This page is fully enabled in a .WSI only. In an .MSI or .MST, you cannot add or delete.
On the Build Options page, you can customize a release by selecting the format of
output files and language options.
To set build options
1.
Select Installation Expert > Build Options page.
2.
From Current Release, select a release.
3.
Complete the build options listed below.
Build options
Use short file names for files uncompressed outside of the install
Mark this to abbreviate file names to 8.3 format names. This is useful if you will
distribute your installation on CDs with the 8.3 format.
.EXE Options
This determines what kind of files are output when you compile this release. If you
create an .EXE, you can install Windows Installer and .NET Framework runtimes and
run prerequisite files on the destination computer before the main installation. In a
64-bit installation, the .EXE will always be 32-bit.
Do not create an .EXE file
Create only the .MSI file. The installation will work only on computers that have
Windows Installer installed. Selecting this disables the remaining options on the
Build Options page.
Single-file .EXE (only valid for files inside .MSI)
Place the .MSI file inside an .EXE file.
This is the preferred option if you plan to send an installation by email.
.EXE that launches external .MSI
Create an .EXE with the same name as the .MSI file. Settings for the .EXE are
stored in a separate .INI file. The .EXE itself is small, because it doesn't contain
any runtimes or the .MSI file. This is the preferred option if you place the
installation on a CD, because the .MSI does not need to be extracted to the hard
drive.
See
INI File Properties
Warning
If you change the .EXE options after you edit the WiseScript on the Prerequisite
Pages, you will lose all the changes you made to the script.
Password
Enter a password. The user who installs the application is prompted to enter the
password to start the installation. This password is the same for all users. You can
protect only single-file .EXEs with a password.
Prompt to remove previous version before installing
Mark this to have the installation check for previous versions of the same application
and prompt the end user to uninstall the previous version before proceeding with
Organizing Your Installation Into Releases
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