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Adding a Runtime Prerequisite
Windows Installer Editor Reference
If you need to distribute a runtime with an application, you can use the Prerequisites
page to add the runtime to run before the main installation. A runtime is added as an
include script to the WiseScript that creates the installation .EXE. Unlike prerequisite
files, you do not set command-line options or launch conditions for a runtime because
any options are built into the runtime.
A runtime is always included in the installation .EXE, even if .EXE that launches
external .MSI is selected on the Build Options page.
Before you can add a runtime to an installation, you must add the runtime files to your
computer. To download many of the runtimes, select Help menu > Download
Redistributables (In Visual Studio: Help menu > Wise Help > Download
Redistributables.) and mark Other Vendors' Web Sites. If a runtime is not available
from Download Redistributables, you must download it directly from the vendor's Web
site.
Note
The options on the Prerequisites page are unavailable if Do not create an .EXE file is
selected from .EXE Options on the Build Options page.
See
Setting Build Options for a Release
To add a runtime to an installation
1.
Select Installation Expert > Prerequisites page.
2.
From Current Release, select a release.
3.
Click Add at the right of the page and select Runtime.
The Runtime Details dialog box appears.
4.
To add a runtime, mark its check box.
For many runtimes, an additional dialog box appears where you specify settings for
the runtime.
5.
If a runtime-specific dialog box appears, complete it and click OK.
6.
Click OK on the Runtime Details dialog box.
The runtime is added to the Prerequisites page. To edit or delete it, use the right-
click menu.
7.
If necessary, add a Windows Installer or .NET Framework runtime, or a prerequisite
file. See:
Adding a Windows Installer or .NET Framework Runtime
Adding a Prerequisite File
8.
If a prerequisite file or runtime requires a restart, you might need to edit the
WiseScript to make the restart run smoothly. We recommend adding two Pause
actions for 1000 milliseconds after a prerequisite or runtime that requires a restart.
This works better than one Pause action for 2000 milliseconds. Adding the Pause
actions prevents the WiseScript from trying to start the next prerequisite or runtime
while the computer is shutting down.
9.
During installation, any runtimes you selected at the top of the Prerequisites page
run first, and then the prerequisite files and runtimes run in the order that they are
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