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Product Tab
Windows Installer Editor Reference
Components
Add, edit, and delete individual components of the installation.
Each component is one action the installation performs.
Example: installing a file, changing the registry, and so on.
See
Module
This tab appears only when you are in a merge module file. Add,
edit, and delete the components, files, registry entries, and
other installation modifications contained in the merge module.
See
On the Product tab in Setup Editor, you set and edit the following information for an
installation:
Summary
Use the Summary icon to set the value of a summary item. End
users can see the summary information by right-clicking the
compiled .MSI or .EXE in Windows Explorer and selecting
Properties.
See
Properties
Use the Properties icon to add, edit, and delete properties in an
installation. Properties are variables that are initialized by the
installation and are used by Windows Installer. The property
values can change during run time. Some of the properties that
appear are required Windows Installer properties, so use caution
in editing or deleting them.
See:
Properties
Creating a New Property
Properties in the Windows Installer SDK Help
Launch Conditions
Use the Launch Conditions icon to create new launch conditions
and edit existing launch conditions. Launch conditions are
system requirements that must be met on the destination
computer for the installation to proceed.
See
page 174.
Components Tab
on page 366.
Available Tabs and Pages in Merge Modules
Specifying Summary Information
on page 388
on page 390
Setting a Requirement by Creating a Launch Condition
Setup Editor
on page 312.
on page 359.
on
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