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Creating and Editing Installation Templates
Windows Installer Editor Reference
Note
(Visual Studio integrated editor.) To display context-sensitive help, click the Wise Help
link on this dialog box.
To add a wildcard group so it appears in Include Wildcards
1.
Select Tools menu > Options and click the Wildcard Groups tab.
In Visual Studio: Tools menu > Options> Wise Options > Wildcard Groups.
2.
On the Wildcard Groups tab, click Add.
The Wildcard Group Details dialog box appears.
3.
Complete the dialog box and click OK:
Group Name
Enter a name to precede the wildcards in the Include Wildcards list. This is a
visual identifier to help you quickly find the wildcards in the list.
Wildcards
Enter semi-colon delimited wildcards. (Example: Enter *.EXE;*.DLL for all .EXE
and .DLL files. A ? represents any one character.)
Later, when you add contents or set automatic updating on the Files page, this wildcard
group is available from the Include Wildcards list.
See also:
Setting Options
on page 34
When you create a new installation or merge module, it gets its configuration from a
template file. Templates contain logical defaults and commonly used settings. Some
template files are predefined and appear when you create a new installation. You also
can create your own templates.
Example: If all your installations have the same system configuration requirements and
document file extensions, you can create a template with these changes preconfigured.
Warning
Editing predefined templates is not recommended, because they might be overwritten
during upgrades. Instead, save customized templates with different names, or make
copies of the predefined templates and edit the copies.
Template Location in the Wise Editor
Templates are in the Templates\File subdirectory of the Windows Installer Editor
installation directory.
Template Location in the Visual Studio Integrated Editor
Templates are organized by integrated project and stand-alone files:
Templates\Project contains templates for new projects that are integrated with a
solution.
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