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Creating a Stand-alone Installation

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d. Click Finish.
An installation project is created in the location you specified and is listed in Solution
Explorer. A corresponding .WSPROJ file (Visual Studio project) is created in the
same location.
9. Double-click the .WSI file in Solution Explorer.
The installation opens.
See also:
Starting a New Installation
Visual Studio integrated editor only.
You can create an installation that is not associated with a Visual Studio solution.
Example: You might do this when you are not creating the .EXE and .DLL files that make
up the installation. In such cases, there is no need to synchronize the installation with
other Visual Studio projects.
You can create an installation that is part of a Visual Studio solution. See
Installation Within a Solution
You also can create other types of installations. See
page 77.
To create a stand-alone installation
1. Start Visual Studio. If a solution is open, close it.
2. Select File menu > New > File.
The New File dialog box appears.
3. In the Categories list, select Wise Files.
4. In the Templates list, click one of the following icons:
Windows Application File
Create an .MSI (Windows Installer database), which is a distributable
installation. Because an .MSI typically encapsulates all the files in the
installation, it is larger and takes longer to save. Also, some options that
determine the output of an .MSI are not available when you work with the .MSI
itself.
Windows Application Project
Create a .WSI (Windows Installer project), which contains instructions for
compiling an .MSI. When you work in a .WSI instead of an .MSI, the .WSI file is
smaller and you can set multiple options for the output of the .MSI.
See File Types on page 61 and
5. Click Open.
The installation opens.
See also:
on page 71
on page 73.
Project Files and Database Files
Working With Wise Installation Files
Creating an
Options for New Installations
on page 62.
on
75