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Testing An Installation
Running An Installation
Windows Installer Editor Reference
Note
When working in a .WSI, you can set the installation to generate more than one
installation program by adding releases to the Releases page. If you test, debug, or run
an installation that contains multiple releases, you are prompted to select a release.
You run an installation in test mode, which does not install files or change the system.
This lets you run through the user interface and logic of an installation without making
changes.
To test an installation
1.
Click Test at the lower right of the main window.
In Visual Studio: select Project menu > Start in Test Mode.
2.
If you have added command lines to the Command Line page, a menu appears with
further options. The menu contains the names of all command lines you created.
You can test with a command line by selecting its name. To avoid having to select
from the button menu, press Ctrl+T to test with no command line.
3.
If you are working in a .WSI that contains multiple releases, you are prompted to
select one.
The installation is compiled and run in test mode.
Note
If you change the installation and then test it, but the change is not apparent, close the
installation. Reopen it and compile it, and then run it again.
Testing a transform or merge module
You cannot test a transform or a merge module by itself. It can only be run in
conjunction with an .MSI. To run a transform or merge module, run the base .MSI from
the command line with the appropriate command-line options, which are documented in
the Windows Installer SDK Help.
See also:
Compiling An Installation
Running An Installation
Running the Debugger
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When you run an installation on your computer, it runs as it would on the destination
computer, actually installing files and changing the system.
To run an installation and install it on your computer
1.
Click Run at the lower right of the main window.
In Visual Studio: in Solution Explorer, right-click the installation project icon and
select Set as StartUp Project. Then, select Debug menu > Start Without Debugging.
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