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Chapter 10
Distributing an Installation
Package Distribution
WiseUpdate
Windows Installer Editor Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
Package Distribution
WiseUpdate
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When you complete and compile an installation, you can use Package Distribution to
share or deploy it by:
Copying a Package to the Share Point Directory
Copying a Package to a Network Directory
Copying a Compiled Installation to an FTP Server
Performing an Administrative Installation of a Windows Installer Package.
Moving a Package into Microsoft Active Directory
For details, see these topics in the Wise Package Studio Help.
WiseUpdate® offers an easy method for updating your application on your end users'
computers, ensuring that end users are always working with the most current version of
your application. Based on settings you specify on the WiseUpdate page, WiseUpdate
installs a small client application (WiseUpdt.exe) along with your application. You can
place a shortcut to this application in the end user's Startup group so that it checks for
updates when the destination computer is started or an end user logs on to Windows.
WiseUpdate Client checks for newer versions of your application at the Web location you
specified. If it finds a new installation, it downloads and runs it.
WiseUpdate, by itself, does not deploy the current version of your application; it simply
adds a Web-based update mechanism to your end users' computers. The first time you
configure WiseUpdate, you enable that version to check for later versions over the
Internet. Once WiseUpdate is integrated into your application, it simplifies the upgrade
process for you and your end users for future updates to your application.
See
Configuring the WiseUpdate Page
When WiseUpdate runs on the destination computer, the end user can change proxy
server information or the check interval by clicking the Advanced button on the first
page of the wizard.
You can customize the wizard dialog boxes that appear during WiseUpdate.
See
Customizing the WiseUpdate Dialog Boxes
See also:
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