Component Errors; Adding And Editing A Component - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

Component Errors

Adding and Editing a Component

Windows Installer Editor Reference
Shortcut
Remove Registry operation
Remove Files operation
Move Files operation
Copy Files operation
See also:
Component Errors on page 374
Moving Items Between Components
About the Key Path on page 378
As you work on the Components tab, Setup Editor continually monitors components for
common errors. When it detects an error, it changes the color of the component's icon to
red.
To view a component error message
1. In Setup Editor > Components tab, right-click the red component icon and select
Show Errors.
Typical causes of component errors
The component has an empty key path but contains files, registry entries, or ODBC
data sources.
The component has more than one executable (.EXE, .DLL, .OCX).
The same file is assigned to multiple components.
A shortcut is assigned to the component, but the key path for the shortcut is not a
file.
Registry keys are created in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, but the key path is not for a
registry key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
See also:
Components Tab on page 372
Warning
To work with items on the Components tab, you should be proficient in the Windows
Installer development environment. See Windows Installer Components in the Windows
Installer SDK Help.
See Adding a Shortcut to an Installation
See Removing Registry Entries From the Destination
Computer on page 142.
See Removing a File From the Destination Computer
page 121.
See Copying and Moving Files on the Destination
Computer on page 122.
See Copying and Moving Files on the Destination
Computer on page 122.
on page 378
Setup Editor
on page 150.
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