Adding And Editing Component Rules - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

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To customize an existing component rule set
1. Select Component Rules menu > Customize.
The Component Rules Manager dialog box appears, listing the predefined rule sets
and any custom rule sets you have created.
2. Click a rule set.
To copy the rule set, click Copy, type the new name on the Enter Rule Set Name
dialog box, and click OK.
To modify the rule set, click Modify. The Customize Component Rules dialog box
appears, where you can add, edit, and delete rules.
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Adding and Editing Component Rules

Note
If you selected a predefined rule set, all the buttons on the Customize
Components Rules dialog box are unavailable because the predefined rule sets
are read-only. However, you can use this dialog box to view the rules in a
predefined rule set.
To rename the rule set, click Rename, type the new name on the Enter Rule Set
Name dialog box, and click OK.
To delete the rule set, click the Delete button to the right of the rule set name.
3. Click OK on the Customize Component Rules dialog box.
See also:
Component Rules on page 49
Adding and Editing Component Rules
You can add component rules to a rule set, edit existing component rules, and delete
component rules.
The predefined rule sets, Microsoft Best Practices and One file per component, are read-
only and cannot be modified.
Warning
If you are sharing component rules, when you edit existing rule sets your changes will
overwrite rule sets used by other members of the team.
To edit a component rule
1. Select Component Rules menu > Customize.
The Component Rules Manager dialog box appears, listing the predefined rule sets
and any custom rule sets you have created.
2. Click a rule set and click Modify.
The Customize Component Rules dialog box appears.
To add a rule, click Add. This starts the Component Rule Wizard, which lets you
define component rules. For details, see the procedure below.
on page 54.
Setting Up
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