When To Use The File-Related Installation Expert Pages - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION STUDIO V1.0 Installation Manual

When to Use the File-Related Installation Expert Pages

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Delete (lower left)
Remove a directory from the installation. This does not delete it from the
destination computer.
Details (lower left)
On the Files page, use this to set NTSF permissions.
On the Web Files page, use this to set all IIS-related details about the item, as
well as Web-based security.
Wildcards
Update settings of a directory in the installation.
See Editing Settings for Automatic Updating
Operation
Add operations to the installation. See:
Removing a File From the Destination Computer
Copying and Moving Files on the Destination Computer
Delete (lower right)
Remove a file or operation from the installation.
Details (lower right)
View details on the installation's files or operations, including attributes, name
and source, permissions, self-registration, and assembly options. See:
Editing File Details
Removing a File From the Destination Computer
Copying and Moving Files on the Destination Computer
To learn about the Web-specific functionality of the Web Files page, see
Installations on page 266.
See also:
Installation Directories on page 128
Files or Web Files Page Icons
Adding Merge Modules Instead of Files
Adding Files From the Wise Software Repository
Adding .NET Assemblies to the Installation
How Self-Registration Information is Captured
You can add files to an installation on the Files page and the Web Files page. If you are
using Visual Studio integrated editor, you also can add files on the Visual Studio Solution
page. The following table describes when you should use each of these pages.
Page
Files
on page 145.
on page 129
on page 132
on page 133
on page 137
on page 155
When to use it
To add files to any installation
In an installation that is part of a Visual Studio
solution, to add files that are not included in the
solution
See Files or Web Files Page
Assembling an Installation
on page 140.
on page 142
on page 143
on page 142.
on page 143
About Web
on page 125.
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