Features That Support Web Installations - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION STUDIO V1.0 Installation Manual

Features That Support Web Installations

Windows Installer Editor Reference
Differences between the Files page and Web Files page
Files page
You can create directories and add files
to them
You can set NTFS-based (NT file system)
permissions on directories
It shows all directories and files that will
be installed, including Web items
It shows Web sites under the physical
directory where they will be installed
It contains the wwwroot directory, which
represents the physical InetPub\wwwroot
directory on the destination computer
You cannot delete a physical directory
that is mapped to a virtual directory or
Web site
You can delete a non-Web directory
See also:
When to Use the File-Related Installation Expert Pages
In addition to the Web Files page, the following features throughout the product
specifically support Web application installations:
Dynamic editing of XML
files
Custom Property dialog
Web Files page
You can create Web folders, virtual
directories, and Web sites, and add files
to them
You can set Web-based security on
directories
It shows only directories and files that
will be accessible through an IIS Web
server
It shows Web sites in the hierarchy as
they will appear in IIS Internet Services
Manager
It does not contain wwwroot, but you can
map a virtual directory to a physical
directory that you created under
wwwroot on the Files page
You can delete a virtual directory or Web
site, and a message asks if you want to
delete the corresponding mapped
physical directory and files
You cannot delete a non-Web directory,
except in the instance described above
The Dynamic Content tab appears for valid XML files,
such as Web.config, that you add to the installation. Use
it to edit the attributes in an XML file by substituting the
value of Windows Installer properties at run time.
Gather the values of properties using the Custom
Property dialog below.
See Editing XML Files During Installation
The Custom Property dialog provides an easy way to let
the end user specify values for Windows Installer
properties. You can use these properties to populate an
XML file, as described above.
See Adding the Custom Property Dialog
Advanced Installations
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