Scanning The Solution For New Files - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION STUDIO V1.0 Installation Manual

Scanning the Solution for New Files

Windows Installer Editor Reference
When you add a new project to the solution, its outputs are added to the installation.
To exclude a project from the installation, or to change how the installation project
integrates with the solution, edit the installation's project settings.
See Entering Project Settings
Note
Only files that reside in the directory where the solution (.sln) file resides and its
subdirectories can be managed with source control. Files that reside in system
directories or other locations outside the solution directory are not managed by source
control, and therefore do not appear in the Other Files or Source Files folders under the
installation project in Solution Explorer.
Visual Studio integrated editor only.
Windows Installer Editor can scan projects in a solution for new output files that need to
be added to the installation, and add those files to the installation.
Scanning occurs when you:
Load, save, or build an installation project within a solution.
Change the installation's project settings. Examples: output types, projects to
include.
How and when the solution is scanned is determined by the Scan Method option. The
default is set in Wise Options and can be changed for specific installations on the
Projects page in the project settings.
See Setting Visual Studio Options
If you add an existing .WSI to a solution, the .WSI project's original scan method
setting is preserved.
If you add an existing .WSI project to a solution and no scan method setting is
found, the default scan method is used.
You can specify the level of scanning that should occur for each installation.
See Projects Page on page 87.
If the solution contains a mixed-platform (32-bit and 64-bit) project, define the
INSTALLDIR property to ensure that the outputs are placed in the appropriate directory
for each platform.
See Defining the INSTALLDIR Property in a Mixed-Platform Installation
Add Project Outputs to Installation dialog box
This dialog box appears during save, build, or compile when the scan method is set to
prompt. On this dialog box, you can:
Mark check boxes for files to add them to the installation project.
Edit the destination feature and target directory by clicking a file and editing the
appropriate cell.
Working With Wise Installation Files
on page 85.
on page 52 and Projects Page on page 87.
on page 78.
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