Converting An Installshield .Msi Installation - Symantec WISE PACKAGE STUDIO 8.0 - REFERENCE V1.0 Reference

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Exposes SQL Server configuration information
Guidelines
If you try to convert an .EXE and the conversion fails, use SetupCapture to
repackage the installation. The conversion could fail because the .EXE:
Is not an InstallShield .EXE.
Does not contain an .MSI.
If you try to convert an .MSI and the conversion fails, use Windows Installer Editor
to customize the package.
After conversion, check the log file to see if any parts of the conversion failed and
thoroughly test the converted file.
If an InstallShield .MSI configures a SQL Server database during installation, the
conversion of the .MSI has the following limitations:
If the InstallShield .MSI is installed on the computer where it is being
converted, then its SQL Server scripts do not convert properly. To resolve this
problem, either open the converted .MSI in Windows Installer Editor and
replace the corrupt SQL scripts on the SQL Server Scripts page, or redo the
conversion of the .MSI on a computer where the .MSI is not installed.
If the InstallShield .MSI specifies text strings to be found and replaced within
SQL statements during installation, these are not converted. You must enter
these in Windows Installer Editor on the SQL Server Scripts page.
If the InstallShield .MSI recreates a SQL Server database during installation and
does not use a SQL script to do this, this is not converted. You must specify how
to recreate the database in Windows Installer Editor on the SQL Server Scripts
page.
You can apply InstallShield patches and updates to a converted InstallShield .MSI.

Converting an InstallShield .MSI Installation

To convert an InstallShield .MSI installation
1. On the Tools tab, double-click Legacy Setup Conversion.
The Select Source Format page appears.
2. Mark InstallShield (.MSI or .EXE) and click Next.
The Specify Files page appears.
3. Complete the page:
Source Installation
Specify the full path of the .MSI or the .EXE to convert. An .EXE must contain an
.MSI.
Target Installation
Specify the full path of a new or existing .WSI or .MSI in which to save the
converted installation. Specify an empty directory because multiple files and
directories may be generated.
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