Chapter 1: Introduction; About Wisescript - Symantec WISESCRIPT PACKAGE EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - FOR WISE INSTALLATION STUDIO V1.0 Installation Manual

Chapter 1
Introduction

About WiseScript

WiseScript Package Editor Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
About WiseScript on page 12
WiseScript Benefits on page 12
Getting Started on page 14
Starting the Software
The Product Interface
Using WiseScripts in a Windows Installer Installation
Compiling, Testing, and Running a WiseScript
Product Documentation
WiseScript Package Editor
WiseScript Package Editor is an application development tool for creating and editing
installation packages based on the WiseScript™ scripting language. Use WiseScript
Package Editor to edit and refine installations that you have imported from legacy
installations, or that you have recreated with ApplicationWatch.
The Installation Expert view in WiseScript Package Editor lets you create and edit basic
installations and provides an easy-to-use, task-oriented user interface to set the most
common installation tasks. Each page of Installation Expert lets you configure a specific
aspect of your installation.
For advanced customization, you can edit the installation script in Script Editor, which
provides a powerful and easy-to-use scripting environment based on the WiseScript™
scripting language. You create and edit lines in the script by setting options in dialog
boxes, which decreases the chances of syntax or other errors.
WiseScript Package Editor is a tool in Wise Installation Studio.
WiseScript Editor
WiseScript Editor is a WiseScript™ authoring environment that you can use to automate
administrative tasks. You also can use it to create .EXEs to use as custom actions in
Windows Installer installations. These custom actions can extend the capabilities of
Microsoft Windows Installer and simplify installation tasks (example: parsing and
arithmetic functions) that are difficult to accomplish with Windows Installer.
WiseScript Editor is embedded within Windows Installer Editor and appears when you
create a custom action that calls a WiseScript.
WiseScript Editor contains the same scripting interface as WiseScript Package Editor, but
it does not contain the Installation Expert interface or other installation development
on page 13
on page 14
on page 15
on page 16
on page 14
12