Opening Existing Transforms - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 12: Customizing Installations Using Tuner
Working with Transforms
without the first one, Windows Installer interprets this as trying to change a null value to another value, which will
result in an error.
5. By default, the transform will be created in the same directory as the Windows Installer package, and named
the same as the base package with an
location of the transform, you can also do so in the Windows Installer Transforms area. Click Browse to
open the Save Customization File dialog box.
Navigate to the directory in which you want to store the transform file you are creating. Provide the name of the
transform with an .mst extension (for example,
the path and file name appear in the edit field.
6. If you want to create a Response Transform, check the appropriate box. If you are using a response
transform, you can specify additional command-line properties (in property name/value pairs separated by
semicolons) to pass to the response transform. These must be PUBLIC properties, and only control how the
dialogs are displayed during creation of the response transform. They are not persisted outside of the UI
sequence during creation. For example, you can pass the property/value pair
to set the value of the Help Telephone field of Add/Remove Programs. See
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Transforms
You might pass a property/value pair during response transform creation to display all dialogs during an
installation that may not be displayed based on your system configuration (for example, to show Windows 9x-
only dialogs on a Windows NT platform). You can then make appropriate responses and have them included
in your transform.
7. Ensure all the information entered is correct, and click Create.
• If you are creating a Standard
displaying the
• If you are creating a Response
Step through the installation, making changes as necessary. When you reach the end of the installation
sequence and click Install, the installation will exit and the Tuner interface will open your transform,
displaying the
simulated installation.
Note • You can access information about the original MSI file and associated transforms by selecting Properties
from the File menu.

Opening Existing Transforms

On the Tuner Start Page, when you click on Open an existing transform file, the pane on the right of the interface
changes. You can then specify the name and location of the base Windows Installer package, any associated
transforms, and the name and location of the transform file.
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for more information.
Package Validation
Package Validation
extension. However, if you want to change the name and/or
.mst
MyTransform.mst
Transform, the transform file is opened in the Tuner interface,
View.
Transform, a simulated installation of the selected application begins.
View. Your transform contains all of the changes you made during the
) and click Save. The dialog box closes and
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Using Response
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