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Chapter 12: Customizing Installations Using Tuner

Tuner Reference

Package View/Location View

It is from the Location View that you specify information regarding where to place the transform and initial Windows

Installer file. You have the option to copy files to a network location, including performing an administrative

installation, or copy files to an FTP server.

In the Setup view, you can set options that are used to create a Setup.exe file to launch both your transform and

Windows Installer package. You have the option to include the MSI engine for Windows 95/98 and NT, as well as

include any command-line arguments for the installation.

In many cases, you may want to perform distribution of the transform and Windows Installer package using

Microsoft SMS. Tuner provides a way to create both a Package Definition File (PDF) or an SMS file in the SMS View.

Select the file type(s) you want to create. If you create an SMS file, Tuner can instruct SMS to create a Management

Information Format (MIF) file when SMS deploys the package and transform. If you want to do this, provide the

Install MIF Filename, Uninstall MIF Filename, and serial number.

For more information about Microsoft SMS, consult the SMS documentation.

Tuner includes an extremely flexible additional tool: the Direct Editor. Using this tool, you can directly edit the

Windows Installer tables that make up the Windows Installer package. This provides you with extremely granular

control over the transform you are creating.

Windows Installer packages are relational databases consisting of dozens of interrelated tables. These tables

reflect the application's features, components, relationship between features and components, registry

information, and user interface.

The Direct Editor allows you to edit values in the MSI tables of the base Windows Installer package and store them

in your transform. As you change values elsewhere in your transform, those changes are reflected in the Direct

Editor, and vice versa. The complete list of MSI tables contained in the installation package is displayed in the left

pane. When you select a table, the contents are displayed in the right pane.

Working Directly with MSI Tables

The Tuner Direct Editor provides the ability to work directly with MSI tables. This includes the ability to edit the

contents, as well as find and replace values.

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