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Chapter 8: Converting Legacy Installations Using the Repackager Interface

Working With Repackager Projects

isolated version of the Windows Installer package. An additional Windows Installer package will be

created in the same directory as the

appname.isolated.msi

For more information on how Repackager isolates applications and the available isolation options, see

Isolating Windows Installer

Select the Run automated tests against the Windows installer package option to automatically run

PackageExpert tests against the newly built Windows Installer package to determine if it is built according

to Windows Installer standards, and if it is in compliance with the installation requirements of the Windows

Vista operating system. All of the tests that are currently selected on the PackageExpert Configuration

View are run, and those selected tests that are automatically resolvable, will be resolved.

To build a virtual application, select the Create a Microsoft App-V application, Create a VMware

ThinApp application, and/or Create a Citrix XenApp profile option. See

Virtual Application During Repackager Project

Windows Installer package (.msi) after creating the Editor project option.

A project template contains all of the default settings and design elements that you want to use as a starting

point when you create an installation project. In the Repackaged Output Options area, select the

InstallShield Editor Project Template you want to use when creating the project:

Use the default Editor

Use a customized

For example, if you wanted all of your InstallShield Editor projects to have a special custom dialog, a set of

required redistributables, and a particular SQL script, you could create a project template that has all of

those settings. Then, any time that you wanted to create a new project, you could base it off of your

custom template. This enables you to avoid re-creating the custom dialog, re-adding the redistributables,

and re-adding the SQL script every time that you create a new InstallShield Editor Project.

Select Package Information from the View List. The Package Information View opens, where you can

specify information for the Windows Installer package that you build from the Repackager project. Much of this

information may be prepopulated based on settings used in the Repackaging Wizard.

In order to select one of these virtualization options, you must have already selected the Create a

template—Select this option to use the default InstallShield Editor Project

template—Select this option to use a customized InstallShield Editor Project

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