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Windows Installer Editor Reference
Note
When you add an operation to remove, move, or copy a file on the destination computer,
an entry for that operation appears on the Files page in the lower-right list box. Because
the entry is an operation to be performed on a file on the destination computer, you
cannot edit its attributes. However, you can edit the details of the operation.
To edit attributes for a single file
On the Files page, double-click a file in the lower-right list box.
(Visual Studio integrated editor only.) On the Visual Studio Solution page, double-click a
file in the lower-right list box.
The File Details dialog box appears. It contains several tabs. See:
Editing General File Details
Setting Permissions for Files and Directories
Editing Self-Registration Settings for Files
Editing Assembly Settings for Files
Editing XML Files During Installation
To edit attributes for multiple files
1.
On the Files page, select multiple files in the lower-right list box.
In the Visual Studio integrated editor, you also can use the Visual Studio Solution
page.
2.
Click Details at the lower right of the page.
The Multiple Files dialog box appears. Only a subset of the editing options are
available.See
Editing General File Details
and
Directories.
Note
If you add a file to an installation, then add it again to a different directory, the second
instance is added as a duplicate file. If you double-click the second file, the Duplicate
File Details dialog box appears instead of the File Details dialog box. (See also
Duplicate File Entries
on page 364.) With .NET assemblies, if you add the same file to
the application directory and the Global Assembly Cache, a duplicate file is not created
because they are treated as separate components.
See also:
Files Page
on page 112
Visual Studio Solution Page
Adding Files to an Installation
Editing General File Details
To edit general file details
1.
Do one of the following:
In Installation Expert: On the Files page, select one or more files and click
Details.
on page 130
on page 132
on page 133
on page 134
on page 137
on page 130 and
on page 140
on page 116
Assembling an Installation
Setting Permissions for Files
Creating
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