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Adding Contents of Visual Studio Projects to the Installation
Windows Installer Editor Reference
Adding Files From Outside the Solution
Adding .NET Assemblies to the Installation
Editing File Details
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How Self-Registration Information is Captured
Visual Studio integrated editor only.
Follow this procedure to:
Override the file installation directories that result from scanning the solution.
Add output files that were not included in the solution scan.
Control whether dependencies are included with an output group.
The dialog box that appears in this procedure also appears when you drag an output
group from the right-lower list box to the left-lower list box.
To add contents of Visual Studio projects to the installation
1.
Select Installation Expert > Visual Studio Solution page.
Items that you add to a feature are installed on the destination computer only if the
feature is installed. Items that you add to a condition are installed only if the feature
is installed and the condition is true.
2.
In the upper-left list box, expand a project and select the output group to add.
If Windows Installer Editor cannot locate the solution file, the upper-left list box is
empty.
3.
In the lower-left list box, select a directory to add the output group to.
4.
Click Add Contents.
The Add Contents dialog box appears.
5.
Specify how to update output groups and files that are already in the installation.
Your selection here affects how the existing output groups and files are affected by
future file scans. By default, different options are selected on the Add Contents
dialog box depending on the output group.
See
How are files updated during scanning?
Leave the existing output group and files
This leaves the existing output group and its files in the current folder, and
places new copies of the files in the new folder. Example: When you add files to
the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), you might also need to add them to the
application directory.
Move the output group but leave existing files
This moves the output group from its current folder but leaves the existing files
there.
Move the existing output group and files
This moves the output group and its files to the new folder. This option is
selected by default for all output groups, but if you select one of the first two
options, that option becomes the default selection.
Assembling an Installation
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