Adding An Installation To Source Control - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual

Adding an Installation to Source Control

Windows Installer Editor Reference
Note
If your installation is already located in your source control system, you can connect to
the existing installation. Do a Get of all the installation files to your hard drive, then
follow the procedure in Adding an Installation to Source Control
How XML Files Integrate With Source Code Control
To ensure that the XML copy is always synchronized with the original installation file, be
sure to mark the Create XML copy during save check box in Wise Options.
If an XML copy of an installation is in the same directory as the installation file:
Source control tasks that you perform on the current installation file are also
performed on its XML copy. This ensures that both versions remain synchronized.
(The XML copy does not appear on the SCCS dialog boxes.)
When you show history, the XML file is used instead of the installation file.
When you compare differences, the XML file is used instead of the installation file.
In Visual Studio integrated editor, you cannot perform comparisons with the XML
file. This is a Visual Studio limitation.
If you are using the Visual Studio source code control, do not check out files outside
the Visual Studio interface. If you do, the installation file and its XML copy will get
out of sync.
See Saving an Installation as XML
See also:
Adding Files to an Installation in Source Control
Checking Files Into Source Control
Checking Files Out from Source Control
Getting Latest Version of Files
Removing Files from Source Control
Undoing the Check Out of Files
Showing History of the Installation File
Showing the Differences Between Installation Files
Comparing the Current Installation to the Latest in Source Control
Not available in the Visual Studio integrated editor.
Visual Studio contains built-in source control functionality.
To use source control, you must have a source code control system (SCCS) installed on
your computer.
See Using Source Control
To add an installation to source control
1. If the commands in the Source Control menu are unavailable, do the following:
a. Select Tools menu > Options > Source Control tab.
b. Mark Enable source control. This enables the Source Control menu.
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