Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual page 345

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Running MSI to WSI Conversion involves redefining source paths, either by extracting
files and merge modules from the .MSI itself, or by redefining the source paths to point
to files and merge modules that already exist on your computer.
To convert an .MSI to a .WSI
1. (Visual Studio integrated editor only.) To add the installation project to a specific
solution, first open the solution in Visual Studio.
2. Open an .MSI.
If a message appears asking you to convert this Windows Installer database to a
Wise project file, click Yes. Otherwise, select Tools menu > MSI to WSI Conversion.
In Visual Studio: Project menu > MSI to WSI Conversion.
The Welcome page appears.
3. In New Source Directory, specify the directory to which all files and merge
modules in the .MSI will be extracted. In the converted .WSI file, all source paths
will point to the files and merge modules located in this directory. You can override
this directory for individual files and merge modules later in this wizard.
If the .MSI contains any merge modules, the Merge Module Sources page appears;
otherwise, the File Sources page appears.
4. On the Merge Module Sources page, you can change the default for extracting
merge modules, which is to extract them from the .MSI into the default source
directory you specified on the Welcome page. To accept the default, click Next.
You can change the default.
See Specifying Merge Module Source Directories
5. On the File Sources page, you can change the default for extracting files, which is to
extract them from the .MSI into the default source directory you specified on the
Welcome page. To accept the default, click Next.
You can change the default.
See Specifying File Source Directories
The Create WSI File page appears.
6. In New .WSI File, specify the path of the new .WSI to create. Do not select a
directory that already contains an .MSI of the same name, because when you
compile this .WSI file, it overwrites any .MSI of the same name that resides in the
same directory.
7. Click Finish.
If any source files or associated .CAB files are not in the location specified in the
.MSI, they are listed on the Files Not Found page and source paths are not created
for those files. You must find them and add them to the new .WSI.
The new .WSI is created at the location you specified, the current .MSI is closed,
and the new .WSI is opened. (In Visual Studio: the new .WSI is added to the current
solution as a new project.) Compile and test this installation thoroughly before
deploying.
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