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How to Specify the Target Platform
Windows Installer Editor Reference
You cannot test, run, or debug a 64-bit installation on a 32-bit computer.
See:
How to Specify the Target Platform
What's Different in a 64-bit Installation?
32-bit Applications on 64-bit Computers
Guidelines for Creating Platform-Specific Installations
Creating Multiple, Platform-Specific Installations from One Project File
Using 64-Bit Windows Installer Packages in the Windows Installer SDK Help
The target platform is stored in the Template Summary property of the .MSI or .MSM
(merge module). For an installation to run, the platform in the Template Summary
property must match the platform of the destination computer.
The Template Summary property of the .MSI is set during compile based on the
release's Target Platform setting. The initial target platform for the Default release is
set by the Target Platform option on the New Installation File dialog box.
If the release's Target Platform
setting is
32-bit
64-bit (x64)
64-bit (Itanium)
Viewing the Template Summary Property
This setting is visible under Setup Editor > Product tab > Summary. Do not change the
target platform setting there.
When an installation project (.WSI) contains multiple releases that compile to 32-bit and
64-bit .MSIs, the Template Summary property reflects one platform or the other. The
correct Template Summary property is set in each .MSI during compile.
See Template Summary Property in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
Additional Target Platform Settings
Feature Details dialog box
To display this dialog box, double-click a feature in Installation Expert > Features
page.
At run time, the destination computer's platform determines whether a feature is
available for installation. (Example: On a 64-bit destination computer, a feature that
is designated as 32-bit does not appear to the end user and is never installed.)
This setting is used primarily to organize components by feature in a 64-bit
installation that contains 32-bit components.
See
Configuring a Feature Using the Feature Details Dialog
Working With Wise Installation Files
on page 64
on page 65
on page 66
on page 67
then the Template Summary property
value is
Intel
x64
Intel64
on page 68
on page 103.
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