Editing General File Details - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

Windows Installer Editor Reference
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
Viewing Shared File Resources
Editing XML Files During Installation
To edit attributes for multiple files
1. On the Files or Web Files page, select multiple files in the lower-right list box.
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 371.) 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 or Web Files Page on page 105
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 or Web Files page, select one or more files
and click Details.
In Setup Editor: On the Components or Features tab, select one or more files
and select Details from the right-click menu.
The File Details or Multiple Files dialog box appears.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Complete the dialog box:
Long Filename
(File Details dialog box only.) The name of the file as displayed on computers
running Windows 95 and later.
Short Filename
(File Details dialog box only.) The 8.3 file name as displayed in DOS or under
older versions of Windows. Specify the short name your application will look for
if it is installed on a shared network directory that doesn't support long file
names.
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Assembling an Installation
Setting Permissions for Files
Creating
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