Setting Installation Options For A Child Virtual Directory - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

Setting Installation Options for a Child Virtual Directory

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Note
If the current installation was built in an older version of Windows Installer Editor,
you are prompted to first convert the dialog boxes on the Dialogs page. Converting
resets navigation and conditions, so if you customized the dialog boxes, back up this
installation before converting.
5. Complete the User Installation Options section:
New Web Site
Mark this to let end users install Web resources to a new Web site. However,
even if you mark this, this will not be an available option if the operating system
of the destination computer does not support the creation of new Web sites.
Workstation operating systems prior to Vista do not support the creation of a
new Web site.
Existing Web Site
Mark this to let end users install Web resources to an existing Web site. They
will see a list of existing Web sites to choose from.
Virtual Directory
Mark this to let end users install Web resources to a virtual directory. If you
select only this option, then this Web site will be installed as a virtual directory.
Install as Virtual Directory on Workstation
This applies only if the New Web Site option above is marked, and the
installation is installed to an operating system whose IIS version does not
support creation of a new Web site. This option ensures that end users can
install to a virtual directory even if you did not mark it above. Otherwise, the
installation will fail because it is trying to force a Web site to be created when
the IIS version disallows it.
6. Complete the New Web Site Prompts section.
These options are enabled if you mark New Web Site above. Mark the items that
the end user should be able to configure during installation. These items correspond
to options on the properties dialog box in IIS.
See About the Web Site Details Dialog
7. Click OK.
Note
Clicking OK on the details dialog box regenerates the Web dialog boxes in the
installation.
See also:
About Web Installations
An important part of setting up a Web installation is specifying the installation options
that will be available to the end user at run time. To do so, use the Virtual Directory UI
tab, which appears on the details dialog box for child virtual directories. If the virtual
directory is directly under Destination Computer, then see
for a Web Installation on page 252.
on page 255.
on page 245
Advanced Installations
Setting Installation Options
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