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Creating and Editing Installation Templates
Windows Installer Editor Reference
3.
Complete the dialog box and click OK:
Group Name
Enter a name to precede the wildcards in the Include Wildcards list. This is a
visual identifier to help you quickly find the wildcards in the list.
Wildcards
Enter semi-colon delimited wildcards. (Example: Enter *.EXE;*.DLL for all .EXE
and .DLL files. A ? represents any one character.)
Later, when you add contents or set automatic updating on the Files or Web Files page,
this wildcard group is available from the Include Wildcards list.
See also:
Setting Options
on page 33
When you create a new installation or merge module, it gets its configuration from a
template file. Templates contain logical defaults and commonly used settings. Some
template files are predefined and appear when you create a new installation. You also
can create your own templates.
Example: If all your installations have the same system configuration requirements and
document file extensions, you can create a template with these changes preconfigured.
Warning
Editing predefined templates is not recommended, because they might be overwritten
during upgrades. Instead, save customized templates with different names, or make
copies of the predefined templates and edit the copies.
Template Location
Templates are in:
(Standard Edition.) The Templates subdirectory of the Windows Installer Editor
installation directory.
(Professional Edition.) The Templates subdirectory of the share point directory. This
lets multiple users access the same templates.
See
Installation Resources and Their Locations
To create a custom template
1.
Select File menu > New.
The New Installation File dialog box appears.
2.
Select a template file on which to base the new template and click OK. Only icons
that have a corresponding file in the Templates directory are templates; other icons
cannot be used to create or edit templates.
A new installation or merge module opens.
3.
Make all the changes that should appear in installations that will be created with this
template.
on page 28.
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