Options For New Installations - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

Options for New Installations

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a. Select the driver package feature.
b. Create a unique directory for the driver package.
c. Add the driver package's .INF file to the directory you created.
d. The driver package's .INF file must be the first file added to this directory so
that it becomes the key path of the component.
e. Add the other files that make up the driver package to the same directory that
contains the .INF file.
f. In the lower-right list box, double-click the .INF file.
g. The File Details dialog box appears.
h. Click the Driver tab and edit the DIFxAPP options.
See Editing DIFxApp Options
7. To add additional driver packages repeat the preceding steps, except for adding the
DIFxApp merge module.
8. Continue developing the installation.
When you create a new installation, the New Installation File dialog box appears and
provides options for starting an installation. Most of the options use a template to start a
specific kind of installation. If you have created custom templates, they appear as
additional options for new installations.
See Creating and Editing Installation Templates
This section describes the options that are available.
Windows Application
Creates a standard installation with default settings.
See Starting a New Installation
Device Driver
Creates an installation that installs a device driver. This template supports Microsoft
Driver Install Frameworks (DIFx). Use it with the DIFxApp merge module that adds
custom actions to the installation that are needed to install and uninstall the device
driver package using Driver Install Frameworks for Applications (DIFxApp).
See Creating a Device Driver Installation
Web Application
Creates an installation intended to be run on Microsoft Internet Information Server
(IIS).
See About Web Installations
Server Application
Creates an installation intended to be run on Microsoft IIS, with an additional dialog box
for recording logon information.
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