Chapter 12: Working With Source Paths; About Source Paths; Using Source Control - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION STUDIO V1.0 Installation Manual

Chapter 12
Working With Source Paths

About source paths

Using Source Control

Windows Installer Editor Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
Using Source Control
About Path Variables
Source Paths in an Installation
You might find that you need to work with source paths during installation development.
Project files (.WSI) reference files you add to the installation by their source path. Each
time you compile, the files are copied from the source path to the .MSI.
If you have a repository connection, you can distribute an installation to the share point
directory so that it can be imported into the Software Manager database. When you
distribute to the share point, all the installation's source files are copied to the share
point and the source paths for those files are updated in the installation.
See Copying an Installation to the Share Point Directory
Not available in the Visual Studio integrated editor.
Visual Studio contains built-in source control functionality.
Source code control is the control, tracking, and recording of all changes made to a set
of source code files. Various commercial and open-source software applications, such as
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, act as source code control systems (SCCS). All SCCS
applications have similar functionality: tracking who is working on what file; allowing for
retrieval of previous versions, backing out of changes, adding and removing files from
the SCCS; and recording the history of files. They might also provide functionality for
viewing the differences between versions of files.
Windows Installer Editor integrates with leading SCCS applications to let you perform
source control tasks on an installation. Windows Installer Editor determines the SCCS
that you are using and calls APIs that interact with it. The API functions display dialog
boxes and functionality directly from your SCCS. On the Source Control tab in Wise
Options, you enable source code control and set the global level of interaction between
your SCCS and Windows Installer Editor.
See Setting Source Control Options
To use source control, you must:
Have an SCCS installed on your computer, have a valid account, and you might need
permissions to create new directories and add files. Because Windows Installer
Editor works though your existing user account, the permissions you experience in
Windows Installer Editor are the same as those you already have set in your SCCS.
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