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Chapter 3
Working With Wise Installation Files
Before You Create an Installation
Windows Installer Editor Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
Before You Create an Installation
File Types
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Project Files and Database Files
Target Platforms: 32-bit and 64-bit
Starting a New Installation
Options for New Installations
Entering Project Settings
How the Installation Integrates With the Solution
Scanning the Solution for New Files
Opening an Installation Package
Comparing Windows Installer Files
Saving an Installation as XML
Working With Installations in the Software Manager Database
Compiling An Installation
Testing and Running An Installation
To avoid interruptions during installation development, gather the following information
before you begin creating an installation in Windows Installer Editor.
All the files to install on the destination computer. This includes program files, files
necessary for optional features, related .DLLs, drivers, and other support files.
(Visual Studio integrated editor only.) Some of these files (examples: .DLLs, .OCXs,
and .EXEs) might be added automatically when you create the installation project.
Any third-party installations that the installation will provide. Example: Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
Which files and other system changes comprise which features. (In Windows
Installer, a feature is a distinct part of your application's functionality. Examples: a
spell-checker, a thesaurus, or a collection of clip art.) If the installation will let end
users select optional components, you must organize files into features when you
create the installation.
A list of the changes that must be made to system information files (examples: .INI
files, the registry, and so on) for your application to run properly.
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