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About InstallTailor Changes

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those selections. Because the installation is only simulated, no changes are actually
made on your computer.
Examples:
Set certain features to be installed for a particular group of end users.
Change the default target directory for all users that install an application within the
corporate environment.
When an installation cannot run silently, turn off some of the dialog boxes so that
end users do not provide inaccurate information during installation. The ability to
turn off dialog boxes is not supported in some installations.
Define information about the SQL Server that should be used by an application
without prompting the end user.
The transform that InstallTailor creates can set the values of certain properties even if
you do not explicitly define those values when you run InstallTailor. You can review the
changes that InstallTailor captures, you can edit them, and you can delete the ones that
should not appear in the transform.
See About InstallTailor Changes
You can create a transform that customizes another transform. Example: Suppose you
are deploying a new office automation application to your organization's office in
Germany. Everyone in that office needs the German-language version of the installation,
but only the Sales department needs the application's contact management component.
First, you create a language transform to change the language of the installation dialog
boxes to German. Then you use InstallTailor to create a second transform, based on the
first transform, that installs the contact management component. When the second
transform is run, it applies the first transform to the base installation, then applies the
second transform.
Transforms are not applicable to WiseScript technology. For general information on
transforms, see About Transforms in the Windows Installer Editor Help.
See Creating a Transform with InstallTailor
The transform that InstallTailor creates can set the values of certain properties even if
you do not explicitly define those values when you run InstallTailor. For example, the
base installation might set a property based on the destination computer's operating
system. However, the operating system on which you run InstallTailor might differ from
the operating system on your target computers.
InstallTailor displays the changes that it captures when you simulate the installation and
lets you do the following:
Delete the changes that should not appear in the transform.
Edit the captured changes.
Add changes to property values, feature states, and directory values that
InstallTailor did not capture.
For example, you want to specify a different installation directory, but the option to
do so does not appear on the installation dialog boxes. You can add a value for the
installation directory and it is added to the transform.
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