Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Merge Modules and Transforms
7. Click OK.
If you selected the Windows Application icon, a merge module project is created in
the location you specified and is listed in Solution Explorer. Skip the next step.
If you selected the Setup Wizard icon, the Wise Setup Wizard appears.
8. Step through the Wise Setup Wizard:
a. On the wizard’s Overview page, review the project settings.
b. On the wizards’ Project Type page, select the Merge Module option.
c.
Set the other settings in this wizard.
See
Entering Project Settings
on page 85.
d. Click Finish.
A merge module project is created in the location you specified and is listed in
Solution Explorer.
9. Double-click the .WSM file in Solution Explorer.
The new merge module opens. In Installation Expert, four page groups appear,
showing the pages that apply to merge modules.
10. Assemble the merge module by adding files, registry entries and so on using the
pages under the Details page group. Because merge modules cannot have multiple
features, you don’t select a feature on these pages.
Note
The Files page includes an extra folder named Application. By default, files that you
add to this folder are copied to the default installation directory of the installation
into which the merge module is merged. Example: If you merge the merge module
into an installation that installs files to C:\Program Files\Product, all files you add to
the Application folder will also be installed to C:\Program Files\Product.
11. If you’re creating a configurable merge module, specify which items can be modified
when the module is merged into an installation.
See
Creating a Configurable Merge Module
on page 374.
12. Select the dependencies and exclusions for this merge module.
Dependencies are other merge modules that must be included with this merge
module, and exclusions are other merge modules that cannot be included with this
merge module.
See
Setting Dependencies for a Merge Module
on page 367 and
Setting Exclusions
for a Merge Module
on page 368.
13. Configure the summary information for the merge module, which is described in
General Information Page
on page 108.
14. Configure the Module Details page, which contains the merge module name,
language, and version.
See
Setting Merge Module Details
on page 366.
After you create the merge module, you can add it to a standard installation.
See
Adding a Merge Module to an Installation
on page 381.
