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3. On the Merge Module Sources page, you can change the default for extracting
merge modules, which is to extract them from the .MSI into the default source
directory you specified on the Welcome page. To accept the default, click Next.
You can change the default.
See
Specifying Merge Module Source Directories
on page 357.
4. On the File Sources page, you can change the default for extracting files, which is to
extract them from the .MSI into the default source directory you specified on the
Welcome page. To accept the default, click Next.
You can change the default.
See
Specifying File Source Directories
on page 358.
The Create WSI File page appears.
5. In New .WSI File, specify the path of the new .WSI to create. Do not select a
directory that already contains an .MSI of the same name, because when you
compile this .WSI file, it overwrites any .MSI of the same name that resides in the
same directory.
6. Click Finish.
If any source files or associated .CAB files are not in the location specified in the
.MSI, they are listed on the Files Not Found page and source paths are not created
for those files. You must find them and add them to the new .WSI.
The new .WSI is created at the location you specified, the current .MSI is closed,
and the new .WSI is opened. Compile and test this installation thoroughly before
deploying.
Specifying Merge Module Source Directories
During MSI to WSI Conversion, merge modules are extracted from the .MSI to the
default source directory specified on the Welcome page. The source files are pulled from
the source directory when the .WSI is compiled. On the Merge Module Sources page,
you can override the default source directory for specific merge modules.
See
MSI to WSI Conversion
on page 356.
You can override the default source directory in the following ways:
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Change Source Directory
Extract merge modules to a directory other than the default directory.
z
Replace With Local File
Select merge modules on your computer to replace the merge modules in the .MSI.
The merge modules you select on your computer must have identical GUIDs as
those you are replacing.
z
Search Module Directories
Search for merge modules by GUID in all the merge module directories defined in
Wise Options.
z
Reset to Default
After changing the source path through any of the above methods, you can reset a
merge module to its default, which is to extract to the default source directory.
To change the directory to which merge modules will be extracted
1. On the Merge Module Sources page, select one or more merge modules.
