Wise Installation Studio/Express Getting Started Guide
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Basic Tutorial: Creating a Windows Installer Installation
Basic tutorial prerequisites
Install Wise Installation Express, or the Windows Installer Editor feature of Wise
Installation Studio.
See
Installing Wise Installation Studio or Wise Installation Express
on page 12.
We assume that you are following this tutorial for the first time. Follow the instructions
in this tutorial exactly as presented; otherwise, your results can deviate from the
information presented here.
Warning
If you have followed this tutorial previously, delete any files you might have created
then. If you previously installed the QuickFacts sample application, uninstall it before
proceeding with the tutorial.
Create a New Installation Project
In this section, you set options for using Windows Installer Editor. You then create a new
installation, enter descriptive information about it, and structure the features in the
installation.
Tasks in This Section
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Setting options.
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Creating a new installation project.
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Entering product details.
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Entering general information.
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Entering information for Add/Remove Programs.
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Setting up features.
Open a Project and Set Options
You use the Wise Options dialog box to customize the behavior of Windows Installer
Editor for all installations you create.
Windows Installer projects are comprised of features, and normally, you view folders
and registry keys per feature. In this procedure, you open a new project and set options
that let you view folders and registry keys for all features simultaneously, making it
easier to see the installation as a whole.
To open a project and set options
1. Select Windows Start menu > Programs > Symantec > Windows Installer Editor.
2. If the New Installation File dialog box does not appear, select File menu > New.
3. On the New Installation File dialog box:
a. Select the Windows Application icon.
b. Mark Create .WSI or .WSM project file that can be compiled into an .MSI
or .MSM. This option lets you work in a project file (.WSI), which describes and
compiles the actual installation file (.MSI).
