Wise Installation Studio/Express Getting Started Guide
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Basic Tutorial: Creating a Windows Installer Installation
7. Save the installation.
You have configured the installation to require a specific version of Windows and to let
the end user select which features to install. In the next section, you create a standard
and a demo edition of the installation.
Define Releases
In this section, you will create a standard edition and a demo edition of the QuickFacts
installation. You also will customize properties for the demo release so that the product
name reflects that it’s a demo.
To generate more than one installation from a single project, you create multiple
releases and then configure each release. You can create releases in Windows Installer
Editor project files (.WSI) only; release options are unavailable in .MSI files.
When you create a release, you can specify whether the compiled installation program is
an .EXE or an .MSI and whether to pre-install the Windows Installer software before
running the installation. For this tutorial, you will create .MSI files and you will not pre-
install Windows Installer.
Tasks in This Section
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Creating releases.
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Customizing the demo release properties.
Before you perform these tasks, you must have customized the installation.
See
Customize the Installation’s Behavior on the Destination Computer
on page 25.
Create Releases
In this procedure, you create two releases for this installation: a standard edition and a
demo edition.
To create releases
1. Under the Release Definition page group (you might need to scroll down to see it),
select the Releases page.
A release named Default already exists, because every installation must contain at
least one release.
2. Double-click the Default release.
The Release Details dialog box appears.
3. Complete the dialog box:
Release Name
Standard
.MSI File Name
QuickFacts.msi
