Component attributes windows installer

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Privacy policy. Note that the letters of these GUIDs must be uppercase. The lowercase letters must be changed to uppercase to make these valid component code GUIDs. If this column is null the installer does not register the component and the component cannot be removed or repaired by the installer. This might be intentionally done if the component is only needed during the installation, such as a custom action that cleans up temporary files or removes an old product.

It may also be useful when copying data files to a user's computer that do not need to be registered. External key of an entry in the Directory table. This is a property name whose value contains the actual path, which can be set either by the AppSearch action or with the default setting obtained from the Directory table.

Developers must avoid authoring components that place files into one of the User Profile folders. These files would not be available to all users in multi-user situations and could cause the installer to permanently view the component as requiring repair.

This column contains a bit flag that specifies options for remote execution. Add the indicated bit to the total value in the column to include an option. In the case of an. This column contains a conditional statement that can control whether a component is installed. If the condition is null or evaluates to true, then the component is enabled. If the condition evaluates to False, then the component is disabled and is not installed.

The Condition field enables or disables a component only during the CostFinalize action. Note that unless the Transitive bit in the Attributes column is set for a component, the component remains enabled once installed even if the conditional statement in the Condition column later evaluates to False on a subsequent maintenance installation of the product.

The Condition column in the Component table accepts conditional expressions containing references to the installed states of features and components. For information on the syntax of conditional statements, see Conditional Statement Syntax. This value points to a file or folder belonging to the component that the installer uses to detect the component.

Two components cannot share the same key path value. The value in this column is also the path returned by the MsiGetComponentPath function. Because folders created by the installer are deleted when they become empty, you must author an entry into the CreateFolder table to install a component that consists of an empty folder. This is used to store InstallShield custom properties of a component.

Currently the only one is ExtractAtBuild. A bit word that specifies non-MSI window styles to be applied to this control. A number used to represent the control ID of the Control. Used in Dialog export. This is only used in Script Based Setups. Release Flags that specify whether this feature will be built in a particular release. Full path, the category is of Text instead of Path because of potential use of path variables.

It contains important tips about the MSDE prerequisites and the installation procedure. Open your InstallMate project and go to the Files and folders project page. Choose Add Files from Disk This opens the Add Files to Project dialog box.

You should now see the first-level files and the two subfolders. In the dialog box, click Reset filter , then check the Include Setup files box, the Include subfolders box, and click Add with filter. The Bulk Import dialog box appears. In this dialog box, make sure that Assign to per-folder component is selected, then click OK. Go to the Components project page and create a new component, then set its attributes as shown below in particular, set its Component name to MSDE ; see Component attributes for details : Add the MSDE-related components under the heading Components and Assemblies to the new feature.

In that case, the feature is made unavailable. The location of the sqlservr. Go to the InstallMate - Actions project page. Set its attributes as shown in the following screen shot: Adjust the Arguments field as required.