Wise Package Studio Tools

Windows Installer Editor

Setup Capture

Vikram Singh
HP Intern
 Windows Installer Editor
 Windows Installer Editor is an installation development system for
creating and editing Windows Installer packages.
 It is a complete and user-friendly front end for generating Windows
Installer database files, which are executed by the Windows Installer
engine.
 Used for editing and refining installations that have been converted
from legacy installations, or that have been recreated with
SetupCapture or ApplicationWatch.

 It has three major views, each of which provides a different

development environment.
◦ INSTALLATION EXPERT
◦ MSI SCRIPT
◦ SETUP EDITOR
 Installation Expert
 Helps in creating basic Windows Installer installations and provides
an easy-to-use, task-oriented UI to set the most common
installation tasks.
 Each page of Installation Expert lets you determine a specific aspect
of your installation.
 For example,
On the Files page, we can determine what files are included in the
installation, and on the Registry page, we can determine what
registry keys and values are created on the destination computer.
 MSI Script
 MSI Script provides a powerful yet easy-to-use environment for
editing Windows Installer installation sequences.
 A sequence is a set of actions that are performed during a particular
type of installation.
 MSI Script is easy to work with even if you are not familiar with the
underlying Windows Installer technology.
 Provides easy UI for creating a custom action.
 Just double-click the custom action you want to add to your
sequence or just start typing the action name, then fill out options
for the action. The resulting sequence is displayed in clear, readable
statements.
 Setup Editor
 Setup Editor lets you create fully customized interactive installations.
There are certain advanced tasks you can perform in Setup Editor
only:

◦ Edit the text on installation dialogs.

◦ Create components and assign them to features.
◦ Build complex conditions that must be met for installation to occur.
◦ Choose dialogs to appear during maintenance installations (uninstalls).
◦ Edit the raw table data of the Windows Installer database.
 SetupCapture
 SetupCapture records an installation and recreates it in a Windows Installer
or WiseScript package.
 Records the installation by using various capture methods:

◦ Virtual Capture creates a clean virtual OS on the computer, and the installation is
redirected in the clean virtual OS.

◦ With SmartMonitor, SetupCapture watches the installation and records the changes the
installation performs. Available only when you're running Windows NT, 2000, or XP.

◦ With Snapshot comparisons, SetupCapture scans the computer before and after the
installation and records the differences between the first scan and the second.
Snapshot can also be used in conjunction with SmartMonitor.

 SetupCapture creates a separate feature for each .EXE that's installed that
has a shortcut.
 Isolating .EXE components into features results in more efficient repairs.