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Appendix C: Using Transforms for Customisation
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<Location>% ProgramFiles%\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\ipsecdialer.exe</Location>
<UseMsVPN>false</UseMsVPN>
<UseOtherVPN>true</UseOtherVPN>
<MsVpnName />
<OtherVpnName>Cisco VPN</OtherVpnName>
</VPN>
Here the location of an existing VPN client is defined in the LOCATION tag, and the start
parameter /c is defined in the VpnParam to connect automatically when the client is started.
Appendix C: Using Transforms for Customisation
A Windows Installer Transform is a database that contains the differences between two MSI
databases. A Transform can only be applied to an MSI database which will be installed, not to a
product that is already installed on a target computer. Transforms are useful for system
administrators to provide variations of a single product without having to modify the original
product installer database. Multi-language installations are also performed by a default language
contained in the MSI database, together with several Transform files, one for the localised strings
of each language.
Creating Transforms
The following instructions describe basic steps using Orca from Microsoft to create Transforms.
All tasks can actually be put into one single Transform – there is no need to put each step or
customisation into a separate Transform.
Task: Replace a File - the file 23415.xml should be replaced by a modified file.
Original file
<working folder>\program files\Vodafone\Vodafone Mobile Broadband\Opco\23415
United Kingdom\23415.xml
Modified file
23415.xml
For the modified file size, open Windows Explorer, navigate to the modified file, right-click it to
display its properties, and then note the file size, e.g. Size: 4.64 KB (4.756 bytes). Keep this
number in mind when creating the Transform later.
1. Start Orca.
2. From the File Menu, select Open.
3. Browse to the folder that contains your working copy of the Vodafone Mobile
Broadband application.
4. Select Vodafone Mobile Broadband.msi.
5. Click Open.