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Chapter 8
Organizing Your Installation Into Releases
You can create an installation that generates different installations for different releases
of your application. You do this by creating and customizing releases within the
installation. You can create releases that install different features, have different
properties, have different output formats, and generate a Web-based installation.
Note
You can only create releases in a project file (.WSI). In any other file, the pages in the Release
Definition page group are fully or partially disabled. An exception is the Languages page. See
Translating an Installation on page 254.
Topics include:
! About Releases.
! Customizing a Release (setting per-release overrides for properties, summary items,
and features).
! Setting Build Options for a Release (determining format of output files and language
options).
! Adding Prerequisites to a Release (determining files to pre-install).
! Creating a Clean Build (creating a compilable copy that has minimal impact on a
build computer).
! Creating Web-Based Installations With WebDeploy (creating an installation end users
can run from the Web).
! Setting Up Media for Distribution.