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About Merge Modules
7. Click OK.
Example: Configuring an Item for a Merge Module
" Professional and Enterprise Editions only.
Suppose your merge module includes a file named ReleaseNotes. Here is how you can
let installation authors select a long or a short file name when they merge the module
into an installation.
1. Select Installation Expert > Substitutions page.
2. Click Add at the right of the page.
The Module Substitution dialog appears.
3. From Table, select File.
4. In the FileName column, click the cell that contains the ReleaseNotes file name. It
should look something like this:
RELEAS~1.TXT|ReleaseNotes.txt
5. Click Add and select Configurable Item.
The Configuration Item Details dialog appears.
6. Complete the dialog:
•Name
Enter “short name.”
• Display Name
Enter “Short file name.”
•Description
Enter “Choose whether to use a short or a long file name for this file.”
•Type
Select Arbitrary Text.
• Default Value
Enter “RELEAS~1.TXT.”
7. Click OK.
On the Module Substitution dialog, your configuration item appears as short_name
in the Configuration Items list box.
8. Click Add and select Constant.
The Substitution Constant dialog appears.
9. In Constant Substitution Value, enter the pipe character (|) and click OK.
On the Module Substitution dialog, the pipe character (|) appears in the
Configuration Items list box, below short_name.
10. Click Add and select Configurable Item.
The Configuration Item Details dialog appears.
11. Enter the following:
•Name
Enter “long name.”
• Display Name
Enter “Long file name.”
•Description
Enter “Choose whether to use a short or a long file name for this file.”