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Chapter 16
Tools
Wise for Windows Installer contains powerful tools that perform specialized functions.
You can start a tool by selecting its name from the Tools menu. (In Visual Studio: Project
menu.) Some tools are also available on the Tools toolbar. To display the Tools toolbar,
select View menu > Tools. (In Visual Studio: View menu > Toolbars > Wise Wizards.)
You also can start some tools from the New Installation File dialog, which puts the
results from the tool into a new installation file. (In Visual Studio: New Project or New
File dialog.)
Wise for Windows Installer Tools
! ApplicationWatch on page 355.
! Convert InstallShield Professional on page 356.
! Convert SMS Installer or WiseScript Installation on page 358.
! Convert Source Paths. See Changing Source Paths in an Installation on page 325.
! Import Visual Studio Projects on page 360.
! Move Components to Merge Module. See Creating a Merge Module From Existing
Components on page 337.
! MSI to WSI Conversion on page 365.
! Package Distribution. Copy a compiled installation to an FTP server, to a local area
network, or to removable media. You can also perform an administrative installation
to a shared network directory. In the Enterprise Edition, you also can distribute an
installation to the share point directory. See Package Distribution on page 280.
! Package Validation on page 370.
! Patch Creation. See Creating a Patch File on page 304.
! Software Manager, which provides the interface for working with packages in the
Software Manager database. See Software Manager Basics in the Software Manager
Help. (Enterprise Edition only.)
! UpgradeSync on page 300.
! Visual MSIDiff. See Comparing Windows Installer Files on page 92.
! WiseScript Express, which lets you lets you write scripts that solve complex problems
outside the Windows Installer environment. Save the scripts as separate .EXEs to be
called from Call WiseScript custom actions in a Windows Installer installation. See
WiseScript Editing Tools on page 494.
Note
SetupCapture has been replaced by the expanded tools for converting and importing non-
Windows Installer projects that are listed above. These tools provide more accurate
installations than could be obtained by capturing the installations.