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About Setup Editor
About Setup Editor
Setup Editor provides an in-depth view of all changes you make to an installation. You
can make those changes in Setup Editor or Installation Expert. However, 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.
! Select dialogs to appear during maintenance installations (uninstalls).
! Edit the raw table data of the Windows Installer database.
Note
This documentation does not discuss Windows Installer tables, functions, or properties. Before
you edit raw table data, read the Windows Installer SDK help for that table. On the Tables tab,
click a table and press F1.
Note
Check the right-click menu frequently when you are working in Setup Editor. It provides
access to most of the tasks that you can accomplish in Setup Editor.
Setup Editor Tabs
! Product
Set and edit the summary information to be stored with the installation file,
properties that are used during compile, and launch conditions that determine
whether the installation can run on the destination computer. See Product Tab on
page 383.
The left pane lists
items for the selected
tab. Expand folders
to see their contents
in the upper right
pane. To show or
hide empty items,
right-click and select
Hide Empty Folders/
Items.
The upper right
pane displays
contents of the
item selected in
the left pane.
Double-click
items to edit
them.
The lower right pane contains context-sensitive help. To hide the help, select
View menu and clear Help Pane. (Not available in the Visual Studio integrated
editor.)