User Guide

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Properties
INI File Properties
On the Build Options page, you can configure each release in the Current Release
drop-down list to compile into an .EXE, an .MSI, or an .EXE that launches an .MSI. If you
compile an installation into an .EXE that launches an .MSI, then 3 files are generated
during compile: an .EXE, an .MSI, and an .INI. The values of certain build settings are
stored in the .INI file, which must be distributed along with the .EXE that launches the
.MSI. You can change these settings, thereby determining how the .MSI database is run.
The list below shows the properties that are stored in the [WiseInstaller] section of the
.INI file.
Some of the properties in the .INI file get their default values from the build properties
listed in Build Properties on page 416. See individual descriptions below to determine
which build property the .INI property takes its default from, if any.
WiseInitProductName Contains the text displayed in the title bar of the installation’s initialization
window. The initialization window is the small window that appears before the
installation wizard dialogs appear. This value overrides the value stored in the
ProductName property for the initialization window, to provide a shorter
name that fits in the window. This property is absent unless you create it.
If an installation creates an .EXE that launches an .MSI, this property sets the
default value for the ProductName property in the .INI file that’s generated.
See INI File Properties on page 420.
WiseInitProgressText Enter the text that should display while the hourglass is being displayed
during installation.
WiseInitSpaceError Contains the error text that is displayed if the destination computer does not
have enough free disk space to copy the .MSI database to its local disk drive.
If an installation creates an .EXE that launches an .MSI, this property sets the
default value for the SpaceError property in the .INI file that’s generated. See
INI File Properties on page 420.
WiseInitSuffix Contains the text that’s displayed after the “Wise Installation” text in the
installation’s initialization window. The initialization window is the small
window that appears before the installation wizard dialogs appear.
If an installation creates an .EXE that launches an .MSI, this property sets the
default value for the WiseInitSuffix property in the .INI file that’s generated.
See INI File Properties on page 420.
Property Name Description
AdminError Contains the text of the error message that appears if the Windows Installer
runtime needs to be installed but the current user does not have administrator
privileges, which are necessary to install it. Defaults to the value of the build
property named WiseInitAdminError. See Build Properties on page 416.
CharFont Contains the font that is used in the installation’s initialization window. The
initialization window is the small window that appears before the installation
wizard dialogs appear. This also affects any other initial dialogs that appear,
such as the language selection and password dialogs.
Property Name Description