User Guide

552
Index
samples 455
Macros.wbs 455
main project/target 86
Maintenance Dialogs 425
MaintenanceMode 418
Major upgrade 301
MAKECAB.EXE 302
managed code 541
manifest
creating for Win32 139
defined 542
file 138
manual
accessing online 15
manufacturer
property 418
setting name 100
masked edit control 435
MDAC merge module 449
media
creating 202
deleting 202
destination 205
example 207
options, changing 474
sharing settings 206
size 204
Media page 202, 205, 206
merge module
about 330
action location, choosing 533
add to feature 345
adding 344
adding features 331
CondFix.msm 409
configurable 330
configuring 346
creating 334
creating from components 337
creating stand-alone 334
creating within a solution 336
custom action 44
dependency, adding 332
directory for downloads 345
directory, default 32, 52
downloading 39
downloading from product CD 39
downloading from Web 39
exclusion, adding 333
exporting components 338
extracting from .MSI 366, 366
from Software Manager
database 53
functions 464
language, setting 331
naming 331
naming custom action 533
options 52
predefined 39
removing 346
running 97
settings 346
showing files and registry
entries 52
source directory 366
substitution 338
suppressing errors 44
testing 96
version, setting 331
Merge Modules page 344
mergemod.cub 378
message, displaying to end user 517
meta data
adding to Software Manager
database 102
defining fields 100
editing 100, 103
entering 100
issue in Task List 29
rearranging 100
metadata 542
See meta data
Microsoft .NET
See .NET
Microsoft Application Specification 378
Microsoft Cab Wizard 240
Microsoft Internet Information Server
See IIS
Microsoft SMS 358
Microsoft SMS page 213
Microsoft SQL Server
see SQL Server
Microsoft Transaction Server 232
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 316
Mid 480
MIF file 213, 213
MIME type, associating with
extension 160
minimum installer version 383
minimum system requirements
See system requirements
Minor upgrade 301
Minute 480
MIPS 234
mixed installation 45, 102
mobile device
about 234, 238
compile errors 240
compiling 240
desktop computer 251
file information 246
files 245
information 241
installation, creating 239
overview 238
Palm 252
platform version 244
platforms 239, 242
registry information 248
self-registration 246
shortcut 250
Mobile Device Package Editor 237
Mobile Devices page 238
Module Details page 331
Module tab
about 331
ModuleDependency table 333
ModuleExclusion table 334
Modules icon 387
Month 480
MonthName 480
Motorola 234
Move Components to Merge
Module 337
move file on destination computer 133
MsgBox 480
MSI Download URL 199
MSI file
about 74
adding to source control 316
compression 181
contains files 203
converting to .WSI 365
creating 75, 75, 77
defined 73
launched by .EXE 420
ways of creating 74
MSI Script
about 488
custom tab 492
finding text 491
shaded areas 493
standard tab 492
window 487
MSI to WSI Conversion
about 365
running 365
msiexec.exe 538, 538
MsiFileHash table 135
MSM file
Also see merge module
defined 73
MSP file
Also see patch
defined 73
how created 302
MSPATCHC.DLL 302
MST file
Also see transform
defined 73
for languages 257
MTS/COM+ page 232
multifile assembly 130, 542
multi-patch 305