User Guide

Entering Project Settings

Project Type Page

" Visual Studio integrated editor only.

The Project Type page lets you specify what kind of installation project you are creating.

This page is accessible only from the Wise Setup Wizard when you create a new

installation (Professional and Enterprise Editions only).

! Windows Application

Create a standard Windows Installer installation (.WSI). This is intended for

installation to Windows computers or servers. See Creating an Installation Within a

Solution.

! Web Application or Web Service

Create a standard Windows Installer installation (.WSI). This has options

preconfigured to enable it to be installed to a Microsoft Internet Information Server.

See About Web Installations on page 217.

! Server Application

Create a standard Windows Installer installation (.WSI). This is the same as the Web

Application above except that it also prompts the end user to enter valid NT logon

information. See Obtaining Logon Information From a Dialog on page 447.

! Merge Module

Create a standard merge module project (.WSM). See Creating a Merge Module

Within a Solution on page 336.

Also see:

Creating an Installation Within a Solution on page 76

Entering Project Settings on page 84

Projects Page

" Visual Studio integrated editor only.

On the Projects page, you select projects to add to the installation you are creating.

Access this page either from the Wise Setup Wizard when you create a new installation,

or by right-clicking a project in a solution and selecting Properties.

! Select the projects to include in this package

From this list of all projects in the current solution, select the ones to add to this

installation. (All projects are selected by default.) Output files of the selected

projects are added to this installation.

If you add a project to this solution later, it will be added to the project list and

selected for inclusion.

To exclude a project from the installation, deselect it.

! Scan Method

Each time you load, save, or build an installation project or change its settings, Wise

for Windows Installer can scan projects in the solution for new files to add to the

installation. See Scanning the Solution for New Files on page 89.

Specify the level of scanning that will occur for this installation. The default is

determined by the Scan Method option in Wise Options.