Conclusion

Wise for Windows Installer is a powerful tool for building Windows Installer setup packages. As you have seen in this appendix, it is capable not only of building setup packages for the initial deployment of a product, but also of building upgrades and patches, which are an important part of a product ‚ s life cycle. The Installation Expert hides some of the complexity of Windows Installer and makes it easy to create setup packages. On the other hand, Wise for Windows Installer also lets you dig into the details of a Windows Installer setup package when necessary using the Setup Editor and the MSI Script view, which we did not go into here. WfWI can also open Windows Installer MSI files directly, allowing you to explore these files in a manner similar to what you can do with Orca as described in Chapter 5, ‚“Windows Installer Inside and Out. ‚½ In summary, Wise for Windows Installer is a full-featured product for creating and working with Windows Installer setups.

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