MSI file creation process

These two days I learned how to create an MSI file for Group Policy release. I tried some software for the. MSI file, including the wininstall ON THE win2000server disc. The actual results are not good. Finally, find InstallShield. Adminstudio5, which is used to publish the MSI file in the Group Policy. The following uses the "Shi kai train schedule" software as an example to describe InstallShield Adminstudio5: an alias for the MSI file # nstallshield The adminstudio5 software can go to www. Installshield.com: to download a 30-day trial version, enter some registration information before downloading. Note: it is best to use Hotmail or other foreign email addresses in the email box, because I first use a domestic email address for registration, after waiting for more than 10 minutes, I haven't received a confirmation email. Later, I received a confirmation email in less than 2 minutes when I registered with Hotmail, the download link for the trial version is available in the email you receive)



The specific production process is as follows:

1. Install InstallShield After adminstudio5 is started, the following figure shows the main interface:

2. Double-click "repackager" in the console on the left. (Be sure to double-click it. This is a little different from clicking it in software on the console, I found it for a while before I found that I had to double-click to perform the next operation. :)) Go to the next step, as shown in:

3. Click "InstallShield"RepackagingWizard, prompting you to prepare the package, as shown in:

4. If you click "Next", you are prompted to select the production method, as shown in:

  Select installation.Monitoring: monitors installation. This option is faster and more accurate than snapshot, so we recommend that you select it. However, if your system is of the Windows 9/X series, this prompt box will not appear. The system selects the second option by default: snapshot.

5. The next step is to specify the path of the software to be installed and the MSI file name, version number, and company information generated later. As shown in:

6. Next, you need to specify the storage location of the package file to be generated and specify a directory as needed, as shown in:

7. Click "start" to start the normal installation of the software you specified, and InstallShield also starts to monitor the installation process in the background. As shown in:

8. "Shi kai train schedule" is normalProgramAfter the installation is complete, the system displays the following prompt. Click "process" to extract the information generated during the installation process recorded by the monitoring program. A summary is displayed after the installation.

9. Click "finish". The system calls up the specific content just extracted. This means that the MSI file must be created. As shown in:

  Here you can see what files are generated during software installation, how many records are written in the registry, and how many shortcuts are generated. You can also edit it. If you select a shortcut and click "exclude", the shortcut will not be generated during future MSI file installation, of course, the corresponding point is "include ". As shown in:

 Finally, select "build" under "build" or press F7 to start creating the MSI file. You can see thatCodeSample creation process. After the creation is complete, you can view the newly created MSI file in the directory specified in Step 6. As shown in: Now you can release this file.

10. InstallShieldAdminstudio5 is very powerful. You can also edit the created MSI file. Start InstallShieldAfter adminstudio5, double-click developer in the system console to open another project file that was just created, which is in the same directory as the MSI file. You can enter personalized content such as the author, subject, supplier, and support information of a program. As shown in:

  Finally, we will "compile" the changes we just made ", view the attributes of the newly generated MSI file and the "Support Information" in "Add/delete programs", as shown in:

  How is it? Is the production process very simple! I created acrobat.Reader5.0. The top five input methods and other software have been successfully released to the client, but I did not test the preparation of the norton7.6 virus update package file. If you are interested, please try it. If you are successful, don't forget to tell everyone. Finally, we would like to remind you that InstallShieldThe adminstudio5 trial version does not provide good support for Chinese characters (you need to pay for Chinese language packs). Therefore, it is recommended that you do not enter Chinese characters in the MSI file even if the original software generates Chinese characters, you should also try to edit it into simple English information, otherwise the generated MSI file will be garbled during installation.