Chapter 7: Repackaging Legacy Installations Using the Repackaging Wizard
Repackaging Methods
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InstallShield Professional Logging Method
Note •
The InstallShield Professional Logging Method is supported for InstallShield Editor and DevStudio 9.x
InstallScript installations.
Using the
InstallShield Professional Logging Method
, Repackager can read logged output of InstallShield
Editor and DevStudio 9.x InstallScript installations. This enables Repackager to capture additional information from
those installations that would not be captured by the
Installation Monitoring
or
Snapshot
methods: path
variables and the feature tree.
Path Variables
When using the InstallShield Professional Logging Method, path variables are captured and converted into
properties (using text substitution rather than hard-coded path names).
For example, if you were using a standard repackaging method, the path name of the application’s executable file
would be captured as follows:
C:\Program Files\CompanyName\ApplicationName\ProgramName.exe
When using the InstallShield Professional Logging Method, the executable path name would be captured using a
path variable instead of a hard-coded path name:
[INSTALLDIR]\ProgramName.exe
Feature Tree
The InstallShield Professional Logging Method is able to group files, shortcuts and registry entries into features
corresponding to InstallShield Professional components. Any items (files, folders, shortcuts, or registry entries) that
are attached to a component directly or indirectly (through File Groups), are attached to corresponding features.
If you do not use the InstallShield Professional Logging Method to repackage an InstallShield Editor or DevStudio
9.x InstallScript installation, all files, shortcuts and registry entries would be installed together as one feature.
Selecting the InstallShield Professional Logging Method
You access the InstallShield Professional Logging Method through the Repackaging Wizard, but
InstallShield
Professional Logging Method
is
not
offered as a choice on the
Method Selection Panel
of the Repackaging
Wizard. Only
Installation Monitoring
and
Snapshot
are listed:
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