The Official InstallShield for Windows Installer Developer's Guide

Bob Baker

  • 出版商: Hungry Minds
  • 出版日期: 2001-01-15
  • 售價: $1,900
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,805
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 950
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0764547232
  • ISBN-13: 9780764547232
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The Official InstallShield for Windows Installer Developer's Guide explores the Windows Installer Service (WIS) and the industry-leading InstallShield tool for putting this new Windows 2000 feature to work. Written by Bob Baker, an InstallShield insider, this title is a comprehensive, one-volume guide to WIS and the Microsoft policies governing its use. In addition, the book shows you how to build client installations using a simple editing tool or the full-blown InstallShield for Windows Installer commercial package. An accompanying CD includes a fully functional evaluation copy of InstallShield for Windows Installer version 1.52.

 

Table of Contents:

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART I: Introduction to the Windows Installer.

Chapter 1: Software Installation, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

Chapter 2: The Windows 2000 Deployment Architecture.

Chapter 3: Design and Implementation of the Windows Installer Service.

Chapter 4: Direct Creation of an MSI Package.

Chapter 5: Adding the User Interface to Our Installation.

PART II: Basic Package Creation with ISWI.

Chapter 6: Overview of the ISWI Authoring Tool.

Chapter 7: Basic Installation Package Creation with ISWI.

Chapter 8: Controlling the Installation.

Chapter 9: Creating the Installation User Interface.

PART III: Extending the Windows Installer Functionality.

Chapter 10: Extensibility Through Custom Actions.

Chapter 11: Creating and Using Custom Actions.

Chapter 12: The ISWI Scripting Environment.

Chapter 13: Introduction to the InstallScript Language.

PART IV: Advanced Concepts.

Chapter 14: Advanced InstallScript.

Chapter 15: InstallScript and COM.

Chapter 16: Using InstallScript to Create Custom Actions.

Chapter 17: Creating and Sharing Components.

Chapter 18: The Creation and Use of Transforms.

PART V: Solving Real-World Problems.

Chapter 19: Localizing an Installation.

Chapter 20: Handling Updates and Upgrades of a Product.

Appendix A: MsiExec Command Line Options.

Appendix B: Summary Information Stream Reference.

Appendix C: InstallScript Run-Time Architecture.

Appendix D: System Reboots.

Appendix E: What's on the CD-ROM.

Index.

End-User License Agreement.

CD-ROM Installation Instructions.