How to force .xml files to be in their own component and set key file

CChong2 (Flexera) asked a question.

June 2, 2003 at 10:08 PM

I have a project with many xml files where I want each xml file to be it's own component and be a key file. The component wizard only breaks on .exe, .dll, .ocx... Is there some configuration file I can change to make the wizard or repackager create components/keys based on files other than the standard best practices files?

If I do this by hand it will take forever and I will probably make a mistake/miss one.

I'm currently using Admin 3.5/Dev 8 but can upgrade to Admin 5 if need be.

Thanks

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nkrull1.5524916636438699E12
23 years ago
In your Options.ini file, there is a setting "OtherFilesNewComponents", which is set by default to "N". If you set this to "Y", a new component will be created for every file. When it's set to "N", new components will only be created for each portable executable file.
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Community Manager (Flexera Software)
23 years ago
As an aside, if you have a copy of Administrator's Introduction to Application Repackaging and Software Deployment using Windows Installer (www.installshield.com/ispress ), this is described in Chapter 15...
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CChong2 (Flexera)
23 years ago
Thank you so much. Knowing where to look is 1/2 the battle. Now I wish I didn't spend the night writing a VBA app using the automation layer to do this to an existing ism.

Thank you
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