Advertisement Settings in Wise Package Studio

For those of you working with Wise Package Studio's advertising functionality, here are a few guidelines to live by.

Advertising Settings in Wise Package Studio

Select one of the "scan" options if you want Windows Installer Editor to inspect your computer's registry and the files in the installation and automatically add Windows Installer advertising information for the files that you add to your installation.

Various options can be set in windows installer -> edit -> Preferences ...

• Do not scan advertising information: Select this when you want to use self-registration for components that support it. Windows Installer Editor will not scan files or the registry.
• Scan advertising information into registry keys: Add advertising information to the installation as registry keys only; do not create entries in advertising tables. This results in an installation that does not support advertising through COM.
• Scan advertising information into advertising tables: Place registry entries that are considered to be advertising information into advertising tables. Create registry entries for any information that cannot be placed in the advertising tables. This results in an installation that supports advertising. For all keys that can be placed into advertising tables. For all other information that cannot be placed into the advertising tables, create registry keys.
• Scan advertising into both advertising tables and registry: Place registry entries that are considered to be advertising information into advertising tables AND into registry keys. This way, all advertising information is included in the installation; none is lost.