Windows Installer Training Videos!

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Windows Installer

• Repackaging Best Practices

  This video presentation explains several best practices pertaining to repackaging, very helpful regardless of the software you use.

• Dealing with InstallScript for Administrators

  Covers the issues surrounding InstallShield's InstallScript and how it can affect deployment scenarios along with three demos showing ways to deal with the problem.

• Determining Transform (MST) File Contents
• Discusses Windows Installer Transforms (MST) and how you can determine the contents of a MST using popular tools like AdminStudio, Package Studio and ORCA.
• Windows Installer AppSearch

  Covers AppSearch - including how to show the value of the AppSearch property in a Windows Installer Dialog, how to use it as a condition for a custom action and using it as a launch condition.

• Creating Custom Actions With InstallShield AdminStudio

  This video presentation and demonstration provides a technical overview of Windows Installer custom actions and how they may be employed using InstallShield AdminStudio.

• Creating Custom Actions With Wise Package Studio

  This video presentation and demonstration provides a technical overview of Windows Installer custom actions and how they may be employed using Wise Package Studio

• Repackaging With Wise Package Studio

  This video describes repackaging and walks you through the process of repackaging a sample application (WinZip v9) using Wise SetupCapture.

• Troubleshooting the Windows Installer

  This video provides a step-by-step guide to creating a clean environment in which you may repackage application setups.

• To Repackage or Not to Repackage

  This video presentation is a higher quality redelivery of the Webinar offered online in October of 2007. It covers the pros and cons of repackaging versus making use of any automation support offered by vendor provided legacy setups.

• Packaging Adobe Reader

  This free video shows how to extract the Adobe Reader source files, create an installation point, create a customized MST with InstallShield Tuner and how you may build a command line installation string to take advantage of it all.

Also check out their Desktop Deployment video's on the same page.

http://www.appdeploy.com/video/

Enjoy
~Maggie