Knowledge Base

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Tarma ExpertInstall registration

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Supported technologies

• General system requirements
• Windows Installer (MSI) support
• .Net support
• 64-bit Windows support
• Digital Signatures

Upgrading from Tarma QuickInstall

• Upgrading from Tarma Installer 2 (QuickInstall)

Managing your ExpertInstall project

• Dealing with Common or Changeable Text Fragments
• Symbolic expressions
• Conditional expressions
• Moving the project file to a different location

Installation package and Setup.exe

• Digitally Signing the Setup Package
• How to obtain a digital signing certificate
• Setup command line options
• MSI Bootstrap Loader
• Installers and subinstallers
• Add-on and Update installers

Customization and localization

• Creating a new translation file
• Displaying Readme Information
• Displaying a License Agreement
• Creating a Multilingual Setup Package
• How to add a Print or Open button to a dialog box
• How the Cancel button works

Pre-installation actions

• Checking System Requirements Prior to Installation
• Displaying Readme Information
• Displaying a License Agreement

File installation and registration

• Installing files
• Installing and Registering ActiveX Controls
• Installing and Registering Fonts
• Installing and Registering COM Servers and Type Libraries
• Installing and Registering Device Drivers
• Uninstalling Files Created by the Application
• How to search for a file on the target system

Shortcut installation

• Installing Shortcuts
• Standard shortcut locations
• Guidelines for shortcut locations
• How to create a program group for your product
• How to let the user to change the program group name
• How to define a shortcut for your product
• Shortcuts to the (un)installer
• How to define shortcuts to files you don't install
• Installing an Internet (URL) Shortcut

System editing

• Modifying the Registry
• Modifying INI Files
• Modifying Environment Variables

Previous versions and upgrading

• Uninstalling a Previous Product Version
• How to assign the default installation path during upgrades
• Add-on and Update installers

.Net issues

• .Net support
• .Net assemblies
• Detection of .Net
• How to install the .Net runtime

MSI issues

• MSI Bootstrap Loader (for MSI builds)
• How to install the MSI runtime (for native installers)

Installing third-party packages

• Installers and subinstallers
• Installing Third-Party Software
• How to install the MSI runtime (for native installers)
• How to install the .Net runtime
• How to install MSDE 2000 (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine)

Custom actions

• Installing Third-Party Software

Other installation issues

• How do I schedule a reboot at the end of the installation?
• How to search for a file on the target system
• How to search for a registry value on the target system

Uninstallation issues

• Uninstalling Files Created by the Application
• Uninstalling a Previous Product Version
• Visible and hidden uninstallers