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Chapter 4: Basic Tutorial
Configure the Target System
Files
Task To add files to the existing feature:
1. In the View List under Specify Application Data, click Files.
2. In the top portion of this view, navigate to the InstallShield Program Files
Folder\Samples\WindowsInstaller\Basic Installation Project\Data Files folder and click that
folder to open it. The files appear in the Source computer’s files pane.
3. In the Destination computer’s folders pane, find the folder that contains [INSTALLDIR] as
part of the folder name.
4. Drag Othello.exe and the three .gif files from the Source computer’s files pane to the
[INSTALLDIR] folder in the Destination computer’s folders pane.
Configure the Target System
Target system configuration includes creating shortcuts, modifying the registry, configuring ODBC
resources, making changes to .ini files, configuring file extensions, and setting environment variables.
However, for purposes of this tutorial, you simply need to create a shortcut.
Shortcuts/Folders
The Shortcuts/Folders view lets you create application shortcuts on the target system.
Task To create a shortcut for your product:
1. In the View List under Configure the Target System, click Shortcuts/Folders.
2. In the Shortcuts explorer, right-click Programs Menu, and click New Shortcut. The Browse
for Shortcut Target dialog box opens.
3. Browse to the target destination of the Othello.exe file that you added to your project in the Files
view.
4. Name your shortcut Othello.
5. In the Description setting, enter:
Shortcut to the Othello game
6. In the Working Directory setting, select [INSTALLDIR].
7. In the Run setting, select Normal Window.
8. In the Feature setting, select Always Install.
Note: For this tutorial, you can ignore the remaining views in this step because they are irrelevant to this project. For your
own projects, you may want to explore these views to see if you need to use them.
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