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Chapter 4: Basic Tutorial
Prepare for Release
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.
Prepare for Release
The Prepare for Release View List step enables you to configure, build, test, and distribute your
distribution media for your end users.
Build Your Release
The Releases view is where you compile your installation information into an .msi file.
Task To build this tutorial project for release:
1. In the View List under Prepare for Release, click Releases.
2. In the Builds explorer, right-click CD_ROM and click Build.
As the build begins, the Output window opens at the bottom of the InstallShield interface to display the
progress of the build and any error messages.
When the build process is finished, you can find your installation files in a subfolder of the folder where
your Othello project is located.
Tip: Although this tutorial covers building a CD_ROM release, there are several other options for media types. For
example, the WebDeployment type enables you to create an installation that is specifically designed for deployment over
the Web.
Test Your Release
The Releases view also enables you to preview your installation program to ensure it functions as
expected.
Task To test your release:
1. In the View List under Prepare for Release, click Releases.
2. In the Builds explorer, right-click CD_ROM and click Run Setup. Your installation launches to
install the Othello program.
3. Follow the instructions that the installation program provides. This is the same run-time experience
that end users would have if you distributed this installation program to your customers.
4. When the installation is complete, verify that your files and data were installed correctly.
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