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Chapter 22: Dialog Box Reference
File Properties Dialog Box
Table 22-16: Settings for the General Tab on the File Properties Dialog Box (cont.)
Setting Description
Override system language If you want Windows Installer to ignore the language of the selected file and instead
consider the language to be one that you specify, select this check box and type the
decimal value for the language identifier code in the Language box. At run time, if this file
has the same name and target location as one on the target system, Windows Installer
considers the language of the file in your installation to be the one that you specified
when it is determining whether to update the file with the version in your current
installation, or to leave the file as is.
For more details about how Windows Installer determines whether to overwrite an
existing file, see Overwriting Files on the Target Machine.
Font files should not be authored with a language ID because fonts do not have an
embedded language ID resource. Leave this entry blank for font files.
Permissions To set permissions for the file, click this button.
COM & .NET Settings Tab
The COM & .NET Settings tab enables you to set COM and .NET properties for files in your installation.
This tab is available only when InstallShield determines that the file is a portable executable. You can
indicate which files you want treated as portable executables on the File Extensions tab of the Options
dialog box.
Note that COM and .NET settings cannot be configured for dynamically linked files. For more
information, see Limitations of Dynamic File Linking.
Table 22-17: Settings for the COM & .NET Settings Tab on the File Properties Dialog Box
Setting Description
Registration Type This property enables you to indicate how you want your file to be registered. Depending
on the file type, you can select from the following options:
• None—Select this option if you do not want the selected file to be registered on the
target machine. This is the default setting for all files.
• Extract COM Information—Select this option if you want InstallShield to extract
all COM registration data from your file and register it on the system during setup.
This is the recommended way to register COM objects.
• Self-Registration—If your file supports self-registration, you can choose this
option. Note that self-registration is not as reliable as having Windows Installer
register and unregister the file with extracted COM information.
Scan at Build If you want to scan for .NET dependencies or properties at build-time, select one of the
following options:
• None—Choose this if you do not want to scan for .NET dependencies or
properties.
• Properties Only—Scan only for .NET properties.
• Dependencies and Properties—Scan for both .NET dependencies and
properties. Add missing dependencies and properties to the installation project.
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