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Tables of Contents for The Official Installshield for Windows Installer Developer's Guide
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Part I Introduction to the Windows Installer
Software Installation, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
3
12
The Windows 2000 Deployment Architecture
15
32
Design and Implementation of the Windows Installer Service
47
62
Direct Creation of an MSI Package
109
48
Adding the User Interface to Our Installation
157
44
Part II Basic Package Creation with ISWI
Overview of the ISWI Authoring Tool
201
40
Basic Installation Package Creation with ISWI
241
56
Controlling the Installation
297
38
Creating the Installation User Interface
335
42
Part III Extending the Windows Installer Functionality
Extensibility Through Custom Actions
377
42
Creating and Using Custom Actions
419
66
The ISWI Scripting Environment
485
38
Introduction to the InstallScript Language
523
62
Part IV Advanced Concepts
Advanced InstallScript
585
46
InstallScript and COM
631
18
Using InstallScript to Create Custom Actions
649
38
Creating and Sharing Components
687
68
The Creation and Use of Transforms
755
28
Part V Solving Real-World Problems
Localizing an Installation
783
28
Handling Updates and Upgrades of a Product
811
48
Appendix A: MsiExec Command Line Options
859
12
Appendix B: Summary Information Stream Reference
871
16
Appendix C: InstallScript Run-Time Architecture
887
12
Appendix D: System Reboots
899
6
Appendix E: What's on the CD-ROM
905
4
Index
909
42
End-User License Agreement
951
5
CD-ROM Installation Instructions
956