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Commands

"MAKEMSI" commands are implemented as "PPWIZARD" macros and become available for use after "MAKEMSI.MMH" has been processed. I am very open to suggestions for new commands or altering existing commands to make them more usable (while maintaining backwards compatability if possible), so email me any suggestions!

You should read the "command parameters" section to be sure you understand the syntax and requirements for supplying parameters to commands. I'd also recommend that you read the "options for commands" and "useful macros" sections of the manual. Some MAKEMSI commands or features use regular expressions.

Supported commands are:

1. AbortIf
2. Access
3. AccessApply
4. Adsi and /Adsi
5. Binary
6. Cabinet and /Cabinet
7. CodePage
8. Column
9. Component and /Component
10. Component?
11. ComponentFind
12. ComPlusApp and /ComPlusApp
13. ComPlusComp
14. ComPlusCompUpdate and /ComPlusCompUpdate
15. ComPlusProperty
16. ComPlusRole
17. ComPlusExport
18. Dialog and /Dialog
19. DialogEntry
20. DialogPreview
21. DialogRemove
22. Directory
23. DirectoryCompress
24. DirectoryTree
25. DllCa
26. DllCa-C and /DllCa-C
27. DllCaEntry and /DllCaEntry
28. DllCaEntry?
29. Environment
30. EventLogCustomView
31. EventLogSource
32. ExeCa
33. Extn and /Extn
34. ExtnAction
35. Feature and /Feature
36. Feature?
37. File
38. FileComment and /FileComment
39. Files
40. FilesExclude
41. FilesExcludeClear
42. FilesInZip
43. FileFind
44. FileFindInListedDirs
45. FileMake and /FileMake
46. FileMakeIgnore and /FileMakeIgnore
47. FolderIcon
48. Guid
49. HookInto
50. HtmlDirTable
51. Icon
52. Ini
53. IniFile and /IniFile
54. IniSection and /IniSection
55. IniImport
56. JsCa and /JsCa
57. JsCaSetup
58. MacroCfg and /MacroCfg
59. MajorUpgrade
60. MapUserDir
61. MergeModule
62. MSI and /MSI
63. MsiExtraFiles
64. MsiValFilter
65. Path
66. Platform
67. ProductFind
68. ProductValidation
69. Property
70. PropertyCa
71. PropertyList
72. Registry
73. RegistryComment and /RegistryComment
74. RegistryImport
75. RegistryRead
76. RemoveFile
77. Row and /Row
78. RowsDelete
79. RowsDeleteAll
80. RunCmd and /RunCmd
81. Schedule and /Schedule
82. SelfRegister
83. ServiceControl
84. ServiceInstall
85. Shortcut
86. SourceFile
87. Summary
88. Table and /Table
89. TableCreate
90. TableDefinition and /TableDefinition
91. TableDelete
92. TableExportToIdt
93. TableImportFromIdt
94. Transform
95. VBS and /VBS
96. VbsCa and /VbsCa
97. VbsCaEntry and /VbsCaEntry
98. VbsCaSetup
99. WrapInstall

Depending on how you wish to use MAKEMSI you either need very little or a lot of Windows Installer knowledge, I recommend you obtain and use "MSI.CHM". While I don't wish to duplicate documention, the official Microsoft doco is pretty bad (or at least not designed to teach) and so I will document basic information that you should know (or may be useful when debugging problems) in the "windows installer basics" section of this manual.

FrameWork

Other framework specific (less generic commands) are documented elsewhere:

1. Validation Suite Creation Commands
2. Merge Module Related Commands

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