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Best Practices
Supporting Directories
BEST PRACTICE: Supporting Directories |
Never copy supporting files, these should be in one or more
centralised locations.
Some types of files that would go in here are dialog graphics for
the MSI's user interface and
options and configuration header files
for all (or some groups of) MSIs.
Assuming you are a member of a team working in a larger company,
the following is an example of what you might wish to use as a search
path for support files:
- C:\TMP\MyTestMakemsiSupport
- \\MyTeamServer\MyTeamMakemsiSupport
- \\MyCompanyServer\MyCompanyMakemsiSupport
The contents of the
"MAKEMSI_USER_FILES_PATH"
environment variable is by default added to the list of paths
searched for files.
It should contain one or more semicolon delimitered direcory
locations.
You can also use the PPWIZARD "/IncludePath" switch any number
of times on the invoking command line
(possibly via the "MAKEMSI_MM"
environment variable).