Organizing Files for Your Installer

InstallAnywhere 2020 SP1

Components are the lowest level of organization in an installer. Each product must have at least one component; most installers contain at least two components, since the uninstaller is considered a component of its own.

InstallAnywhere’s component architecture is designed to allow developers to plan for future releases, suite installers, and other uses of their software elements in their deployment plan. From your perspective as the installation developer, components are the building blocks of applications or features. End users never see or interact with components.

InstallAnywhere automatically creates components as you add files to your project and assign them to features. This approach, while working well for most projects, does not give you the most flexibility. To realize the ultimate benefits of componentized software, you should manually manage the creation of components.

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