General Settings Tab

InstallAnywhere 2021 » InstallAnywhere Preferences Dialog Box

Use the General Settings tab on the InstallAnywhere Preferences dialog box to select default settings for InstallAnywhere.

Settings on the General Settings Tab of the InstallAnywhere Preferences Dialog Box

Setting

Description

Project Loading

Specify whether InstallAnywhere should verify the location of files that are referenced in the Install view of the Sequence page when you open projects. Available options are:

• Always (recommended)—When you open a project, InstallAnywhere verifies the location of files that are referenced in the Install view of the Sequence page.
• Never—When you open a project, InstallAnywhere does not verify the location of files that are referenced in the Install view of the Sequence page.

Command Line Builds

Specify how you want a command-line build to proceed if referenced files are missing. Available options are:

• Fail (recommended)—If referenced files are missing during a command-line build, the build fails.
• Continue without including the missing files—If referenced files are missing during a command-line build, the build continues without the missing files.

Multiple Build Configurations

Specify the appropriate behavior that results if an error occurs when InstallAnywhere is building multiple build configurations. Available options are:

• Stop Building—Stop the entire project build.
• Continue Building—Continue building the remaining build configurations.

Manifest Files

Specify whether InstallAnywhere can successfully build installers for a project that includes a manifest file that references missing files. Available options are:

• Fail (recommended)—If the project includes a manifest file that references missing files, the build fails.
• Continue without including the missing files—If the project includes a manifest file that references missing files, the build proceeds without the missing files

InstallAnywhere uses manifest files to identify files that are included in the installer. Manifest files are useful when groups of developers are working on a project in separate locations.

Default Selection for the Install View

Specify the default option that should be selected in the Assign to list when you open the Install view on the Sequence page. Available options are:

• Components
• Product Features

Save the project before build

Determines whether a project is saved before the build is performed:

• Option is selected—The project is saved prior to building the installer; all settings are saved.
• Option is not selected—If you make changes to project settings and then build the installer, the setting changes are in the built installer but they are not saved to the project file.

See Also

InstallAnywhere Preferences Dialog Box

Manifest Files

Build Command-Line Arguments

Using build.exe to Build Installers from the Command Line