Validation Settings Panel

InstallShield 2016 » Transform Wizard

The Validation Settings panel is displayed if you selected the Create a transform option on the Welcome panel of this wizard.

The Validation Settings panel prompts you for information on how you would like to validate your transform. These validation items must be met in order for the transform to execute.

Panel Options

Do not perform validation prior to applying the transform to the base package

Select this option if you do not want to perform any validation prior to applying the transform.

Validate the following prior to applying the transform to the base package

Select this option to check for certain conditions before the transform is applied. If these conditions are not met, the transform will not be applied.

Conditions for Applying a Transform to a Base Package

Option

Description

Default language must match base package

Select this option if the language of the transform should match the language of the package to which the transform is being applied.

Product must match base package

Select this option if you want your transform to be applied only to .msi files that have the same product code as the base package.

Platform must match base package

Select this option if the platform for which the base package is intended should match the target platform of the transform.

Upgrade Code must match base package

Select this option if you want the transform to be applied only if the upgrade code of the .msi file matches that of the transform.

Product Version

Select the version type that you would like to validate against. You can choose between a combination of major version, minor version, or upgrade version. You can also choose to not validate against the product version.

Version Relationship

Specify how you would like to validate the product version. The choices are outlined below:

• None—Do not validate against the product version.
• Applied Version < Base Version—Apply the transform only if the product version of the .msi file to which the transform is being applied is less than the version number of the base .msi file.
• Applied Version <= Base Version—Apply the transform if the product version of the .msi file to which the transform is being applied is less than or equal to the version number of the base .msi file.
• Applied Version = Base Version—Apply the transform only if the product version of the .msi file to which the transform is being applied is equal to the version number of the base .msi file.
• Applied Version >= Base Version—Apply the transform only if the product version of the .msi file to which the transform is being applied is greater than or equal to the version number of the base .msi file.
• Applied Version > Base Version—Apply the transform only if the product version of the .msi file to which the transform is being applied is greater than the version number of the base .msi file.

See Also

Transform Wizard

Creating Transforms

Creating a Transform by Comparing Two .msi Packages

Creating a Transform Based on a Single .msi Package

Applying Transforms

InstallShield 2016 Help Library

August 2016

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