Advanced Component Settings
InstallShield 2020
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The Advanced Settings area under a component in the Components view (and in the Setup Design view) enables you to fulfill installation requirements for special component types. For example, when you copy an .ocx file to the target system, you must register its classes, ProgIDs, and type libraries so that the file’s methods can be properly accessed. Advanced settings use Windows Installer’s built-in functionality for registering COM servers; setting up ODBC drivers, data sources, and translators; installing, controlling, and configuring Windows services; and registering a file association.
By specifying the advanced settings, you can publish your component and register COM servers, file extension servers, and MIME types. If the component is selected, an advanced setting is made on the target system when the component is installed or advertised. That way, the file is ready to execute once it is installed. Publishing components—a type of advertising—is accomplished through the Publishing advanced setting.