The menu bar gives you access to all the
features of Advanced Installer, some of them not available from the toolbar. It
contains the following sub menus: "File", "View",
"Installation", "Project", "Wizards",
"Options" and "Help".
The File menu
- New... - allows you to create a new project. The New Project dialog box will be displayed.
- Open... - opens an existing project.
- Recent Projects - opens one of the most recently opened or created projects.
- Save - saves the current project.
- Save As... - saves the current project under a different name.
- Save As Template... - create a project template starting from the current project in order to reuse it in building a different package. New UpgradeCode, ProductCode and all the components GUIDs are generated when the template is used.
- Import
- Visual Studio Project... - imports a Visual Studio Project into an Advanced Installer project.
- Updates Configuration File... - imports an already created Updates Configuration File into an Advanced Installer Updates Configuration Project.
- Import MSI/MSM... - imports a MSI/MSM file into a existing Advanced Installer project.
- Eclipse Workspace... - imports the projects from an eclipse workspace into an existing Advanced Installer project.
- Exit - closes the application.
The View menu
- Tool Bar - shows or hides the toolbar.
- Status Bar - shows or hides the status bar.
- Left Pane > - opens a sub menu with two items:
- Show - shows or hides the left pane.
- Large Icons - shows large or small icons in the left side page menu.
- Embedded Help - shows or hides the help embedded in installation pages.
- Log Pane - shows or hides the log pane.
- Lock the toolbars - locks or unlocks the toolbars
The Installation menu
This menu contains links to all available installation pages, grouped. The pages unavailable in the current project appear disabled. The currently selected page is marked with a bullet. Clicking on an item will bring up the corresponding page.
The Project menu
- Build - creates the Windows Installer package.
- Run - launches the current project. If the project is not already built, this option will first build the project and then run the generated package.
- Run and Log - launches the current project in logging mode. If the project is not already built, this option will first build the project and then run the generated package.
- Options... - allows setting the project options from the Project Options Tab.
- Convert Paths... - converts the absolute project paths to path variables based paths.
The Wizard menu
- Shortcut... - launches a wizard to create a new shortcut.
- File Association... - launches a wizard to create a new file association.
- Search... - launches a wizard to set up a new search.
- Custom Action... - launches a wizard to set up a new custom action.
- Feature... - launches a wizard to create a new feature.
- Launch Condition... - launches a wizard to create one or multiple Windows Installer launch conditions.
- Build Configuration... - launches a wizard to create a new build configuration.
- Driver... - launches a wizard to configure a new driver with DIFx.
Options
- Tools... - allows you to configure additional tools used during the build process through the Tools dialog.
- Auto Updates... - allows you to configure Advanced Installer's update process through the "Update Options" dialog.
- Repackager... - allows you to configure installation capture profiles for Advanced Repackager.
The Help menu
- Contents - displays the Advanced Installer User Guide.
- Context Help - displays a help page for the current view in your project (it is a context sensitive help).
- Support Forums - opens in the default browser the web page of the Advanced Installer forum.
- Check for Updates... - allows you to check for newer versions of Advanced Installer.
- Purchase Now - opens the web page where you can buy an Advanced Installer license.
- Register... - allows you to introduce the registration code you received when you bought Advanced Installer. After that a license will be downloaded and installed on your machine.
- About... - displays general information about Advanced Installer, like version, license, etc..