Prerequisite Properties Tab
In this tab you can edit the properties of a new prerequisite or change the properties of an existing one.
Display
This section contains the information showed to the end-user when the prerequisite wizard is launched. Note that this information does not affect in any way the prerequisite.
Name
The name of the prerequisite. This information will be shown to the user in the prerequisites wizard and does not affect the prerequisite detection or installation.
Ver Min
The minimum version required, for the prerequisite to be installed. This information will be shown to the user in the prerequisites wizard and does not affect the prerequisite detection or installation.
Ver Max
The maximum version required, for the prerequisite to be installed. This information will be shown to the user in the prerequisites wizard and does not affect the prerequisite detection or installation.
Minimum version and Maximum version fields are just informative.
The Prerequisite Selector control takes the minimum and maximum
version from the prerequisite install condition.
This information will let the end-user know what prerequisites must
be installed in order to install your application.
Options
Reboot system after installing this prerequisite
The user will be prompted to reboot the machine after the prerequisite is installed. If the user accepts a reboot, the machine will be automatically restarted and the installation will continue, otherwise the installation will be aborted.
Continue with main installation even if the prerequisite is not installed
When this option is unchecked, the main product installation will not fail as in case of a launch condition but it won't be allowed until the prerequisite is installed.
It is recommended to also have an appropriate launch condition for
each prerequisite set with this option.
Enabling this option for a feature-based prerequisite will not
rollback the installation when the prerequisite fails if you're
running the main package in silent mode. This is happening because
during a silent installation any feature-based prerequisites will always
be installed after the main installation when it's too late to
rollback.
Compression
Archive prerequisite files using LZMA Compression
This allows you to enable LZMA Compression for your prerequisite files.
In order to use compression, your prerequisite files must be
included in the EXE bootstrapper. This setting can be changed in the
Configuration Tab page.
Registration
Register prerequisite with Visual Studio
Registers the prerequisite with Visual Studio. Registered prerequisites can be selected when creating "Setup and Deployment" projects.
Register prerequisite with Advanced Installer
Registers the prerequisite with Advanced Installer. Registered prerequisites can be added by selecting Packages root element in the "Additional Packages" list from the Prerequisites page.
Only after installing a package with prerequisites registered this
way, they will appear as predefined in Advanced Installer or Visual
Studio.