Chapter 12: Customizing Installations Using TunerWorking with Transforms1006 ADS-0950-UG00 AdminStudio 9.5 User Guidewithout the first one, Windows Installer interprets this as trying to change a null value to another value, which willresult in an error.5. By default, the transform will be created in the same directory as the Windows Installer package, and namedthe same as the base package with an .mst extension. However, if you want to change the name and/orlocation of the transform, you can also do so in the Windows Installer Transforms area. Click Browse toopen the Save Customization File dialog box.Navigate to the directory in which you want to store the transform file you are creating. Provide the name of thetransform with an .mst extension (for example, MyTransform.mst) and click Save. The dialog box closes andthe path and file name appear in the edit field.6. If you want to create a Response Transform, check the appropriate box. If you are using a responsetransform, you can specify additional command-line properties (in property name/value pairs separated bysemicolons) to pass to the response transform. These must be PUBLIC properties, and only control how thedialogs are displayed during creation of the response transform. They are not persisted outside of the UIsequence during creation. For example, you can pass the property/value pair ARPHELPTELEPHONE=1-111-111-1111 to set the value of the Help Telephone field of Add/Remove Programs. See Using ResponseTransforms for more information.You might pass a property/value pair during response transform creation to display all dialogs during aninstallation that may not be displayed based on your system configuration (for example, to show Windows 9x-only dialogs on a Windows NT platform). You can then make appropriate responses and have them includedin your transform.7. Ensure all the information entered is correct, and click Create.• If you are creating a Standard Transform, the transform file is opened in the Tuner interface,displaying the Package Validation View.• If you are creating a Response Transform, a simulated installation of the selected application begins.Step through the installation, making changes as necessary. When you reach the end of the installationsequence and click Install, the installation will exit and the Tuner interface will open your transform,displaying the Package Validation View. Your transform contains all of the changes you made during thesimulated installation.Note • You can access information about the original MSI file and associated transforms by selecting Propertiesfrom the File menu.Opening Existing TransformsOn the Tuner Start Page, when you click on Open an existing transform file, the pane on the right of the interfacechanges. You can then specify the name and location of the base Windows Installer package, any associatedtransforms, and the name and location of the transform file.
