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Adding Summary Information to Customization Transform

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To apply the customization transform during an installation of the product, you must add a Summary Information Stream to the transform file MNPtrans.mst generated in Generating a Customization Transform.

You may generate summary information for a transform using MsiCreateTransformSummaryInfo or the CreateTransformSummaryInfo Method. The following snippet, Sum.vbs, illustrates the CreateTransformSummaryInfo Method and is for use with Windows Script Host. Note that this example performs no validation and suppresses no error conditions.

'Sum.vbs. Argument(0) is the original database. Argument(1) is the
'    customized database. Argument(2) is the transform file.
 
Option Explicit

' Check arguments
If WScript.Arguments.Count < 2 Then
    WScript.Echo "Usage is sum.vbs [original database] [customized database] [transform]"
    WScript.Quit(1)
End If

' Connect to Windows Installer object
On Error Resume Next
Dim installer : Set installer = Nothing
Set installer = Wscript.CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer") 
 
' Open databases and transform 
Dim database1 : Set database1 =
    installer.OpenDatabase(Wscript.Arguments(0), 0) 
Dim database2 : Set database2 =
    installer.OpenDatabase(Wscript.Arguments(1), 0) 
Dim transform : transform = Wscript.Arguments(2)
 
' Create and add Summary Information
Dim transinfo : transinfo =
    Database2.CreateTransformSummaryInfo(Database1, transform,0,0)

To create and add summary information to the transform file MNPtrans.mst you created in Generating a Customization Transform, change directories to the folder containing Gen.vbs, the original database, the updated database, and the transform, and enter the following command line.

Cscript.exe Sum.vbs MNP2000.msi MNP2000t.msi MNPtrans.mst

Click the MNP2000.msi icon to launch an install or use the following command line.

msiexec /i MNP2000.msi

This installs the product without the customizations. To install with the customization, enter the following command line. Note that the value of the TRANSFORMS Property refers to transform file located at the source.

msiexec /i MNP2000.msi TRANSFORMS=MNPtrans.mst

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