Organizing Features and Components

Components are the lowest level of organization in an installer. Each product must have at least one component, but most installers will by default contain at least two components as the uninstaller is considered a component of its own.

InstallAnywhere's component architecture is designed to allow developers to plan for future releases, suite installers, and other uses of their software elements in their deployment plans.

InstallAnywhere will automatically create components as you add files to your project and assign them to features. This approach, while working well for most projects, does not give you the most flexibility. To realize the ultimate benefits of componentized software, you should manually manage ...

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