Exercise 11.1 Magic Folders

In this exercise, we'll implement a new installer project that serves to demonstrate the use and flexibility of the InstallAnywhere Magic Folders architecture.

1.
Open InstallAnywhere and create a new project in the advanced designer. Yes, at least for the moment, OfficeSuite will be retired.
2.
On your desktop (or in a location where you can easily find them), create the following files (they need not have any content):
Desktop.txt
SystemDriveRoot.txt
Home.txt
Temp.txt
Programs.txt
System.txt
MagicOne.txt
MagicTwo.txt
3.
Add all files you've just created to your installer project.
4.
Browse to the Files task. For each file, we'll be choosing a Magic Folder that will result in the file being installed to a location ...

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