The information in this document applies to MSI packages distributed with OpenAFS for Windows releases from 1.3.65 and onwards or MSI packages built from corresponding source releases. Not all releases support all the configuration options documented here.

Authoring a "Windows Installer" transform requires additional software for editing the MSI database tables and generating the transform from the modified MSI package. ORCA.EXE and MSITRAN.EXE which are included in the Windows Platform SDK ("Windows Installer" SDK) can be used for this purpose.

For reference, the schema for the MSI package is based on SCHEMA.MSI distributed with the Platform SDK.

For general information about "Windows Installer", refer to:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/windows_installer_start_page.asp

For general information about authoring MSI transforms, refer to:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/transforms.asp

The remainder of this document assumes some familiarity with authoring transforms. While the MSDN documentation for Windows Installer is a bit dense, the guide on MSI transforms found at the second link above is recommended reading. MSDN also includes a step-by-step example for creating a transform at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/a_customization_transform_example.asp