Similarities Between the Sequences in an Installer

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The basic Install and Uninstall sequences follow the same organization and have the same options. The differences between the sequences are determined solely by the time of their occurrence in the installation or uninstallation processes.

Installer

Pre-Install sequence
File installation (determined by the Install sequence)
Post-Install sequence

Uninstaller

Pre-Uninstall sequence
File uninstallation (determined by the Install sequence)
Post-Uninstall sequence

Each sequence enables you to add, remove, and sequence actions. The actions occur in the order that they appear in the action list. Actions may be moved by dragging and dropping, or by selecting and using the ordering arrows.

Use these sequences to add the Panel, Console, and General actions that are needed by your installer and uninstaller. Some General actions (such as Modify Text File) that are used in these sequences trigger behavior at both install time and uninstall time if they are scheduled in the Install sequence. The uninstall functionality (reverting the changes that were made) is not activated if the action is not in the Install sequence.

Advanced Designer Interface

Because these sequences are so similar, the options that are displayed in the Advanced Designer for the Pre-Install, Install, Post-Install, Pre-Uninstall, Uninstall, and Post-Uninstall sequence panels are also very similar to each other. For more information, see:

Pre-Install View
Install View
Post-Install View
Pre-Uninstall View
Uninstall View
Post-Uninstall View

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