How do i create a transform file

All I want to do it to create MSI transform files. Any ideas if I used Standard version or Pro? I dont think it was Enterprise edition. Cheers F Asked 12 years ago views. Software Deployment Package Development. Posted by: dodgy 12 years ago. Edit: Should have added both of those tools are free. Posted by: smooochy 12 years ago. I'm not sure I understand the question here.

Posted by: TheFergie 12 years ago. No - what Im looking to find out is To be honest if you just want to create mst files then i'd use Orca or InstEd. However if you want a pretty application to do that with then AdminStudio standard will do that, and with the added benefit of making your wallet a lot lighter.

Ok sorry about the misunderstanding. The only one I have ever used or been familiar with is AdminStudio, but if I was you especially if I'm paying for it myself I would try the free tools dodgy posted earlier.

Ive just started in a new job - and I want to have alook at starting to package up applications. If you go back to your working version with the local folder , you need to adjust the source folder in 2 places:.

I had similar issue recently, the problem is different syntax for connecting to local folder vs Sharepoint. Sharepoint gives the list of all documents in the site, so to get to proper subfolder you need this additional step.

Power BI. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. What is the Transform File from Query doing? After importing a Sharepoint Folder I got this new query showing on my queries list. What is it doing? I guess it has been created automatically?

Can I get rid of it? Labels: Labels: Need Help. Message 1 of Message 10 of Message 9 of MarcelBeug Community Champion.

It is not 1 query, but 4 queries that are grouped. It contains the logic required to combine the files from your folder. But why would you get rid of it? The MST files are used together with the original MSI package in their software distribution systems such as group policies. MST files are generally used in software development and testing for configuring their under development versions of the software. The MST files can also be used with wrapped executable installers.

A general case is that someone wants to pass command line parameters to the wrapped installer. Specific tools are available for this purpose. Then settings can be customize according to the need and save them at a specific location. If you want to test this files; use the following syntax on the command line.

Transforms can be specified by filename with. To specify more than one transforms, separate each file name or a semicolon like following example. Navigate to the installation location and launch Orca.