Scripting

About Installation Sequences
Installation sequences are represented by tabs below the Installation Sequence section in MSI Script. Windows Installer has two main types of sequences: User Interface and Execute. The User Interface sequence, which is executed at the beginning of installation, gathers system information, displays dialog boxes to the end user, and records end user choices. It is suppressed during silent installations.

The Execute sequence installs the application and makes changes to the system. During installation, Windows Installer first goes through each action in the Execute sequence and builds an internal installation script to follow. You cannot see or access this internal script. This first pass is referred to as immediate mode and is represented by the Execute Immediate tab. After it creates the internal installation script, it runs the script it created, performing the actions that change the system. The second pass is referred to as deferred mode, and encompasses all the actions between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize. It is represented by the Execute Deferred tab. This makes it easier to specify in which mode to run an action.

Pat

Thanks much Pat!

aneeth

Remember that references to 'Execute Immediate' tab and 'Execute Deferred' tab are for Wise (Package Studio, etc) users only.Other tools present a different UI.

These may help:

http://johnmcfadyen.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9DD01136FC094724!167.entry
http://johnmcfadyen.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9DD01136FC094724!342.entry
http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/isnews/200108/index.htm

here's a link that includes a nice picture of the sequences, might help to visualtise it all [;)]