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So angle brackets are used for passing multiple property values into a custom action. Square brackets indicate that the actual value will be resolved at run time.

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.NET assemblies can contain installer classes, and Visual Studio .NET lets you call methods in these installer classes as custom actions

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  • A user interface sequence during which data is gathered (file locations, choices and so on) and the system is not being changed.
  • An auditing sequence in which the actions that will be done are written to an audit file, and the system typically is not yet changed.
  • An updating sequence in which the audit script is processed and changes are made to the target system.

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    The installation process is actually a client/server environment in which the user interface runs on a user-mode Msiexec.exe and the server installation process runs on the Windows Installer Service Msiexec.exe.

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    public properties are denoted with uppercase names. There are two main attributes of public properties that concern us here: They can be passed from the UI sequence to the execution sequences, and they can be specified on a command-line install.

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    Visual Studio creates a Windows Installer component for each file being installed

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