About Creating Transform Files in Sconfig

Sconfig

About Creating Transform Files in Sconfig

When you start Sconfig, the Sconfig Wizard opens. After you specify the installation file (.msi) you want to work with, and the transform file (.mst) you want to create or modify, the wizard displays the Customize page, which provides options and settings that you can use to customize the installation.

Note:

Some customization options are not available if you are creating a Terminal Services Client transform.

You can browse though the following configuration options by clicking them in the option tree located in the left pane of the wizard:

Product Directories The Directories option lets you customize product directories for the installation of the Hummingbird product. You can also access the Custom Folders option in the Product Directories folder to add custom folders to the installation. See Customizing Product Directories for more information.

Product Features The Features option lets you specify which optional product features you want to install. See Selecting Features to Install.

Files This option lets you add external files to the Hummingbird product installation. See Selecting Files to Install for more information.

Product Properties The Properties option lets you customize properties to change the behavior of the installation package and set properties for Hummingbird product features. See Setting Product Properties for more information.

Registry The Registry option lets you preset the Registry editor for any Windows operating system registry. The advantage of editing the registry before the installation is that it saves time, especially when installing for multiple target machines. See Setting the Registry for more information.

Custom Shortcuts The Shortcut option lets you create custom shortcuts on user machines for any Hummingbird product feature added to your installation database. See Setting Shortcuts for Hummingbird Product Features for more information.

Metering Properties The Metering option lets you modify or remove properties for the Hummingbird Metering Server.

Directory Services Properties Available only in NFS Maestro and Exceed installations, the Directory Services options let you specify property settings for Hummingbird Directory Services as well as service-specific property settings for LDAP, NFSD, NIS and NIS+.

Exceed Properties Available only in Exceed installations, the Exceed Settings option lets you modify or remove properties. See Setting Exceed Properties for more information.

NFS Properties Available only in NFS Maestro and Exceed PowerSuite installations, the NFS Settings option lets you modify or remove properties for NFS Maestro Client. See Setting NFS Maestro Client Settings for more information.

Custom Font Directories and Servers Available in Exceed and Exceed PowerSuite installations, the Custom Fonts option lets you install customized font directories and servers to the Exceed Xconfig utility. See Setting Custom Font Directories for more information.

Custom Font Paths Available only in Exceed and Exceed PowerSuite installations, the Font Paths Settings option lets you change the order in which font directories/servers are loaded by the X server. See Setting Font Paths for more information.

After you make the necessary modifications in each of the above options, you can use the wizard to save the transform file.