Platform Suites Sample Project

The new Platform Suite(s) file group property lets you specify to what platform suites, if any, the active file group (the file group selected in the File Groups tab) is specific.

The Platform Suite(s) property provides an additional layer of filtering beyond the Operating System(s) property. Set the Platform Suite(s) property only if necessary, and be sure to select only those platform suites that are required for the proper functioning of your application. For example, if a file group should be installed on both the Home and Professional editions of Windows XP, you do not need to set this property; setting the Operating System(s) property to include Windows XP encompasses both editions.

You can use this property to determine which file groups are installed by your setup. In your script, you can allow or prevent installation of file groups that are specific to particular suites using the ComponentFilterOS function. (In an event-based script, ComponentFilterOS is called by the default OnFilterComponents handler function code to filter file groups that are specific to suites other than the target system's suite.)

In the Platform Suites Sample Project, there are four file groups. The 'Windows Server Files' file group has its Platform Suites property set so that the files in this file group will only be installed when the target system is a Windows Server. Conversely, the 'Windows Workstation Files' file group has its Platform Suites property set so that its files will only be installed when the target system is a Windows Workstation.

The 'Windows XP Home Edition Files' file group has its Platform Suites property set so that the files in this file group will only be installed when the target system is Windows XP Home Edition. Conversely, the 'Windows XP Professional Edition Files' file group has its Platform Suites property set so that its files will only be installed when the target system is Windows XP Professional Edition.

Due to Windows limitations, suites can be detected only on Windows NT 4 SP 6 and later, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

The suites listed Platform Suites file group property page are those that can be specified in the Windows API's OSVERSIONINFOEX data structure (as documented at https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/sysinfo/sysinfo_1o1e.asp).