CD-ROM Tab

The CD-ROM tab is for files that you don't want compressed and stored in the setup executable. In other words, this tab is for files that will be distributed with your installer.

When Setup Factory builds the setup executable, it includes all the information it knows about the files on the CD-ROM tab, such as where the files are expected to be at run time, and where you want them to be installed to. But it doesn't actually include the files in the setup executable. Instead, you're expected to make sure that those files will be where the installer expects them to be at run time. Usually this is done by distributing the files along with the setup executable on the same CD-ROM (hence the name "CD-ROM tab").

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The CD-ROM tab isn't just for files that are distributed on CD-ROMs, though. You can use it to install any external files, i.e., any files that are external to the setup executable.

 

See Also: Archive tab