Visual Studio Installer Glossary

This glossary contains definitions that may be of particular interest to enterprise developers authoring installer projects with Microsoft^® Visual Studio^® Installer. Many of these terms are defined more specifically in the MSDN™ Library Visual Studio 6.0 online documentation, particularly where they apply to specific tools or to the Microsoft^® Windows^® Installer.

Select the appropriate term to navigate to its definition.

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Bootstrap Loader

Cabinet (.cab) File

Class Identifier (CLSID)

Code Page

COM Object

Component

Globally Unique Identifier (GUID)

Installer Package (.msi) File

Merge Module (.msm File)

Network Image

Program Identifier (ProgID)

Rollback

Solution

Type Library