What files in a project folder need to be archived?

[TMacy]

I just started with InstallAware. I created project in a new folder. Now there are many files in there... dll's for the .net frameworks, etc. I want to back the project up into our source code repository. What files need to archived. My goal is to only archive the files that contain my project specific information and I'm ok w/ allowing InstallAware to rebuild media block dlls and other content like that.

Thanks!

[MichaelNesmith]

First, no need to archive anything in subfolders (unless you explicitly use those files, from #PROJDIR#).

Next:

• <project>.mpr - Main project file
  *.mia - Script files
  *.dfm - Dialog files
  *.dfm.miaf - Dialog rule files
  updates.ini - Update information file

These are the basic project files. Then, you may also have additional files, such as support files (also called creatives in the visual view), such as a readme.rtf, license.txt, index.htm, or movie.swf. You will want to save those as well, and they will change from project to project.

You can directly ignore all the DLL files - these are temporary files copied over while building and working in the IDE.

Other files optional for saving are:

• *.mia.brk - Breakpoint files
  *.mia.fld - Code folding files

These will be auto-regenerated by the IDE when missing, so depends on you whether you wish to check them into source control or not.

[TMacy]

This is just what I was looking for. If it was in the help, I could not find it. If not, it might be worth a page.

Thanks for the info.