Windows Installer Basics: .idt (text representation of database tables) |
A ".idt" file is a Windows Installer text format in which a single table's structure and contents is described. This is the first few lines of such a file (for the "Control" table):
Dialog_ Control Type X Y Width Height Attributes Property Text Control_Next Help s72 s50 s20 i2 i2 i2 i2 I4 S50 L0 S50 L50 Control Dialog_ Control AdminBrowseDlg BannerBitmap Bitmap 0 0 374 44 1 [BannerBitmap] PathEdit AdminBrowseDlg BannerLine Line 0 44 374 0 1 AdminBrowseDlg BottomLine Line 97 234 277 0 1 AdminBrowseDlg Cancel PushButton 240 243 56 17 3 [ButtonText_Cancel] ComboLabel AdminBrowseDlg ComboLabel Text 25 58 44 10 3 &Look in: DirectoryCombo AdminBrowseDlg CompanyLogo Bitmap 330 10 26 26 1048577 BannerGraphic.BMP
Note that the ".idt" file is a tab seperated file and so I touched up the lines above to make the columns more obvious... These are the main features:
You can export and import ".idt" files with "ORCA", you can also do so with these MAKEMSI commands:
The following MAKEMSI shortcuts manipulate ".idt" files:
You might also wish to see the "IDT Export Flakey" issue.