A Multi-installer Suite is a product bean that contains multiple
- Product References - Previously built product installers (.jar files), and/or
- Wizard Bean Reference(s) - References to a specific wizard bean(s) within an included, built project's Wizard Archive
that are linked into one common suite installation project at runtime.
Multi-installer Suite installers link multiple product installer JAR files into a single wizard at runtime, instead of at build time like Single-installer Suites. During the runtime of a Multi-installer Suite installation, there is one suite product tree, defined in the Suite Tab, and one or more linked product trees, defined in each product's respective install wizard, included in the suite via Product References.
There are no special requirements or prerequisites in a product for it to be included in a Suite except that it must be a successfully built MultiPlatform project. Any individual product installer JAR file can be included in a Multi-installer Suite.
Because Multi-installer Suite Product References are linked into one wizard at runtime, it does not enable MultiPlatform to utilize the media spanning function. To utilize media spanning, create a Single-installer Suite.
NOTE: | For custom beans, the class name for Multi-installer Suites is DynamicSuite. |