About installation areas and projects

You can create a project that has the structure of an installation area, called an installation project. You can then use the work area for the installation project to create an installation image (Windows) or a set of tar files (UNIX). Place it on a CD for testing or for the release of your software.

For example, to release software internally for testing, start with an integration testing project. Then create an installation project with all of the products and objects needed by testers. Last, add the installation project to the integration testing project hierarchy. When the development team is ready for SQE to test, build the system testing project, update the installation project, then create an installation image (Windows) or a set of tar files (UNIX) and place it on a CD.

The next section, Creating an installation project, shows you how to create an installation project.


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