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Pre-install Components

Preinstall components contain all files used prior to the actual installation of the PIF product, that is, before installation dialogs and scripts are executed. The preinstall components are extracted to a temporary folder, specified through the parameter PIF_PREINSTALL_DIR.

Typically, preinstall components contain items such as the following:

• Graphic files used by Java dialogs
• Scripts used inside installation dialogs, verification scripts, and dynamic dialog detection scripts
• A script to migrate non-PIF products
• Product and component prenatally scripts
• Text resource files used by install scripts

You may have several pre-install components with the same name, but different languages.

If the locale of the preinstall component does not match the system locale, an external language-specific PIF product will be used instead, if you have provided such a product.