Crafting Distinctive User Identifiers: The Definitive Guide

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Registration
• Using Advanced Installer
  • GUI
  • Working with Projects
  • Installer Project
    * Product Information
    * Product Details
    * Product Details Tab
    * Software Identification Tab
    * Unique Registration ID
    * Product IDs Tab
    * Active Setup Tab
    * Digital Signature
    * Updater
    * Upgrades
    * Licensing Page
    * CD/DVD Autorun
    * Multiple Instances Page
    * Resources
    * Package Definition
    * Requirements
    * User Interface
    * System Changes
    * Server
    * Custom Behavior
  • Patch Project
  • Merge Module Project
  • Updates Configuration Project
  • Windows Store App Project
  • Modification Package Project
  • Optional Package Project
  • Windows Mobile CAB Projects
  • Visual Studio Extension Project
  • Software Installer Wizards - Advanced Installer
  • Visual Studio integration
  • Alternative to AdminStudio/Wise
  • Replace Wise
  • Migrating from Visual Studio Installer
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Shell Integration
  • Command Line
  • Advanced Installer PowerShell Automation Interfaces
• Features and Functionality
• Tutorials
• Samples
• How-tos
• FAQs
• Windows Installer
• Deployment Technologies
• IT Pro
• MSIX
• Video Tutorials
• Advanced Installer Blog
• Table of Contents

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Rules to create Unique Registration IDs

Unique Registration IDs are used throught the standard ISO 19770-2 for unique identification of the various involved entities. Their unicity should be assured without using a central registrar. Consequently, they are based on Internet domain names because for each Internet domain, its owner can be easily identified. As the ownership of an Internet domain can be changed, the first month of ownership is also included in identifier.

The structure of an Unique Registration ID is as follows:

regid.YYYY-MM.inverse_domain[,suffix]

inverse_domain

Represents an Internet domain name written in inverse form. For example, the inverse form of the domainadvancedinstaller.com iscom.advancedinstaller.

YYYY-MM

This date should be the first month in which the domain name was owned by the designated entity at 00:01 GMT of the first day of the month.

suffix

This is an optional component used to identify a department or a branch from a large enterprise. Characters used in suffix must be valid filename characters on every platform where the application will be installed.

Example:

regid.1995-09.com.example

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