Validating During Import - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

3. If necessary, click the New button (
multiple transforms, you can move the transforms up and down to change the order in which they are applied
to the base package (which can affect validation).
4. Click Next. The Summary Panel opens.
5. Review your options in the Summary Panel. Click Finish to begin validation.
As validation occurs, messages are listed in the Output tab of the Output Window. When validation is
complete, output appears in the Validate tab of the Output Window in table format. Each table row lists an
icon to indicate whether it is an Error (
description of what caused it to occur.
6. To view or print out a list of these validation errors for review, click in the Output tab of the Output Window,
select Select All from the context menu, and then copy and paste the text into another application.
Tip • Should you find any validation errors, you may be able to correct them using Tuner or InstallShield Editor.
Note • If you use the Validate Package function to validate a package after you have imported it into the Application
Catalog (instead of performing validation before it is imported), you can view validation results in the Validation View
and include validation results in the Package Report. See
Reports.

Validating During Import

While you are importing a package into the Application Catalog using the
perform validation to ensure that the package is built according to Windows Installer standards. To do this, you
would select the Check for Validation Errors option on the Import tab of the Options dialog box.
From this point, when you import a package using the Import Wizard, validation will automatically be performed.
Behind the scenes, the Validation Wizard checks the package for validation errors and reports those results in the
Validation tab of the Output Window. If the package fails validation (by generating an Error
not be imported into the Application Catalog.
Tip • Should you find any validation errors, you may be able to correct them using Tuner or InstallShield Editor.
Task: To validate a package during import:
1. Select Options from the Tools menu. The Options dialog box opens.
2. Open the Import tab.
3. Select the Check for Validation Errors check box.
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) and add any associated transforms to include in the validation. For
) or a Warning ( ), the name of the ICE that generated it, and a brief
Validating an Imported Package
Validating Packages
and Generating Package
Import Wizard, you can choose to also
), the package will
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