Validating After Import; Validating An Imported Package - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

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Validating Packages
4. Click OK.
Note • If you validate a package during import, and want to view or print out a list of 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. However, if you use the Validate Package function to validate a package after you have
imported it into the Application Catalog (instead of performing validation during import), you can view validation
results in the Validation View and include validation results in the Package Report. See
Package and

Validating After Import

Before performing conflict detection on an imported Windows Installer package, it is a good idea to perform
validation by using the Validate Package function available on the Product View to ensure that the package is
built according to Windows Installer standards.
The Validate Package function includes the following tasks and options:
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Validating an Imported Package

• Viewing ICE Error Information
• Suppressing an ICE Error
• Deleting an ICE Error
Validating an Imported Package
You can validate an imported package by using the Validate Package function on the Product View.
Task: To validate an imported Windows Installer package:
1. Launch ConflictSolver.
2. On the Product View, select the Windows Installer package that you want to validate and select Validate
Package from the context menu.
Validation can only be performed on Windows Installer .msi packages. If you select another type of package in
the Application Catalog, Validate Package will not be available on the context menu for that package.
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.
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Generating Package Reports.
) or a Warning ( ), the name of the ICE that generated it, and a brief
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Validating an Imported
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