File Selection Panel - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog Databases
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File Selection Panel

On the File Selection panel, select the package file to import, and click Next. The following types of packages
can be imported:
Table 6-71 • Import Package Types
Package Type
Windows Installer Files
(*.msi)
Windows Installer Merge
Module Files (*.msm)
OS Snapshot Files (*.osc)
Native Channel Packager
Files (*.ncp)
Microsoft App-V (*.osd)
Citrix Profiles (*.profile)
ThinApp Applications (.exe)
Other Non-MSI Setup Types
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Description
File that contains all of the information that the Windows Installer requires to
install or uninstall an application or product and to run the setup user
interface. The file can also contain one or more transform files (
.msi
and one or more patches (
Simplified Windows Installer
alone because its lacks some vital database tables that are present in an
installation database. Merge modules also contain additional tables that are
unique to themselves. To install the information delivered by a merge module
with an application, the module must first be merged into the application's
.msi file.
Files representing a particular computer system's contents. To generate an
OS snapshot file, use the OS Snapshot Wizard to scan a computer's
operating system and record the files, INI files, shortcuts, and registry entries
present.
Files that are used to describe software components, their versions, their
underlying structures, and their dependence on other components.
Marimba's NCP file is derived from an OSD (Open Software Description) file
and is currently used by Marimba's Castanet family of products.
An application that runs within the Microsoft App-V virtual environment. When
a Microsoft App-V application is created, the installation data from the original
Windows Installer package is converted into an
with Microsoft App-V version 4.5. The installation shortcuts are converted into
files, which provide access to programs within the
.osd
An application that runs within a Citrix virtual environment, which prevents it
from interfering with other software running on the same machine.
A virtual application that runs within a ThinApp virtual environment.
Non-MSI setup types (such as InstallShield Professional or ISMP
installations).
).
.msp
files. A merge module cannot be installed
.msi
.sft
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.mst
file that is compatible
file.
.sft
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