Specifying Whether To Compress The Data Files In An App-V Package; Including Additional Windows Installer Packages In An App-V Application - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Task: To enable App-V application building when in Direct Edit Mode:
1. Open a Windows Installer package or a transform file in InstallShield. It will be opened in Direct Edit Mode or
Direct MST Mode, and the Build function (Build on the Build menu and the Build toolbar button) will be
disabled.
2. Open the Build Options page of the Microsoft App-V Assistant.
3. Select the Build App-V application option. After you select this option, the Build App-V application
selection on the Build menu becomes enabled, as does the Build toolbar button.

Specifying Whether to Compress the Data Files in an App-V Package

InstallShield lets you specify whether you want to use zlib compression for the data files in the App-V package.
Task: To specify whether to compress the data files in the App-V package:
1. Open the Build Options page.
2. Specify the appropriate option for the Would you like to compress the data in the virtual package?
option.

Including Additional Windows Installer Packages in an App-V Application

Sometimes a primary Windows Installer package uses other Windows Installer packages indirectly, such as driver
files, client components, etc. In addition to being able to convert a single Windows Installer package to a virtual
package, you can also use the App-V Assistant to convert an application suite of multiple Windows Installer
packages into one virtual package.
To include additional Windows Installer packages in an App-V application, set the Would you like to include
additional MSI files in the virtual package? option on the Build Options page to Yes, and then select the
packages that you want to add.
Task: To include additional Windows installer packages in an App-V application:
1. Open the Build Options page.
2. Set the Would you like to include additional MSI files in the virtual package? option to Yes.
3. Click the New button (
selected, it will be listed in the Windows Installer Files (.msi) list.
• The order of the packages can be changed by selecting a package in the list and clicking the Move Up
(
•
Use the Delete button (
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) and select the Windows Installer packages that you want to add. After each file is
) and Move Down ( ) buttons.
) to delete a package from the list.
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