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Customizing the ConflictManager Workspace
Refreshing the ConflictManager Display
Viewing Package Attributes
ConflictManager Reference
Conflict Details Pane
Displays resources in other packages that conflict with the item selected in the Conflict
List. You can sort the items in this pane by clicking a column header, and you can re-
order the columns by dragging the column headers. Double-click an item in this pane to
display the Properties dialog box.
See
Viewing Conflicts
on page 31.
Hide or show the Packages or Groups panes by clicking the Select tool on the
toolbar. Because you often don't need these panes after you use them to make your
initial selections, this tool can quickly make your working area less cluttered.
Hide or show the toolbar or the Summary pane by selecting its name from the View
menu.
Move, dock, and undock the panes as you would any Windows pane, by dragging
their title area.
The Conflict List and Conflict Details panes cannot be hidden or moved.
Select File menu > Refresh.
This clears the Conflict List and Conflict Details panes, rereads the package data, and
redisplays the conflict information. This can be useful if packages have been added to
the Software Manager database since you started this ConflictManager session.
In ConflictManager, you can view package attributes but, except for meta data, you
cannot edit them. To edit package attributes, use Software Manager.
See Viewing and Editing Package Attributes in the Software Manager Help.
To view package attributes
1.
In the Applications/Packages pane, select a package.
Note
Be sure to select a package; you cannot display attributes for an application.
2.
Select Packages menu > Attributes.
The Package Attributes dialog box appears.
3.
Click the General tab to view general information about the package, or to edit
package meta data.
The Package Meta Data section contains both predefined and custom meta data
fields. To edit custom meta data, click in the Value column and enter or select a
value. If the field requires a URL, include http:// or other tag (mailto:, ftp:, file:) so
that the field will become an active hyperlink on the Package pane.
The predefined meta data is read-only. To edit predefined meta data, use the
Product Details page in Windows Installer Editor.
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