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Chapter 1
Introduction to ConflictManager
About ConflictManager
ConflictManager Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
About ConflictManager
Starting ConflictManager
About the ConflictManager Window
About Conflicts
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Product Documentation
ConflictManager is a tool in the Professional Edition of Wise Package Studio.
Use ConflictManager to detect and resolve conflicts between packages in the Software
Manager database. After conflicts are resolved, you export and recompile resolved
installations, which are then ready for deployment.
Conflicts between software packages are a time-consuming and costly issue in the
Windows workstation environment. Software packages that run independently without
incident often fail when installed together due to file and other conflicts. Conflicts can
occur for many reasons, but they most commonly occur when two installed packages
use a DLL with the same name. Example: Suppose Package 1 installs version 1.0.0.4 of
a file named report.dll. Package 2 installs a newer version of the same file, version
2.0.0.1. When the two packages are installed on the same computer, Package 1 might
conflict with the newer version of report.dll that is installed by Package 2. This conflict
could cause a General Protection Fault, a hung application, or some other problem.
ConflictManager helps you avoid software conflicts. It detects conflicts that would be
virtually impossible to find efficiently using any other method and helps you achieve
conflict-free computers throughout your organization.
Major features of ConflictManager include:
A means to detect and view conflicts between packages.
Conflict resolution rules that let you resolve conflicts automatically, saving time,
reducing errors, and providing consistency in conflict resolution. You can create and
edit the resolution rules.
A Resolve wizard that steps you through the process of resolving file conflicts.
Reports that help you review and analyze conflicts detected by ConflictManager.
The ability to export and recompile resolved installations individually or in a batch.
Note
(Enterprise Management Server only.) ConflictManager menu commands that you do not
have permission to use are unavailable. Functional security for ConflictManager is set in
the Wise Package Studio Security Setup.
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