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Package Management with Software Manager
Starting Software Manager
Software Manager Reference
Adding Packages to the Software Manager Database
For packages to be managed, they must be in the Software Manager database. To get
packages into the database, you can do any of the following:
Add the package's meta data in Windows Installer Editor.
Import the package and its resources in Software Manager.
See
How to Get Packages Into the Software Manager Database
Import
on page 25.
Once packages are in the Software Manager database, you can do the following:
Create and Manage Package Groups
A package group consists of a subset of the packages in the Software Manager
database. You can use groups to:
Organize your packages.
See
Package Groups
on page 41.
Edit Package Information
Use Software Manager to maintain the packages in the Software Manager database.
Change the package status so you can determine whether a package can be
deployed to end users.
Edit package information. Example: You can rename the application or package, or
change the reference to the source file paths.
Enter or edit user-defined package meta data.
Delete a package from the Software Manager database.
See
Viewing and Editing Package Attributes
Status
on page 49.
View Package Resources
Use the panes in Software Manager to drill down to the resources (examples: files,
registry keys, merge modules, shortcuts, and so on) that are used by each package.
See
About the Software Manager Window
Properties
on page 46.
If an .MSI contains a merge module, the resources that appear under the Merge
Modules folder also appear in the corresponding folders elsewhere in the package.
(Example, if an .MSI contains a merge module that has .DLL files in the system32 folder,
these files will appear in the system32 folder under the package's Merge Modules folder
and Files/Directories folder.) If a .WSI contains a merge module, the Merge Modules
folder and some of its subfolders appear, but none of the merge module's resources
appear.
In the Wise editor, select Tools menu > Software Manager. (In Visual Studio: Project
menu > Software Manager.)
Introduction to Software Manager
on page 23 and
on page 45 and
Changing the Package
on page 10 and
Viewing Resource
Package
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