Defining Custom Meta Data Fields - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 - REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0 Reference

Defining Custom Meta Data Fields

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How many licenses are purchased, in use, and available.
The language of the application.
Links to the purchasing department, such as purchase order number or URL to the
purchasing system.
Package description.
Packager comments about limitations of the package.
Path to original source files.
Path to the package's end user license agreement.
Path to support documents such as installation instructions or configuration options.
You can define custom meta data fields to store package information that is not
otherwise recorded when the package is created. Example: You can specify the type of
license model the software uses.
See About Package Meta Data
You must define meta data fields before you can edit their values. The fields you define
appear on the Product Details page in Windows Installer Editor.
They also appear on the Package Attributes dialog box in Software Manager and
ConflictManager.
With Enterprise Management Server, Security Setup determines whether you can define
meta data fields.
To define custom meta data fields
1. Select Setup menu > Meta Data Fields.
The Meta Data Fields dialog box appears.
2. Click Add.
3. In Field Name, enter text to describe this meta data field and press Tab.
4. From Data Type, select the kind of data this field will accept.
Note
If you change the data type for a field that is in use, the data associated with that
field is deleted from all packages.
String
This field will accept any text entry.
External Link
This field will accept entry of a UNC path and file name or a URL, which will
become an active hyperlink on the Package pane.
Integer
This field will only accept entry of a numeric character. The user can precede
numeric characters with a hyphen to represent a negative number. Decimal
points are not accepted.
Introduction to Software Manager
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