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About Application Layers
About Data Layers
Wise Virtual Package Editor Reference
virtual runtime archive
file (.VRA)
In Virtual Package Editor, when you open an archive file that is not supported by that
edition of the editor, you are asked to convert it to a supported archive type. To save
changes to an archive file, you must first convert it to a supported format.
See
Opening a Virtual Software Package
Virtual Package Editor lets you create a Virtual Software Package (VSP) that is an
application layer. An application layer contains all the files and registry settings that
make up a virtualized application.
Warning
When you create a VSP, be sure to set exclusions on the Exclusions page in Virtual
Package Editor. Exclusions prevent the loss of user data when a layer is reset.
See
Exclusions Page
on page 29.
Typically, one layer is created for each application. However, one layer can contain
multiple applications. Each layer is managed as a single entity.
You can create an application layer in the following ways:
Use the SetupCapture tool to capture an existing application and use Installation
Expert to edit the package.
Use the Installation Expert pages to create the package by adding files, registry
keys, and application settings.
See also:
About Virtual Package Editor
Creating an Application Layer
About Data Layers
on page 11
Virtual Package Editor lets you create a Virtual Software Package (VSP) that is a data
layer. A data layer captures data files into a dedicated data layer rather than having
them written to an application layer or the base file system.
You create a data layer primarily by using the Inclusions page. After you create a data
layer, you can add it to an application layer on the Data Layers page.
You can use data layers to do the following:
Store application layer data
Data layers can help manage data that is generated from application layers. Any
data that is generated by an application layer is, by default, saved within the
writeable sublayer of that application layer. This data is lost if the layer is reset.
Introducing Wise Virtual Package Editor
A .VRA file can be imported with either a licensed or
unlicensed version of the SVS Driver.
You can only create .VRAs in Wise Installation Studio 7.0
SP1 or later.
on page 20.
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