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Creating a Preflight Package

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Web applications. Typically, the URL for the Data Collector Web application would be
something like this:
http://IIS_Server/Wise_Managed_Enterprise/wisewebservice.dll
Note
If the package runs on a remote computer, you might need to provide a fully qualified
domain name for the IIS server, depending on network and remote computer
configuration.
Preflight Analysis Web application
If a team member previously installed the Preflight Web applications, and if you pick the
same share point directory that was selected during Preflight Web applications
installation, then the Preflight Analysis tool is automatically set up with the correct URL.
If not, then you might need to set up the URL yourself. If so, obtain the correct URL
from the team member who installed Preflight Web applications. Then, select Edit menu
> Tools, click the Preflight Analysis tool, and enter the complete URL in the URL field.
Typically, the URL for Preflight Analysis would be something like this:
http://IIS_Server/Wise_Preflight_Analysis/
Wise Services database
On the IIS Web server, you can change connection information for the SQL database
that the Preflight Web applications interact with. To do so, use the Wise Repository
Manager. See Managing the Wise Software Repository in the Getting Started Guide.
For information about installation, see Installing Web Applications in the Getting Started
Guide.
Quality Assurance module only.
Use the Preflight Instrumentation tool to create a preflight .MSI package from a package
that you plan to deploy. You then deploy the preflight package, which tests end user
computers before deployment of the real package.
See The Preflight Deployment Process
You can create a preflight package from these package types: .MSI, .WSI, hotfix .EXE,
and universal import .EXE.
The Preflight Instrumentation tool does not modify the package you choose, but instead
makes a special preflight .MSI of the package that does not make any changes to end
user computers. The preflight .MSI contains custom actions that check the items listed
in Preflight Diagnostic Tests
To create a preflight package
1. In Workbench, do one of the following:
On the Tools tab, double-click Preflight Instrumentation. In the Original Package
dialog box that appears, specify a package to test with Preflight Deployment
and click Next. To open a package from the Wise Software Repository, click
Browse and then click the Repository tab.
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