Wise Package Studio File Types - Symantec WISE PACKAGE STUDIO 8.0 - REFERENCE V1.0 Reference

Wise Package Studio File Types

Extension
.CAB
.EXE
.INF
.LPR
.MSI
Wise Package Studio Reference
The WiseScript Script Editor has a set of script actions that you can use to manage, edit,
find, and create virtual software layers. Each of these script actions has SVS (Software
Virtualization Solution) in its name. For your convenience, these script actions are
grouped by default under the SVS Items title bar.
See About SVS Script Actions in the WiseScript Editor or WiseScript Package Editor Help.
Workbench tools that use software virtualization technology
When you capture a package with SetupCapture using the SmartMonitor or
Snapshot method, you can perform the capture in a virtual layer.
In Test Expert, you can install and run a package in a virtual layer.
When you finish the capture or testing operations, you can use Symantec SVS applet to
delete or deactivate the virtual layer and restore the computer to its original state.
See About the Altiris SVS Applet in the Virtual Package Editor Help.
In Wise Package Studio, you can create and edit different types of Windows Installer and
WiseScript installation packages. In addition, there are distinct file types for Windows
Installer merge modules, patch files, transforms, and virtual software packages. Each
extension is described below.
Description
Cabinet file, which consists of multiple files compressed into one. A Windows Mobile
device installation consists of a single, self-extracting .CAB file, which is generated by
the CabWiz program from an information file (.INF).
Installer file, either created by you or obtained from a software vendor.
You create a WiseScript .EXE by compiling a WiseScript project file (.WSE) in
WiseScript Editor or WiseScript Package Editor.
You create a Windows Installer .EXE by using Windows Installer Editor to place an .MSI
file inside an .EXE file.
See Setting Build Options for a Release in the Windows Installer Editor Help.
Device information file, which specifies directories, files, settings, and configurations
that are used to install a mobile device application. An .INF file is the project file
format in the Mobile Device Package Editor, and is compiled to a .CAB file.
(Not available in Standard Edition.) Linux project, which describes a Linux installation.
You edit an .LPR in Linux Package Editor and compile it to a shell file (.SH).
Windows Installer database, which is a distributable installation. The .MSI extension is
associated with the Windows Installer executable, MSIExec.EXE. When an .MSI is
opened, Windows Installer executes it, thereby installing the application. You can open
and edit an .MSI in Windows Installer Editor. However, options that have to do with
creating an .MSI, such as those on the Releases, Release Settings, and Media pages,
are unavailable.
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