Identifying And Resolving Conflicts - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 13: Identifying and Resolving Application Conflicts Using ConflictSolver

Identifying and Resolving Conflicts

Conversion from CreateLink entries to Shortcut Table Entries
The .inc converter will always try to create advertised shortcuts for every CreateLink line found in the .inc file.
However, not every CreateLink line can be converted into an advertised shortcut.
In order to create an advertised shortcut, the information in the CreateLink line must meet all of the following
requirements:
• The target file must be the keypath of its component. This means that the target file must be listed in the .inc
file list. The converter will create a new component for a non-PE (portable executable) target files, so that it is
guaranteed to become the keypath of the component. (Normally, for each target directory, non-PE files are
grouped together into one component).
• The target file must contain an icon.
In general, this means that as long as the target file contains an icon, the converter will be able to create an
advertised shortcut for it. However, whenever a shortcut cannot be advertised, the converter does the following:
• It creates a "catch all" component (if not yet created) named
registry entry in the Registry table, and that entry is used as the keypath for the
done to avoid ICE43.
• A new shortcut entry is created in the Shortcut table, associated with the
Identifying and Resolving Conflicts
Conflict identification occurs if you import a package into ConflictSolver using the
Check for Conflicts option has been selected in the Import tab of the Options dialog box. ConflictSolver
checks for conflicts using the default rules specified in the Rules tab of the Options dialog box.
You can also identify conflicts using the
want to check an external Windows Installer package against packages in the Application Catalog, or check one or
more packages already in the Application Catalog against others in the Application Catalog.
The following topics explain how to perform conflict identification and resolution:
Table 13-4 • Conflict Identification and Resolution Tasks
Section
Best Practices for Conflict
Detection
Setting Options
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Conflict Wizard. From the Source Type Panel, you can select whether you
Topics
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Plan Your Import
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Plan Your Conflict Detection
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Perform Conflict Detection
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Changing Default Conflict Types Checked
• Changing Resolution Options
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ShortcutsComponent
ShortcutsComponent
ShortcutsComponent
Import Wizard, providing the
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