Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual page 1232

Chapter 13: Identifying and Resolving Application Conflicts Using ConflictSolver
ConflictSolver Reference
Table 13-89 • Duplicate Package Tab Properties
Option
Duplicate
Package Naming
Syntax
Example of Importing a "Duplicate" Package
One common reason why you might want to import the same package into your Application Catalog database
more than once would be if you wanted to use AdminStudio 9.5 Tuner to create custom installation SKUs of a
common MSI package to distribute to different departments in your organization, each installation including certain
features that are appropriate for the department and excluding certain features that are not appropriate. For
example, if you were distributing a copy of Microsoft Office, you could add transforms to the Microsoft Office MSI
package so that:
• Accounting's installation would include only Word and Excel
•
Marketing's installation would include only Word and PowerPoint, and
•
Development's installation would include only Word and Access.
Therefore, you might want to import the same package into your database more than once, each time with a
different set of transformations. What happens when you import the package the second time depends upon the
identifiers you selected on the Duplicate Package Tab. In this example:
•
If you select the List of Transform Files and ProductCode identifiers on the Duplicate Package Tab of the
Options dialog box, ConflictSolver will not identify these two packages as duplicate, even though they have
the same ProductCode, because they have a different set of transformations. Therefore, the Product Name
Change dialog box will not appear, and the package will be imported with the same display name as the first
package.
• If you only select the ProductCode identifier on the Duplicate Package Tab of the Options dialog box,
ConflictSolver will identify the second package as a duplicate because the two packages have the same
ProductCode, and the Product Name Change dialog box will appear.
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Description
When it identifies a duplicate package, Application Manager generates a new name for
that package using the syntax specified in this field. The default syntax is:
[Manufacturer]_[ProductName]
This means that if Application Manager encountered a duplicate package, it would pre-
pend the duplicate's Product Name with the Manufacturer's name and, if necessary,
append the Product Name with numbers. For example, the second time that PowerPoint
is imported, its name would be changed to:
Microsoft Corporation_PowerPoint
To change the default naming syntax, edit this field.
This generated name is displayed on the Product Name Change Dialog Box, and it is the
name that will be displayed in the product tree on the left side of the ConflictSolver Main
View.
Note • Changing this "display" name does not change the ProductName Property that appears in
the title bar of the ConflictSolver Product View.
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