Source Type Panel; Msi Source Information Panel; Source Package Panel - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 13: Identifying and Resolving Application Conflicts Using ConflictSolver
ConflictSolver Reference

Source Type Panel

From the Source Type panel, select whether you want to compare an external Windows Installer package against
packages already in the ConflictSolver Application Catalog or perform a comparison between packages within the
ConflictSolver Application Catalog.
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If you select Internal Application Catalog package, the next panel that appears is the Source Package panel.
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If you select Windows Installer package, the next panel that appears is the MSI Source Information Panel.

MSI Source Information Panel

From the MSI Source Information Panel, specify the Windows Installer package you want to check for conflicts
against packages already in ConflictSolver.
Click Browse to locate and select the package. Should that package require transforms, click the New button (
above the Transforms area. Use the Browse button (...) to locate the transform. If the package requires multiple
transforms, you can repeat the procedure as necessary. The order in which transforms are applied can be changed
by selecting a transform and clicking the Move Up (
Delete a transform file from the Transforms list by selecting the transform and clicking the Delete button (

Source Package Panel

When you select the Internal Application Catalog package option on the Conflict Wizard Source Type Panel
(specifying that you want to compare source packages from within the ConflictSolver database), the Source
Package panel appears.
This panel displays the packages in the same hierarchy as the Product View. For your convenience, empty groups
are not displayed.
The ConflictSolver supports multiple source package checking. Therefore, select the package(s) you want to
analyze for conflicts. If you select multiple source packages, ConflictSolver will conflict check each source package
serially against all of the selected target packages.
Note • The target packages are specified on the next panel, the Target Information Panel. The Target Information
panel will naturally exclude all packages that you selected on the Source Package panel.
You can also select all packages in ConflictSolver or clear all selected packages using the Select All and Clear All
buttons.
Caution •
panel, exercise caution when using the Select All button. If you select all of the packages on the Source Package
panel, there will be no target packages listed on the Target Information Panel, and therefore you will not be able to
run conflict detection.
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Since the Target Information panel excludes all packages that are selected on the Source Package
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