Identifying And Resolving Package Errors Using Packageexpert - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Identifying and Resolving Package
Errors Using PackageExpert
Edition • PackageExpert is included with AdminStudio Enterprise Edition.
PackageExpert is the latest addition to AdminStudio's array of powerful testing tools. You can use PackageExpert
to check the integrity of your Windows Installer packages and automatically resolve errors that are found.
PackageExpert allows you to quickly run and resolve a series of tests on Windows Installer packages to improve
their overall quality and their deployment readiness. PackageExpert provides the flexibility to augment and extend
the test suite to suit any particular end user requirement. PackageExpert's tests are currently organized into two
major categories:
•
ICE Tests—The ICE tests perform checks against the structure of a Windows Installer package to enforce
Microsoft best practices. They are used to determine if an installation package is built according to Windows
Installer standards.
•
Windows Vista Certification
installation requirements of the Windows Vista operating system, and are intended to enable the successful
deployment of packages on Vista.
PackageExpert documentation is organized in the following sections:
Table 14-1 • PackageExpert Help Library
Section
About PackageExpert
Configuring PackageExpert
AdminStudio 9.5 User Guide
Tests—The Windows Vista tests check packages for compliance with
Description
Introduces you to PackageExpert, its interface, and how it works.
Explains how to specify which tests to run by default every time a package is
tested.
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