Configuring Exclusions Using Repackager; Excluding Files - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

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Chapter 8: Converting Legacy Installations Using the Repackager Interface

Configuring Exclusions

There are two methods of configuring exclusions:

Configuring Exclusions Using Repackager

Configuring Exclusions Using the Exclusions Editor

Configuring Exclusions Using Repackager

There are three types of exclusions used when repackaging a legacy installation:

Table 8-3 • Repackager Exclusion Types

Exclusion Type

To exclude a captured file from the InstallShield Editor project and Windows Installer package, perform the

following steps.

Repackaging exclusions refer to exclusions made during repackage time using the

Repackaging Wizard. Any files, registry entries, .ini files, or shortcuts excluded at this point

are not included in the Repackager project. Therefore, if you exclude a directory you later

need, you need to repackage the legacy setup again.

The Repackager best practice is to capture everything using the Repackaging Wizard, and

then exclude visually in the Repackager Interface. This way, you avoid having to run the

Repackaging Wizard again if you accidentally exclude necessary files.

In some cases, you may want to avoid capturing specific data types during repackaging.

For example, your organization may never want to capture shortcuts. You can disable

capture of shortcuts during repackage time, thereby eliminating the need to exclude them

later. In Snapshot mode, you may want to limit the analysis to a certain directory to reduce

the time it takes to capture the initial and final snapshot.

Each Repackager project can use a project exclusion list which marks files, registry

entries, shortcuts, and .ini files as excluded in the Repackager project. If your process

dictates that you capture everything and only exclude items in the Repackager Interface,

then you should set up commonly captured but unnecessary items from the project by

default. Because all the data from the original capture is intact, if you accidentally exclude

necessary files, you can always reinclude them from the Repackager Interface and quickly

rebuild your Windows Installer package.

Because each project is different, and may require you to make decisions as to whether

certain captured data is necessary, you can also selectively exclude or reinclude items on

a per-package basis. These individual project exclusions allow you a fine-level of control

as you prepare to build your Windows Installer package from the Repackager project.

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