Troubleshooting Guidelines For Sms Conversion - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 8: Converting Legacy Installations Using the Repackager Interface
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• All files must be
must be available to the converted installation at the exact same locations.
• Not all elements of a WinINSTALL installation are
based on a different technology than Windows Installer, not all elements of a WinINSTALL installation are
converted. Only the installation of files, registry changes, and other system changes are converted.
• Custom logic is not
converted.
• WinINSTALL environment variable assignments are not
assignments in a Windows Installer installation, open the converted project in InstallShield Editor and use the
Environment Variable view.
• WinINSTALL variables are converted to a Windows Installer
contains a WinINSTALL variable, then the WinINSTALL variable is converted to a Windows Installer variable.
• Specify @ variables at conversion
@Server or @Wininstall variable, you can specify the values of these two variables at conversion time in the
Repackager.
• The WinINSTALL Preinstall and Postinstall scripts are not converted.

Troubleshooting Guidelines for SMS Conversion

Use the following troubleshooting guidelines to identify and fix SMS conversion problems.
•
All files must be
available to the converted installation at the exact same locations.
•
Not all elements of an SMS installation are
different technology than Windows Installer, not all elements of a SMS installation are converted. Only the
installation of files, registry changes,
system changes are converted.
•
Custom logic is not
•
SMS environment variable assignments are not
assignments in a Windows Installer installation, open the converted project in InstallShield Editor and use the
Environment Variable view.
Resolving an "Error Building Table File" Error
When building with Repackager, if you have received the following error message during the build:
ISDEV: fatal Error 5023: Error building table File
your first step is to go to the Repackager Interface and check whether the number of files installed by this setup is
greater than 32,767. If it is, this error occurs because Windows Installer supports 32,767 files in the File table but
the package being built exceeds this limit. See
information.
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available—All the files that were available to the original WinINSTALL installation project
converted—Custom logic written in WinINSTALL's custom scripting language is not
time—If the source path of a file in WinINSTALL contains either the
available—All the files that were available to the original SMS installation project must be
Files, ODBC, NT Services, Fonts, Shortcuts, Variables, and other
.ini
converted—Custom logic written in SMS's custom scripting language is not converted.
Authoring a Large Package
converted—Because WinINSTALL installations are
converted—To re-add environment variable
variable—If the target path of a file
converted—Because SMS installations are based on a
converted—To re-add environment variable
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