Windows Installer Converter Reference - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 9: Converting Windows Installer Packages to Virtual Applications

Windows Installer Converter Reference

When some Windows Installer packages are repackaged, some of their data (such as files or registry entries) are
excluded according to the normal Repackager exclusion settings. For example, files destined for the
\Windows\Installer
order to successfully convert a Windows Installer package to a virtual package.
To address this issue, when Repackager builds a Windows Installer package, it now produces two
packagename.msi
Figure 9-12: Repackaged Output: application.msi and application.context.msi
Important •
Note • Context data is not displayed in the Repackager interface when viewing captured Files/Registry details.
How is the Context Data Configured
Context data is configured in a settings file in the
is identical in syntax to the familiar
the settings in the
context.msi
the
.context.msi
Windows Installer Converter Reference
This section describes each of the panels in the Windows Installer Converter, and contains a list of the error
messages that could occur when building a virtual package.
• Windows Installer Converter
•
Virtualization Conversion Error Messages
Windows Installer Converter
You can use the Windows Installer Converter to convert Windows Installer
applications, ThinApp applications, or Citrix profiles. You have three conversion options:
•
Single
•
Virtual
work together, into one virtual package.
•
Batch
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folder are typically excluded. However, this type of information is occasionally necessary in
and
packagename.context.msi
If you are not converting a package to a virtual package, you can ignore its
isrepackager.ini
file is captured—not into the main application
context.ini
file. When creating a virtual package, Repackager combines the data in both the main
file to produce the final virtual package.
Application—Convert one Windows Installer package into a virtual package.
Suite—Convert multiple Windows Installer packages, perhaps a group of applications that need to
Convert—Convert a directory full of Windows Installer packages into individual virtual packages.
.
folder called
AdminStudio Shared
file which is used for exclusion settings. Data that matches
ADS-0950-UG00
.context.msi
isrepackager.context.ini
file, but rather into a separate
.msi
packages to Microsoft App-V
.msi
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files:
.msi
file.
. It
file and
.msi