About Applications And Packages - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 - REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0 Reference

About Applications and Packages

Software Manager Reference
Note
Because applications that are still in development will be mixed with those that have
been tested and deployed, members of the deployment team must be careful not to
deploy applications that are still in development.
See also:
Installation Resources and Their Locations in the Windows Installer Editor Help
When you add a package to the Software Manager database, you assign it an application
name and a package name. An application is a group of similar packages. Packages
represent different versions of a single application installation, or different components
of a larger suite. Group packages that are not likely to coexist on the same computer
under a single application. This prevents you from seeing resources that are not relevant
to a specific application. Also, because ConflictManager does not look for conflicts
between packages of the same application, this speeds the conflict detection process
and avoids showing you conflicts that are not relevant.
Example:
Your Software Manager database might contain three Microsoft Office packages: Office
97, Office 2000, and Office XP. Because you are not likely to install multiple versions of
Microsoft Office on a single computer, you can group them under one application, named
Microsoft Office.
Obtaining Application and Package Names for Installations
If the package's meta data is in the Software Manager database or the package was
created in Wise Package Studio, the application and package names are pre-filled during
import.
Otherwise, they are assigned as described below.
When you import
a single installation file (any
type)
from the share point
directory
multiple Windows Installer
installations
Introduction to Software Manager
the application/package names are obtained
from:
prompts during import.
the application and package names that were
specified during Package Distribution. If the
application and package names were not specified
during distribution, they are assigned as described
below.
The product name and version from the Product
Details page in Windows Installer Editor. Application
name = product name. Package = product name +
version. Example: If the product name is Sample and
the version is 1.0.0, the application name will be
Sample and the package name will be Sample 1.0.0.
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