Chapter 2: Importing Packages; About Importing Packages; How To Get Packages Into The Software Manager Database - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 - REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0 Reference

Chapter 2
Importing Packages

About Importing Packages

How to Get Packages Into the Software Manager
Database
Software Manager Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
About Importing Packages

How to Get Packages Into the Software Manager Database

About Formatted Text Strings in Registry Entries
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Package Subscription
Software Manager lets you import packages and their resource information into the
Software Manager database.
You can copy, or subscribe to, packages from a different Software Manager database.
When you import packages that are different versions of the same application, you
normally assign them to the same application.
See About Applications and Packages
When a package is referred to as being in the Software Manager database, it can mean
any of the following:
The package's meta data has been added to the Software Manager database.
The package's definition has been imported to the Software Manager database.
The package's resources have been imported to the Software Manager database.
Adding Package Meta Data
(.MSI and .WSI files only.) When you specify an application and package name on the
Product Details page in Windows Installer Editor and save the installation:
A record for the package is created in the Software Manager database.
The package's meta data is added.
The package status is set to New.
Resources are not added.
This lets you add package information to the Software Manager database early in the
application integration process. It also eliminates the need to enter the meta data
manually in Software Manager and ensures that every package in the database has
meta data that meets your corporate standards.
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