Chapter 3: Managing Packages; About Managing Packages - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 - REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0 Reference

Chapter 3
Managing Packages

About Managing Packages

Software Manager Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
Revision Control on page 80
Package Groups on page 87
Viewing and Editing Package Attributes
Viewing Resource Properties
Windows Installer Table Queries
Software Manager Reports
Removing Excluded Files From Packages
Merge Modules Wizard
Moving a Package to Another Application
Deleting a Package on page 107
Compiling Multiple Packages
Changing the Package Status
After a package has been imported into the Software Manager database, you can do the
following to manage it:
Add the package to Revision Control to protect it from unauthorized changes and to
track changes to the package.
Group packages for more efficient management and for group deployment.
View package resources, either on-screen or by running any of the predefined
Software Manager reports or a Window Installer table query report.
Use ConflictManager to detect and resolve conflicts between packages in the
Software Manager database.
See About Conflict Detection and Resolution in the Conflict Manager Help.
Remove files that are in the SetupCapture exclusion list from package in the
Software Manager database.
Perform operations on .MSI or .WSI packages to add, remove, or replace merge
modules.
Compile multiple packages.
For information on preparing a package for deployment, see
for Deployment on page 111.
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