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Validate the Package

Test the Package Without Test Expert

Wise Package Studio Getting Started Guide
Projects tab, the check box next to the Edit package task is marked to indicate that the
task is complete. Next, you will validate the package you created.
In this procedure, you validate the QuickFacts package, which is the first step in the
Package Testing phase. The Validate compliance with standards task runs Package
Validation, which checks the internal consistency of the Windows Installer tables.
Before you follow this procedure, you must have edited the package.
See Edit the Package in Windows Installer Editor
To validate the package
1. Make sure you are in Wise Package Studio with the Projects tab selected and
QuickFacts selected in the Active Project drop-down list.
2. Click the Run link next to the Validate compliance with standards task.
Dialog boxes appear briefly and the .WSI is compiled into a .MSI. The Welcome page
for the Package Validation tool appears, listing the predefined validation tests that
can be performed. To see a description of each test, click the test name, and the
description appears at the right of the page.
3. Mark Windows Installer SDK Internal Consistency only. If necessary, clear all
other check boxes.
4. Click Next.
The test runs. This might take a few minutes. When the test finishes, the View /
Correct page appears, which lists all the possible problems detected.
Normally, no errors appear for QuickFacts, although for more complex installations,
errors are more likely to appear. If there were errors and if the Correct button
became enabled when the error was selected, you could click Correct to resolve the
problem. Otherwise, you would open the installation in Windows Installer Editor, fix
the error, and recompile. Errors are documented in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
Start with the topic Internal Consistency Evaluators - ICEs.
5. Click Finish on the View / Correct page.
You have finished validating the QuickFacts installation package. On the Projects tab, the
check box next to the Validate compliance with standards task is marked to indicate that
the task is complete. Next, you will test the package.
If you have Test Expert, which comes with the Quality Assurance module, you will
use it to test.
See Test the Package With Test Expert
Otherwise, test the package without Test Expert.
See Test the Package Without Test
Note
Follow this procedure if you don't have the Quality Assurance module. If you have the
Quality Assurance module, skip this procedure and test the package without Test Expert.
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