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About Application Layers
About Data Layers
Wise Virtual Package Editor Reference
virtual runtime archive
file (.VRA)
In Virtual Package Editor, when you open an archive file that is not supported by that
edition of the editor, you are asked to convert it to a supported archive type. To save
changes to an archive file, you must first convert it to a supported format.
See
Opening a Virtual Software Package
Virtual Package Editor lets you create a Virtual Software Package (VSP) that is an
application layer. An application layer contains all the files and registry settings that
make up a virtualized application.
Warning
When you create a VSP, be sure to set exclusions on the Exclusions page in Virtual
Package Editor. Exclusions prevent the loss of user data when a layer is reset.
See
Exclusions Page
on page 28.
Typically, one layer is created for each application. However, one layer can contain
multiple applications. Each layer is managed as a single entity.
You can create an application layer in the following ways:
Use the SetupCapture tool to capture an existing application and use Installation
Expert to edit the package.
Use the Installation Expert pages to create the package by adding files, registry
keys, and application settings.
You cannot use Virtual Package Editor to create a data layer or to add a data layer to an
application layer.
See also:
About Virtual Package Editor
Creating an Application Layer
About Data Layers
on page 10
A data layer captures data files into a dedicated data layer rather than having them
written to an application layer or the base file system. In Wise Installation Studio 7.0
SP1 and later, you cannot use Virtual Package Editor to create or open data layers. If
you open a virtual software archive file (.VSA) that contains a data layer, the data layer
Introducing Wise Virtual Package Editor
A .VRA file can be imported with either a licensed or
unlicensed version of the SVS Driver.
You can only create .VRAs in Wise Installation Studio 7.0
SP1 or later.
Before you distribute a .VRA file, use the Releases page in
Virtual Package Editor to create a release for the archive
file.
See
Releases Page
on page 31.
on page 19.
on page 7
on page 17
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