Selecting Validation Rules To Use - Symantec WISE PACKAGE STUDIO 8.0 - REFERENCE V1.0 Reference

Selecting Validation Rules to Use

Wise Package Studio Reference
2. If the Specify Target Installation File or Folder dialog box appears, select an
installation file or folder and click Next.
3. Click Customize on the Welcome dialog box.
The Customized Validation Rules dialog box appears. Validation Files lists the
predefined validation modules and any validation modules you've added. When you
select a validation module, its rules appear in Validation Rules.
4. Click Add to the right of the Validation Files list.
The Validation File Details dialog box appears.
5. Enter a unique name and description to identify the validation module in the
Welcome dialog box of Package Validation.
6. In File, specify a new or existing .CUB file name.
If this is a new file and you do not specify its location, it is created in the Validation
subdirectory of your share point directory.
7. If the .CUB file is intended to validate merge modules only, mark Only display this
file for Merge Modules.
8. Click OK.
In the Customized Validation Rules dialog box, the validation module you specified
appears in Validation Files.
9. To add a rule to the validation module, click Add to the right of the Validation
Rules list. To add a rule that:
Calls a custom action.
See Adding a Rule That Calls a Custom Action
Consists of a series of conditions and actions.
See Adding a Validation Rule Set
10. Enable or disable the rules to use during validation.
See Selecting Validation Rules to Use
11. To delete a validation module or rule, select it and click the Delete button to its
right.
Deleting a validation module from Package Validation does not delete the .CUB file
from the computer.
12. When you finish, click OK.
The customizations remain in effect until you change them.
A validation module typically contains multiple rules that verify a package. You can
customize validation modules by selecting which validation rules to use during the
validation test.
Example:
Darice.cub, authored by Microsoft, contains more than 90 ICE (Internal Consistency
Evaluator) custom actions, or rules, that check a package's internal database
consistency. You can disable any of these rules. For a description of Microsoft's ICE
custom actions, see ICE Reference in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
on page 152.
on page 154.
on page 150.
Package Validation
149