Chapter 8: Capturing Applications; About Capturing Applications - Symantec WISE PACKAGE STUDIO 8.0 - REFERENCE V1.0 Reference

Chapter 8
Capturing Applications

About Capturing Applications

Wise Package Studio Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
About Capturing Applications
SetupCapture Configuration
SetupCapture on page 216
Using SetupCapture With Virtual Capture
Using SetupCapture to Capture First Use Settings
SOE Snapshot on page 242
Capturing With Wise Web Capture
Files and Registry Entries Ignored During Captures
Part of the process of repackaging is converting an installation to a format that you can
manipulate to meet your corporate standards. SetupCapture® records all the changes
performed by an installation and saves that information to a new Windows Installer,
WiseScript, or virtual software package. Then you can edit the package or import it into
the Software Manager database so you can compare it to other applications and, if
needed, resolve potential conflicts. Alternatively, you can use SetupCapture to capture
the first use changes that an application makes to a computer.
Wise Web Capture, which you run from a browser, lets you capture installations on a
clean machine without installing any additional software. It also lets you capture on a
computer that is running a non-supported system.
SOE Snapshot is used exclusively in conjunction with Software Manager and
ConflictManager. SOE Snapshot lets you capture a computer's standard operating
environment (SOE). SOE Snapshot stores this snapshot in the form of an .SOE file,
which you can import into the Software Manager database to represent a baseline
computer in your organization. SOE Snapshot is not available in Standard Edition.
SetupCapture Configuration lets you edit and create configuration files that control how
SetupCapture and SOE Snapshot work. You select the configuration file when you run
SetupCapture or SOE Snapshot. SetupCapture Configuration does not apply when the
captured application is saved as virtual software package.
See:
SetupCapture Configuration
SetupCapture
Using SetupCapture With Virtual Capture
Using SetupCapture to Capture First Use Settings
SOE Snapshot
Capturing With Wise Web Capture
on page 201
on page 202
on page 237
on page 240
on page 245
on page 247
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