Legacy Setup Conversion; Sms Conversion Guidelines - Symantec WISE PACKAGE STUDIO 8.0 - REFERENCE V1.0 Reference

Legacy Setup Conversion

SMS Conversion Guidelines

Wise Package Studio Reference
Use Legacy Setup Conversion to convert the following types of setup programs into
Windows Installer packages:
Microsoft SMS (.IPF or
.EXE)
Novell ZENWorks® (.AXT)
WinINSTALL™ (.TXT)
In the Professional Edition,
you also can convert
WinINSTALL installations
into WiseScripts.
WiseScript (.WSE or .EXE)
InstallShield® Professional
(.IPR)
InstallShield® (.MSI or
.EXE)
Altiris® RapidInstall
Package (.EXE)
Converting an installation file rather than capturing a setup program retains source
paths and other pre-compile information that might not be available in a compiled setup
program.
Depending on the format you are importing, some elements of the installation might not
be converted. This typically is due to differences in technology between the source
format and Windows Installer. To ensure that all elements of the installation are
converted, use SetupCapture instead of Legacy Setup Conversion. However, source
paths are not retained during SetupCapture.
See About Capturing Applications
Following are guidelines for using Legacy Setup Conversion to convert an installation
(.IPF) that was created in the Microsoft System Management Server (SMS) to a
Windows Installer package (.WSI or .MSI).
You cannot convert all .EXEs—only those that were created with Microsoft SMS.
If you do not have the original installation project file, you can convert the compiled
.EXE instead, because it contains an embedded copy of the script.
Because script installations are based on a different technology than Windows
Installer, not all elements of the script are converted to Windows Installer format.
See SMS Conversion Guidelines
Converting an SMS Installation
See Novell Conversion Guidelines
Converting a Novell Installation
See WinINSTALL Conversion Guidelines
and Converting a WinINSTALL Installation
page 115.
See WiseScript Conversion Guidelines
Converting a WiseScript
See InstallShield Professional Conversion Guidelines
page 118 and Converting an InstallShield Professional
Installation on page 118.
See InstallShield .MSI Conversion Guidelines
page 119 and Converting an InstallShield .MSI
Installation on page 120.
See Altiris RapidInstall Package Conversion Guidelines
on page 121 and Converting an Altiris RapidInstall
Package on page 122.
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