User manual SYMANTEC SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0

[. . . ] Software Manager Reference Software Manager The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Documentation version 8. 0 Legal Notice Copyright © 2009 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, and Altiris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. The product described in this document is distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation/reverse engineering. [. . . ] In Search Directory, specify a directory to search for files to import. To search for files in subdirectories of the directory you specify, mark Search subdirectories. Example: If you are using projects to organize your package files, you might specify the Projects subdirectory of your share point directory, and mark the check box to search all subdirectories of the Projects directory. The Packages to Import page appears, listing all packages of the specified type that are in the directory you entered. The Files to Import page lists all packages of the specified format in the directory you specified, including packages you have already imported. If you don't want to re-import those packages, either clear their check boxes on this page or back up to the Import Type page and clear Overwrite existing application and package. To import a package that is not listed on the Packages to Import page, click Add and specify the file. The package you specified is added to the list on the Packages to Import page with its check box marked. The Wise Task Manager dialog box appears and remains open until the operation is completed. However, you can close or minimize the dialog box and continue your work in Wise Package Studio. The packages you selected are imported into the active Software Manager database. However, if you selected . VSA packages, they are converted to . WVP packages and only the . WVP packages are imported. For information on how the application and package names are assigned, see About Applications and Packages on page 22. See also: Wise Task Manager in the Wise Package Studio Help Software Manager Reference 70 Importing Packages Performing a Universal Import Without Converting or Repackaging You can use the Import Wizard's Universal Import option to import any 32-bit setup program into the Software Manager database from a network or local drive without converting or repackaging. Do this to get information about the resources installed by a non-Windows Installer or non-WiseScript installation. This provides a quick way to determine if the installation conflicts with other packages. If no conflicts are found when you import the installation directly, and if you do not need to make any other changes to the installation, you might decide to distribute the original executable. In other instances, you might use this to identify conflicts between newly repackaged applications and legacy setup. exe installations that have already been deployed and that you have no intention of repackaging. Corporate developers can use this to view resources for non-Windows Installer installations without converting them. The Universal Import is also triggered when you mark the option to import a single file, and you specify an . EXE file that is not recognized as an importable package type. The Import Wizard uses Virtual CaptureTM technology to extract information from the installation file, and then saves the captured information to the Software Manager database, creating an application and package. You also can choose to have the installation's source files copied to the share point directory. [. . . ] Only change the share point value in the Wise Repository Manager. To delete a server path 1. If the server path you want to delete is currently active, set a different path to be the active one: a. In the Storage Paths list, select the server path to make active and click Details. On the Server Path Settings dialog box, mark Active Path and click OK to return to the Network Index Properties dialog box. In the Storage Paths list, select the server path to delete and click Delete. [. . . ]