Application Packaging Training- AdminStudio, InstallShield

Overview of Application

What is Application Packaging

What is Application Repackaging

Difference b/w Packaging and Repackaging

Windows Installer History

Challenges with the traditional installers (.exe)

Advantages of Application Repackaging

Introduction to AdminStudio and Installshield

Introduction to Repackager and Tuner tool

Lab setup for Repackaging the Applications

Tools required to setup the lab

Introduction to VMWare workstation

How to create and configure the Virtual Machine (VM)

Purpose of Virtual Machine

Installing the Repackaging tools

Repackaging Best Practices

What is image ?

Importance of Clean Machine

Perform the Source Validation

Customizing the application with Installshield

Customize the files and folders

Customize the Registry keys

Customize the Environment Variables, Services, ODBC

Methods to Repackage the Application Using Repackager

Introduction to Remote Repackager

How to configure and access Repackager remotely

What is Installation Monitoring ?

What is SnapShot Method ?

Introduction to Self-healing

What is Advertised Shortcuts

Significance of Advertised Shortcuts

What is Self-Healing

How to find the root cause for the Self-healing

MSI Logical Structure

Introduction to Features

Introduction to Components

Introduction to Resources

Parent – Child Features

Sibling Features

Component Rules

Introduction to Windows Installer Transform (.mst)

When to Create a Transform

How to Create a Transform

Commands to Install Transform

Introduction to Custom Actions

Purpose of Custom Actions

Type of Custom Actions

Custom Action Conditions

Practicals on Custom Actions

Introduction to MSI Upgrades

What is Upgrade ?

Types of MSI Upgrades

Introduction to Small Updates

Introduction to Minor Upgrade

Introduction to Major Upgrade

Commands to Install the each Upgrade

Package Deployment

Commands to install / uninstall

Create a VbScript to Install / Uninstall

Create a Wise Script to Install / Uninstall

Commands to create log files

Commands to do the silent install / uninstall