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Application Packaging Training- AdminStudio, InstallShield

11 hours on-demand video

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Brief Introduction

how to repackage the applications and customize the applications and how to install / uninstall the MSI package

Description

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

Requirements

Requirements
Very basic idea of how to Install / Uninstall the Softwares
How to create and manage files / folders using Windows Explorer and the command prompt
Basic Windows terminology (e.g. DLL, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, etc.)
Any Hypervisior (Hyper-V, VmWare Workstation, VirtualBox, etc..)

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