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