Specifying Packages
Filling Out the Specification Worksheet
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partially or completely fail. Therefore, when the install program encounters processes likely to cause
problems, it interactively gives the active user on the system the opportunity to either terminate those
processes and continue the install, or to abort the install. The same is true for uninstalling. If you want
to prevent the possibility of this interactive intervention from occurring, you can choose the “Ignore
conflicting processes” option in the toolkit GUI when creating your packages. This is a per–package
choice. If you select this option, this package will never result in any interactive notice to end users and
thus the user will have no ability to terminate the process.
WARNING
: Choosing the “Ignore conflicting processes” option when creating a package does
not
affect the chances of the install succeeding without error on the target system if conflicting processes
are encountered; it just means it would fail silently. Adobe recommends that all target systems be in a
quiet state (no active users or applications) before deploying a package on them.
You can have the product install folder automatically removed after a successful install on target machines.
Some of the deployment configurations involve copying the product install folder to each target
machine. Since this folder can be quite large, you may want to automatically remove it once the install
succeeds, by selecting the “Delete installer after completion” option in the toolkit. However, if for
some reason the install fails to complete successfully, the product install folder will not be removed,
even if you have turned this option on.
Some of the deployment configurations recommend or require this option be turned off. Consult your
configuration choice for this package so you choose the correct setting.
You can choose the 64-bit version of Photoshop to include in the package.
The toolkit shows the “Configure for 64-bit machines also” option only on Windows, and only if the
product you are packaging contains Photoshop. Select No on your worksheet for this option if any of
the following are true:
You are specifying a Mac package.
You are specifying a Windows package, and the product you are packaging does not contain
Photoshop.
You are specifying a Windows package and the product you are packaging contains Photoshop,
but you are either not including Photoshop in this package, or you do not want to install the 64-bit
version of it on any of the targets on which this package will be deployed.
If you choose No for this option, cross out the three sub-choices below it on the worksheet.
If none of the above apply, it means you do intend to include Photoshop in this package and you do
want to install the 64-bit version on 64-bit machines, instead of or in addition to the 32-bit version. In
this case, circle Yes for this option. You now have three more decisions to make.
If you want to install the 32-bit version of Photoshop in addition to the 64-bit version on 64-bit
machines, circle Yes for the “Photoshop 32-bit also” option.
Then decide if you want to include the optional Adobe Fonts All component. Since it comes in
both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, you must choose them separately.
NOTE
: If you choose NO for the 32-bit version of the Adobe Fonts All component on your
worksheet, that choice may be overridden by the toolkit if you select another application or
component that requires it.
Photoshop requires other supporting components, but since they are required, you do not need to
make a decision about them.
