Symantec Packager, Implementation Manual

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14 Introducing Symantec Packager
How Symantec Packager works
Overview of custom products
During the Configure Products phase, you can customize a product so that it
contains only the features and options that you want to include. To do this, you
create product configuration (.pcg) files.
On the Configure Products tab, you create a new product configuration file that
is based on a product that you imported in the Import Products phase. After you
select the product features and options that you want to include and specify a
file name, Symantec Packager saves this file as a product configuration file. The
product configuration file, which displays on the Configure Products tab,
references its corresponding product template file on the Import Products tab.
When you build the product configuration file, Symantec Packager creates a
Microsoft Software Installer (.msi) file, which is used in an installation package.
Unlike the product configuration file, the product .msi file does not reference
and is not dependent upon any Symantec Packager files.
Figure 3-4 shows the process for creating custom products.
Figure 3-4
Configure Products process for custom products
See “Configuring custom products” on page 35.
Overview of custom commands
During the Configure Products phase, you can create custom commands that let
you further customize your installation packages. To do this, you create
command configuration files. A command configuration file is the same as a
product configuration (.pcg) file except that the command configuration file
does not reference a product template (.pdt) file.
On the Configure Products tab, you create a new custom command and specify
its parameters. Like a product configuration file, Symantec Packager saves this
file with a .pcg extension. The command configuration file, which displays on
the Configure Products tab, lists the command-line arguments for the custom
Product
configuration
(.pcg) file
Lists features
and options
that you
selected
Refers to
product
template (.pdt)
file
Configure
Products build
process
Symantec Packager
displays saved .pcg
file on Configure
Products tab
Symantec Packager
creates .msi file,
which is used in an
installation package