Wise Package Studio Reference
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Wise Package Studio Tools
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Cancel the tasks of managed operations. You can cancel only the tasks of operations
that you run.
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View a task’s log file to resolve problems if the task fails.
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View information about a task, including:
Its status.
Whether the task will be performed locally or on the Wise Package Studio
server.
What computer ran the task.
How many tasks, if any, are ahead of it and waiting to be executed.
Other task details.
Using Wise Task Manager
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Not available in Standard Edition.
Keys to using Wise Task Manager
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The tasks for each operation form a group, and every other group of tasks is shaded
to distinguish the groups.
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A task can have one of six statuses: Canceled, Completed, Executing, Failed,
Waiting, or Warning.
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A Warning status means the task completed, but an error message was written to
the task’s log file.
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If a task fails, Wise Task Manager moves to the next task.
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When a task is executing:
An icon appears in the status column.
Details on the progress of the task appear at the bottom of the Wise Task
Manager dialog box unless you select another task.
To use Wise Task Manager
1. Do one of the following:
On the Tools tab, double-click Wise Task Manager.
On the Projects tab, click the Run link to the right of the task or tool associated
with Wise Task Manager.
In Software Manager or Windows Installer Editor, run a managed operation.
See
Wise Task Manager
on page 141.
The Wise Task Manager dialog box appears. If Wise Task Manager opened during a
managed operation, the dialog box remains open only until the operation is
completed.
2. To view a task’s details, select the task and click Details.
The Task Details dialog box appears with the following tabs:
General
Displays additional details about the task.
