Wise Package Studio Reference
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Capturing Applications
installation file is created in the directory you specify and it references the copied
source files.
For a .WSI, .MSI, or .WSE, this lets you immediately reimage the test computer and
move the entire installation to another computer. The file that was specified in
Target Installation is still created, but it references the installed source files, not
the copied source files.
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Store Source File Pathnames as Relative Pathnames
Mark this to make the captured installation more mobile by making the source file
paths relative to the location of the installation file. If you mark this option, place
the resulting .MSI, .WSI, .WSE, or .WVP in the same or a related directory to the
destination directory (above).
Configuring SetupCapture
On the Welcome page in SetupCapture, you can:
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Mark the Do not change current configuration file option. If you select this
option, any changes you make to the configuration settings apply only to the
current capture. The SetupCapture configuration file is not changed.
This option is enabled only if the user has permission to use the SetupCapture
Configuration tool. If the Settings button is disabled, selecting this option enables it.
The user can then modify the settings for the current capture.
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Change the configuration file that controls how SetupCapture works. To use a
different configuration than the one listed on the Welcome page, click Change,
which opens the Configuration File dialog box. If you select the Do not change
current configuration file option, this option is disabled.
See
Selecting the Configuration File
on page 205 for details.
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Change or review the settings in the SetupCapture configuration file. Click Settings
to open the SetupCapture Configuration dialog box. By default, anything you change
on all tabs of this dialog box is saved to the current configuration file and affects
future captures. If you don’t want to change the configuration file, mark the check
box Do not change current configuration file.
For details on the SetupCapture Configuration dialog box, see:
Setting General Settings
on page 205
Setting Directories to Watch
on page 208
Setting File and Folder Exclusions
on page 211
Setting Registry Exclusions
on page 214
Setting INI File Exclusions
on page 215
If the Change button or the Settings button is unavailable, you might not have
permission to change settings.
See
Setting SetupCapture Configuration Security
on page 44.
Selecting the Capture Methodology
SetupCapture can use different methods for capturing the information from an
installation. You select the capture method from the Capture Methodology page in
SetupCapture or from an option on the General Settings dialog box of SetupCapture
Configuration.
