WiseScript Package Editor Reference
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WiseScript Actions
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Start/Stop Service
on page 116
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While Statement
on page 117
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Win32 System Directory
on page 118
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Wizard Loop
on page 118
About WiseScript Actions
The WiseScript™ scripting language contains script actions that let you perform various
installation-related tasks. The script actions are fully coded; all you do is enter
parameters for the action. This section describes the function and usage of each action.
All possible WiseScript actions are available in all WiseScript-based editors. This lets you
open any WiseScript in any WiseScript-based editor without errors. However, a
WiseScript will run only in an environment that supports all the actions in the script.
Example: The “Get Windows Installer Property” action will not work in a script that runs
outside a Windows Installer installation.
See also:
About Script Editor
on page 22
About SVS Script Actions
on page 40
Note
This documentation covers both WiseScript Package Editor and WiseScript Editor.
WiseScript Editor contains the same scripting interface as WiseScript Package Editor, but
it does not contain the Installation Expert interface or other installation development
tools. Therefore, some of the information in this document does not apply to WiseScript
Editor.
About SVS Script Actions
Script Editor has a set of script actions that you can use to manage, edit, find, and
create virtual software layers. Each of these script actions has SVS (Software
Virtualization Solution) in its name. For your convenience, these script actions are
grouped by default under the SVS Items title bar.
For more information about Software Virtualization Solution (SVS), search for
Workspace Virtualization on the symantec.com Web site.
Note
If you create or edit a Virtual Software Package (VSP) in Virtual Package Editor, you
would normally not use the SVS script actions when you add WiseScripts on the Events
page. Instead, you would use the non-SVS script actions because you are working
directly in a layer or in a package that becomes a layer.
Script Actions for Managing a Layer
Use these script actions to change the state of layers, gather information about layers,
create archive files from layers, and install and remove layers.
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Activate SVS Layer
