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Wise Package Studio Reference 27
Introduction to Wise Package Studio
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Temporary .QUE files representing packages that have been distributed but not
imported into the Software Manager database.
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Source files of installations you import into the Software Manager database.
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Package definition files (.WPF) that are created with Package Definition and all of
the files specified by the definition file.
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.INI files used to generate reports.
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Log files and .INI files associated with the tasks in Wise Task Manager.
See Wise Package Studio Directories on page 24.
If your organization uses the Enterprise Edition of Wise for Windows Installer, the share
point directory might contain additional information that is unique to that product.
Deleting files from the share point directory
Warning
Do not edit or delete the contents of the Wise Package Studio directories outside Wise
Package Studio or other Wise tools. Doing so will cause problems in Workbench,
Software Manager, and ConflictManager and can result in loss of data.
A common question is “Can I clean up the share point by deleting unused source files?”
The answer is no. It is too difficult to know which files are safe to delete. Also,
ConflictManager lets you revert resolved packages to their original state, but if you
delete a package’s original files, you cannot revert.
The only recommended way to delete files from the share point directory is to delete the
entire package from the Software Manager database. When you do so, you can delete
the package’s source files from the share point subdirectories (000, 001, and so on), if
those files are not referenced by any other application. See Deleting a Package in the
Software Manager Help.
How Source Files Are Indexed
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Not available in Standard Edition.
A sequentially-numbered directory structure is created under the share point directory
to store occurrences of installation source files when:
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You distribute a package to the share point directory.
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You import a single package or multiple packages to the Software Manager
database, and you distribute source files.
An index file named wamdb.idx, located in the share point directory, records the location
of the source files. Because files are indexed, distributing source files to the share point
eliminates storage of duplicate files and results in smaller storage requirements than if
you distribute to a network directory.
Example:
Suppose you have three packages, each containing a version of report.dll. The first time
you distribute a package containing report.dll, the file is placed in the share point’s
000\001 directory. If you distribute another package containing the same version of
report.dll, the file is not saved a second time, but a counter is set for that file in
wamdb.idx. If you distribute a third package that uses a different version of report.dll,