Product Details

The product details screen is split into 3 sections:

Product Details

Name: relates to the ProductName property and should reflect the name of the package. Generally the application vendor's name should not be included. For example, 'Acrobat Reader' - not 'Adobe Acrobat Reader'.

Version: The version number should be in the form major.minor.build and should only contain numerals and '.''s.

Manufacturer: The name of the software vendor. e.g. ScriptLogic Corporation

Default Directory: When creating an installation program that is to be installed manually you need to set a default directory only if the user gets the option to select where to install the product. When repackaging for deployment around a networked environment it is not necessary to set this and we recommend you leave it blank.

Product Code: Each product release has a unique identifier. This is set automatically so does not need to be set, although this can be done by clicking the 'Create' button.

General Information

Title: Briefly describes the type of installer package. Commonly this is set to the same as the 'Name'.

Subject: This field provides further information about the package.

Author: This can be set to the person who is creating the package, the team or the company.

Keywords: These words are used when doing keywords searches in Windows Explorer.

Comments: A multiline string where any further comments can be added about the package.

Installation Properties

All Users: This property specifies whether the package will be installed for all users of the computer or just for a specific user. This is a policy that should be decided before any packaging begins, and should then be used in all cases. You should decide what to set for this property, set it in your template and then not change it.