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Templates for PIF Products

Product templates unify installations of PIF products and define a PIF product in detail. Product templates are standard prototype files that contain a set of predefined parameters. These parameters are replaced during generation of the PIF product. The pifproto command supports template management.

The following standard templates for PIF products are provided through the Packager installation in the $SDPcker/templates folder:

standard.Any.@enu

Creates a package with a set of predefined basic installation dialogs. This template is used as the default template when no specific template has been chosen.

advanced.Any.@enu

Creates a package with an enhanced set of predefined installation dialogs.

unattended.Any.@enu

Creates a package for unattended installation without any installation dialog.

multi_language.Any.@enu

Creates a package with specific dialogs that let you choose from multiple languages for the installation.

multi_instance.Any.@enu

Creates a package with multiple instance support that allows the installation of the multiple instances of the package. The package must be marked as "multi installable" (#multiinst:1).

In the $SDPcker/templates directory, you can copy and change the standard templates to define your own company-specific installation of PIF products. The Packager recognizes each new file in this directory.