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Build a Package

After completing the settings in the prototype file and saving the package (prototype file), you must build the PIF package so that you can later register it in a software library.

To build the PIF package

1. Select the package in the project pane.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Right-click the selected entry and select Build from the context menu.
   • Choose File, Build from the menu bar.
   • Click the Build icon on the toolbar.

   The Build package dialog appears.

3. You can specify the following build options:

   Self installing

   If this check box is checked, indicates that a self-installing PIF package (including the Installer) is automatically built. A drop-down list opens and lets you choose the package platform. The following options appear:

   • Separate installer and product: Select this check box to define that PIF and installer are separated.
   • Select SDK: Select the appropriate option from this drop-down list.
   • JRE Directory: Specify an optional JRE that is added to the package. This JRE is incorporated in the self-installing PIF package. As a result, graphical dialogs during the package installation can be displayed on a graphical terminal at the target computer, even if no JRE is installed on the target computer.

   Strip

   If this check box is checked, indicates that all symbolic information is removed from all binary files of the PIF package. This will reduce the size of the PIF package.

   Overwrite existing

   If the package already exists, indicates that this check box appears on the dialog. This box is checked by default, that is, the existing PIF package with the same name is overwritten.

4. Click Build.

   The Save in dialog appears where you can specify the location to store the PIF package. By default, the PIF package is stored in a directory referenced by $SDPcker/productlib.

After the PIF package has been successfully built, the Media tab contains a corresponding product entry.