Basic Steps for Packaging and Distributing Parameter Products

Basic Steps for Packaging and Distributing Parameter Products

With the Packager you package software, data, or parameters that are registered to the software package library and then distributed to and installed on one or more target computers. Packaged software or data are called products; packaged parameters are called parameter products. In this help file, both kinds of products are generally called packaged products, products, or SXP products, and distinctions are noted if necessary.

Before you can distribute products, you must install and configure the SXP Installer software on all relevant target computers in your network.

To package, register, and distribute a parameter product

1. Create all desired client parameters. You can define client parameters for the Default object, Group objects, and PC objects, depending on your needs.
2. Select Edit, Client Parameters from the Packager main menu to open the Client Parameters dialog. Select Edit, Parameter, Create Parameter Product. On the Create Parameter Product dialog, enter the name and version number you want to assign to the parameter product, and click OK.

   Using the settings in the parameter archive, the Packager generates a parameter product.

   To view the newly created product and version in the Product archive dialog, select Window, Product Archive, and find the newly created name and version you created in the archive tree on the left pane.

3. Distribute the parameter product to the target computers.