Layout

AdminStudio provides an unmatched workspace when it comes to helping you through your packaging projects. The start page shown below provides easy access to key processes and tools as well as recent files with which you have recently worked...

The Assistant tab takes you through package creation steps with its “Process Assistant” – by guiding you through the necessary tasks to create a custom package based on the type of file you select. If you choose an MSI, you are presented with steps to customize the MSI with a transform. Whereas if you select an executable file, you are first presented with steps to repackage and customize the setup into an MSI file. Though this is a great concept, you will still need to take care when working with executables because the process assistant bases its recommendations solely on the setup file extension and does not look further to determine if it is a wrapped MSI (very common with Internet distributions). This is even the case when the setup is an InstallShield wrapped MSI and is something I would really like to see added as an enhancement in the future.

The Tools page, gives you access to each of the tools provided in the AdminStudio Suite. These tools are also accessible from outside this interface, as shortcuts are provided by the installation in the AdminStudio program group off your start menu.

The Projects tab provides a list of the projects you have created along with some key details for easy browsing such as the source package, target directory, filename and any custom notes you care to include.

Finally, the Workflow Templates tab offers many built in process templates, as well as an ability to create and customize your own workflow templates...

For example, the “Package Evaluation” workflow template shown above provides a helpful path for evaluating a package for your environment. A tool, help file and any notes you care to include may optionally be associated with each step in the workflow.

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