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Wise Package Studio
Professional 5.0 by Bob Kelly |
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Mobile Device Package Editor
| One thing not provided by Package Studio (or any other repackaging product for that matter) is some help deciding what does and does not belong in your deployment package. The exclusion list has been updated for some time and does a great job of helping you to eliminate items that should never be in your package. However, it traditionally takes experience to learn why some items may cause you problems- and what problems. Lessons that can be costly in some environments. A new tool to complement Package Studio and provide this valuable information is now available, called PackageCleaner. It scans and reports on Package Studio MSI/WSI files and tells you which items you may not want, what they are, what may happen if you leave them in, and even situations where you may need to include them. For more information on this tool visit PackageCleaner.com. |
The new Mobile Device Package Editor lets you edit or create CAB files directly. Edit the files, registry entries, and shortcuts of a CAB. If you create a new CAB, you can also specify platform and processor support and output multiple CABs. The Mobile Device Package Editor tool is primarily intended for opening and editing an existing CAB file. Use it to make minor changes to an existing CAB, including changes to files, registry entries, and shortcuts. If you open an existing CAB, you cannot change the supported platforms or processors for the CAB or any individual resource within the CAB. You can also use Mobile Device Package Editor to create new CAB files, but it is recommended that you instead use the Mobile Devices page in Installation Expert, which provides full functionality and saving of CAB file definitions. This Mobile Device page creates an .MSI that installs to a desktop computer and then transfers the mobile device software to the mobile device. The Mobile Device Package Editor creates a CAB file installs directly onto a mobile device.
Wise Package Studio 5.0 - Mobile Device Package
Editor
Closing
Package Studio has long been the favorite of many administrators, and with good reason: Wise has provided tools made for Administrators for several years and they do an excellent job of it. I still use and recommend Package Studio on a regular basis and get excited about upcoming releases every time I hear they are on the way. Package Studio provides a well-developed set of tools for those who repackage applications and continue to push the envelope of what a repackager can be with the release of version 5.0.
It has become expected of me to say something negative about every product reviewed- after all, no product is perfect and there is nothing more annoying than a review that sounds like a sales pitch. With that in mind, one thing that has annoyed me since early on has been the Wise progress dialogs. They include two frames, “Current Operation” where you are told what is happening now and an “Overall Progress” frame which contains a progress bar that you would expect to reflect the “overall progress”. Instead, this progress bar actually reflects the progress of the “current operation”. Depending upon what you are doing, several operations may be necessary which results in an “Overall Progress” bar that restarts again and again. It is reminiscent of the movie “Office Space” when Peter is trying to quickly shut down his machine to escape his boss at the end of the day. No, it’s not slow- in fact, I have noticed that version 5.0 is noticeably faster than previous releases, but the progress bar should read simply “Progress” and not “Overall Progress”. And with that said, if that is the best criticism I can come up with for Package Studio- I think I’ve found a winner!
Bob Kelly
2/7/2004
