Forms Used to Incorporate Features into Packages
Form Name |
FormID |
Navigation |
Usage |
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Feature Information |
W9326C |
Package and Deployment Tools (GH9083), Package Assembly Select Features from the Form menu. Click Add. Click Next. |
Define a feature and add one or more components to the feature. |
File Set Definition |
W9326J |
From the Feature Information form, select File Set and click Next. |
Enter information about any file sets that must be installed on the workstation or server for the feature to function properly. A file set is a collection of files that must be installed on the workstation or deployment server for the feature to function correctly. |
Registry Definition |
W9326D |
From the Feature Information form, select Registry and click Next until the Registry Definition form appears. |
Enter information that should be added to the Microsoft Windows registry as part of the feature installation. Registry information that you enter on this form will be delivered in the package that contains the feature. |
Shortcut Definition |
W9326G |
From the Feature Information form, select Shortcut and click Next until the Shortcut Definition form appears. |
Use this form to add a shortcut for the feature to the Windows desktop. The system creates a shortcut on the desktop after the feature is installed. |
Shortcut Advanced Options |
W9326P |
From the Shortcut Definition form, select Advanced from the Form menu. |
Enter advanced shortcut options. |
Additional Package Build Processes |
W9326H |
From the Feature Information form, select Additional Package Build Processes and click Next until the Additional Package Build Processes form appears. |
Specify a batch application or executable program to run either before or after the package that contains the feature is installed. |
Additional Install Processes |
W9326K |
From the Feature Information form, select Additional Install Processes and click Next until the Additional Install Processes form appears. |
Enter information about third-party applications that should be run when the package is installed. |
Initialization File (INI) Definition |
W9326I |
From the Feature Information form, select Initialization Files (INI) and click Next until the Initialization File (INI) Definition form appears. |
Enter information that should be written to an initialization file (such as jde.ini) as part of the feature installation. The INI file is automatically updated when the package is installed. |
ODBC Data Source Definition |
W9326N |
From the Feature Information form, select ODBC Data Sources and click Next until the ODBC Data Source Definition form appears. |
Enter information for any ODBC data sources that must be added to support the feature. |
Local Data Sources |
W9326O |
On ODBC Data Source Definition, select Import from the Form menu. |
Select previously created data sources that reside locally on your machine. |
Features Summary |
W9326L |
From the Feature Information form, click Next and add the each feature component. After you add all the components, the wizard displays the Features Summary form. |
Review and modify information that you entered on any of the Feature Based Deployments forms. |
Feature Copy |
W9326M |
Package and Deployment Tools (GH9083), Package Assembly Select Features from the Form menu. Select the feature from which to copy the definition, and click Copy. |
Copy an existing feature and rename it as a new feature. This function is useful if you want to create a feature definition that closely matches an existing feature definition. |
Feature Component Selection |
W9601AB |
Package and Deployment Tools (GH9083), Package Assembly Click Add to create a new package. Enter the forms in the Package Assembly Directory until the Features Component form appears. Click Browse. Package and Deployment Tools (GH9083), Package Assembly Select a package and then select Package Revisions from the Row menu. On Package Component Revisions, click the Features button. To add a feature, click Browse. |
Add defined features to a new package. Add defined features to an existing package that is open for revision. |
Build Features |
W9621B |
Package and Deployment Tools (GH9083), Package Build Click Add to launch the Package Build Definition Director. Click Next and complete the screens until you come to the Build Features form. Package and Deployment Tools menu (GH9083), Package Build Find and select the package that contains features. Select Build Revisions from the Row menu. Click the Build Features tab. |
Enables you to specify whether the system builds feature INF files for the features in the package. If you defined a fileset component in the feature, you can select to compress it. If any additional package build processes are included in the feature, you must click Build Processes and select them before they will run during package build. |