Create Custom Package window: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
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This topic describes the Create Custom Package window: Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 page in IBM Director.
Fields
- Package can be distributed to Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
- This check box, when enabled, indicates that this package can be distributed
to a Windows system. When this check box is selected the other fields on this
page become active.
- Destination Directory
- Specifies the fully qualified path where you want to put the files on
the target systems. If you selected one or more subdirectories to distribute,
the directory structures are appended to this path.
Note: If the Destination
Directory path contains a space then the complete path should be enclosed
within quotations (").
- Execute Pre-Distribution
- Specifies the path of the program that executes before the package files
are installed on the target system. The use of system Environment
variables are supported in the entering of the path. Correct syntax
for using a system environment variable is $(env_var).
To enter multiple
programs, use the Advanced Pre-Distribution dialog.
Note: If the path contains
a space then the complete path should be enclosed within quotations (").
- Advanced
- User ID
- The user ID to use for this distribution.
- Password
- The password associated with the user ID.
- Confirm Password
- Reentry of the password to confirm accuracy.
- Programs
- This pane provides for the selection of programs to be executed before
the distribution.
- Path
- The path to the program. System Environment variables are
supported. The syntax is $(env_var).
Note: If the path contains a space then
the complete path should be enclosed within quotations (").
- Arguments
- Parameters and settings to be used by the executing program.
- Add...
- Displays a window for entering a Path and Arguments.
Click OK to save the entered data in the Pre-Distribution
Advanced settings pane, or Cancel to discard the entered
data.
- Remove
- Erases the highlighted item in the Path/Arguments pane.
- Upward and Downward arrows
- These arrows are used to alter the sequence of items in the Path/Arguments
pane. Select an item by clicking, then move the item upward with the upward
(red) arrow, or downward with the downward (blue) arrow until the desired
sequence is obtained.
- File exists on target system
- This check box, when selected, indicates that the file that is to be executed
exists on the target system.
- Execute Post-Distribution
- Program or programs that are to be executed after this distribution is
run. The use of system Environment variables are supported
in the entering of the path. Correct syntax for using a system environment
variable is $(env_var).
- Advanced
- User ID
- The user ID to use for this distribution.
- Password
- The password associated with the user ID.
- Confirm Password
- Reentry of the password to confirm accuracy.
- Programs
- This pane provides for the selection of programs to be executed before
the distribution.
- Path
- The path to the program. System Environment variables are
supported. The syntax is $(env_var).
Note: If the path contains a space then
the complete path should be enclosed within quotations (").
- Arguments
- Parameters and settings to be used by the executing program.
- Add...
- Displays a window for entering a Path and Arguments.
Click OK to save the entered data in the Pre-Distribution
Advanced settings pane, or Cancel to discard the entered
data.
- Remove
- Erases the highlighted item in the Path/Arguments pane.
- Upward and Downward arrows
- These arrows are used to alter the sequence of items in the Path/Arguments
pane. Select an item by clicking, then move the item upward with the upward
(red) arrow, or downward with the downward (blue) arrow until the desired
sequence is obtained.
- Post-Distribution Action
- Do Nothing
- Select Do Nothing if you do not want to restart
the target system after the distribution completes.
- Restart Computer
- Select Restart Computer to restart the target system
after the distribution completes.