Document revision date: 19 July 1999

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Overview
1.1	Features for Software Providers
1.2	Coexistence with VMSINSTAL
1.3	Creating an Installable Kit
1.3.1	Gather All of the Product Files
1.3.2	Plan Ahead
1.3.3	Create a Product Description File
1.3.4	Optionally, Create a Product Text File
1.3.5	Package the Software Components
1.3.6	Test and Debug the Installable Kit
Chapter 2
2	POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility Concepts
2.1	Learn About the Product Database
2.1.1	Querying the Product Database
2.1.2	Registering Products in the Database
2.2	Are There Specific Formats for Installable Kits?
2.3	What Should You Call Your Software Product Kit?
2.3.1	What Do the Subfields in the Name Mean?
2.3.2	More About the Version Subfield
2.3.3	What Version Information Will the OpenVMS User See?
2.3.4	More About the kit_type Subfield
2.4	Looking at Software Product Name Examples
2.5	User Defined Logical Names
2.6	Utility Defined Logical Names
2.7	Managed Objects
2.7.1	Creating Managed Objects
2.7.2	Managed Object Conflict
2.7.3	Preventing Managed Object Conflict
2.7.4	Managed Object Replacement and Merging
2.7.5	Managed Object Scope and Lifetime
2.8	Optional Information --- Packaging a Platform
2.9	A Word About Input and Output Versions of Files
Chapter 3
3	Creating the Product Description File
3.1	General Guidelines
3.2	Defining Your Environment
3.3	PDF File Naming Conventions
3.4	Structure of a PDF
3.4.1	Overview of PDL Statements
3.4.2	PDL Statement Syntax
3.4.3	PDL Function Syntax and Expressions
3.4.4	PDL Data Types and Values
3.5	Kit Types and Usage
3.5.1	The Full Kit Type
3.5.2	The Operating System Kit Type
3.5.3	The Platform Kit Type
3.5.4	The Partial Kit Type
3.5.5	The Patch Kit Type
3.5.6	The Mandatory Update Kit Type
3.5.7	The Transition Kit Type
3.5.7.1	The PCSI$REGISTER_PRODUCT.COM Command Procedure
Chapter 4
4	Creating the Product Text File
4.1	PTF File Naming Conventions
4.2	Structure of a PTF
4.2.1	Specifying the Product Name
4.2.2	PTF Modules and the Relationship with the PDF
4.2.3	PTF Modules Not Related with the PDF
4.2.4	Including Prompt and Help Text
Chapter 5
5	Packaging the Kit
5.1	Description of the Product Material
5.2	Description of the Files Needed to Package the Kit
5.3	Executing the PRODUCT PACKAGE Command
5.4	Listing the Contents of the Product Kit
5.5	Extracting the PDF From the Kit
5.6	Listing the Installed Products
Chapter 6
6	Advanced PDF Concepts
6.1	Defining the Scope of a Managed Object
6.2	Updating Files
Chapter 7
7	Product Description Language Statements
7.1	A Word About Using New Features
Command 1	account
Command 2	apply to
Command 3	bootstrap block
Command 4	directory
Command 5	end
Command 6	error
Command 7	execute abort
Command 8	execute install...remove
Command 9	execute login
Command 10	execute postinstall
Command 11	execute preconfigure
Command 12	execute release
Command 13	execute start...stop
Command 14	execute test
Command 15	file
Command 16	hardware device
Command 17	hardware processor
Command 18	if
Command 19	infer
Command 20	information
Command 21	link
Command 22	loadable image
Command 23	logical name
Command 24	module
Command 25	network object
Command 26	option
Command 27	part
Command 28	patch image (VAX only)
Command 29	patch text
Command 30	process parameter
Command 31	process privilege
Command 32	product
Command 33	register module
Command 34	remove
Command 35	rights identifier
Command 36	scope
Command 37	software
Command 38	system parameter
Command 39	upgrade

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