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Updated: 11 December 1998

POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility Developer's Guide


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Contents (summary)
Preface Preface
Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 2 POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility Concepts
Chapter 3 Creating the Product Description File
Chapter 4 Creating the Product Text File
Chapter 5 Packaging the Kit
Chapter 6 Advanced PDF Concepts
Chapter 7 Product Description Language Statements
Appendix A Migrating from VMSINSTAL to the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility
  Glossary
  Index
  Figures
  Examples
  Tables


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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