Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog DatabasesImporting DataAdminStudio 9.5 User Guide ADS-0950-UG00 237• After the import of the Windows Installer package—If you import an AdminStudio-created virtualpackage into an Application Catalog that already contains the virtual package’s source Windows Installerpackage, you are prompted to associate the virtual package with the Windows Installer package. SeeImporting a Virtual Package After the Import of its Source Windows Installer Package.• By itself—You can use the Import Wizard to import a virtual package directly into the Application Catalog.Then you can use the Associate Package function to associate the virtual package with its source package.See Importing a Virtual Package Without Its Source Windows Installer Package and Manually Associating aVirtual Package with a Windows Installer Package.Note • Application Manager does not perform a duplicate package check when importing virtual packages.Therefore, it is possible to have two or more copies of the same virtual package and/or name in the sameApplication Manager Group.Importing a Virtual Package During the Import of its Source WindowsInstaller PackageWhen you are importing a Windows Installer package, if the Import Wizard finds a virtual package created byAdminStudio in a subdirectory of the directory containing that Windows Installer package, you are prompted toalso import that virtual package.Important • During virtual package conversion, AdminStudio 9.0 and later creates an XML file, metadata.xml, thatcontains metadata that identifies the original Windows Installer package that was used to create the virtual package.If a virtual package was created by a method other than the AdminStudio 9.x conversion process, this metadata filewill not have been created, and therefore, the Import Wizard will not prompt you to import that virtual package evenif it exists in a subdirectory of the directory containing a Windows Installer package that you are importing. Instead,you can perform the steps in Importing a Virtual Package After the Import of its Source Windows Installer Packageand then Manually Associating a Virtual Package with a Windows Installer Package.Task: To import a virtual package during the import of a Windows Installer package:1. Open Application Manager.2. Connect to your chosen Application Catalog.3. On the Catalog menu, select Import Package. The Welcome panel of the Import Wizard opens.4. Click Next. The File Selection panel opens.5. Click Browse and select the Windows Installer package that has associated virtual packages that you want toimport.
