Postvalidating Transforms
AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Tuner
To postvalidate a Windows Installer package and the transform you are creating:
| 1. | Select the Postvalidation view from the checklist. The Postvalidation view appears, listing the name of the base Windows Installer Package. |
| 2. | Specify or browse to the Evaluation File you want to use. |
| 3. | If you want to run specific Internal Consistency Evaluators (ICEs), specify them in the ICEs to Run text box, separating them by semicolons if there are more than one (for example, ICE07;ICE13;ICE72). Otherwise, all ICEs are used. |
| 4. | Specify the result level by checking the Show “INFO” messages, Show “WARNING” messages, and/or Show “ERROR” messages check boxes. It is highly recommended that you check at least the Error check box so you are certain you are not suppressing results that occur in invalid packages. |
| 5. | Click the Transform Validation button ( ) on the toolbar, or click the Start button in the view. |
Viewing the Postvalidation Results
As each ICE is run, Errors, Warnings, and Info messages are generated, and are listed in the Output tab at the bottom of the interface.
Upon completion of the Postvalidation, the Validation tab is automatically selected, and all of the Errors, Warnings, and Info messages that were generated are listed in table format. Each table row lists an icon to indicate whether it is an Error (
), a Warning (
), or an Informational Message (
), the name of the ICE that generated it, and a brief description of what caused it to occur.
If a row is grayed out, it indicates that the table cannot be edited in the Direct Editor (perhaps because it is in an external package). If a row is active, you can double-click on it to open that row’s associated table. The Direct Editor is launched and the table and/or table cells that are causing the problem are highlighted in red.
This feature makes it very easy for you to use the Direct Editor to edit values in the MSI tables of the base Windows Installer package and store them in your transform. For more information, see Directly Editing Packages.
Note:If no errors appear in the results (providing you are displaying errors), then the package and transform are valid against the specific ICEs you specified, or against the entire evaluation file (if no ICEs were selected).
Tip:It is possible for a package that passed the prevalidation to fail the postvalidation. Remember changes made in the Setup Properties can affect your installation. If your package fails postvalidation, check all changes made in the Setup Properties for accuracy. To identify the original Setup Properties, you can create a new transform file that can be deleted at any time. Changes made using the Direct Editor can also affect your installation’s functionality.