Configuring the Value of a Setting for More Than One Item at a Time

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Virtual Package Editor

In many views of the Virtual Package Editor, you can select multiple items—such as files, registry keys, file extensions, or virtual services—and then change the value for one of the settings. The Virtual Package Editor lets you use the same value in that setting for all of the selected items in that view. This feature may save you time by enabling you to make extensive changes to multiple items simultaneously, instead of requiring you to edit the setting for each item individually.

For example, in the Files and Folders view, you may want to change the value of the Isolation setting for a large number of folders. If all of the folders need to be configured the same way, you can simply select all of the pertinent folders, and then change the value of the Isolation setting as needed. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately select and configure each folder that you want to modify.

Note that the values of some settings may not be equivalent for each selected item. For example, your virtual package may contain one folder whose Isolation setting is Override, and another file whose Isolation setting is Merge. If you select both of those folders in the Files and Folders view, you will see the following unequal sign as the value of the Isolation setting, indicating that the selected items have different values:

In this example, you can select both folders and select the appropriate value—Override or Merge—to have the Virtual Package Editor use the same value for both folders.

In some cases, the Virtual Package Editor does not allow you to change unequal values for more than one selected item. For example, if you select two files that are in the same folder, you cannot change the value of the Name setting for both of those files simultaneously, since each file in a folder must have a different file name.

Note:If you select two or more items and you want to delete the entry in a setting that shows the unequal sign to indicate different values, you must first enter a value in the setting; then you can delete that value. For example, if you want to delete the value of the Description setting for two selected file extensions, and those file extensions have different values in the Description setting, you must first enter a value, so that they both match. Then you can delete that value for both file extensions at the same time.

The Virtual Package Editor provides several methods for selecting multiple items in a view.

To select multiple items in a view so that you can configure some of their settings simultaneously, do one of the following:

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To select multiple consecutive items that are near each other, drag your mouse pointer to create a box that surrounds each item that you want to select. When you do this, ensure that you start dragging your mouse pointer in empty space; otherwise, you may drag one or more item to a new location.

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To select multiple consecutive files or folders, select the first file or folder, press and hold SHIFT, and select the last file or folder.

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To select multiple nonconsecutive files or folders, select one file or folder, press and hold CTRL, and select each additional file or folder.