Associating a Package’s Targets with a Dependency in a Virtual Package

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Virtual Package Editor

Version:This information applies to App-V 4.x packages.

It is recommended that all of the targets in your virtual package be associated with each of the package’s dependencies. If you add a new dependency to your primary package, the Virtual Package Editor automatically associates each of the targets that are defined in the Shortcuts view with that new dependency. Similarly, if you add a new target to your primary package, the Virtual Package Editor automatically associates that target with each dependency that is defined in the Dependencies view. If you remove a target from a dependency in the Dependencies view, you may want to add it back.

To associate a target with a dependency in your virtual package:

In the View List under Package Information, click Dependencies.

In the Dependencies explorer, right-click the .sft file with which you want to associate a target, and then click Associate Target.

If one or more targets in the package are not associated with the dependency, the Associate Targets with a Dependency dialog box opens. Select the targets that you want to associate with the dependency.

If all of the targets in the package are associated with the dependency, the Virtual Package Editor displays a message box informing you that all of the package’s targets are already associated with the dependency.

The Virtual Package Editor adds one or more targets to the dependency if appropriate.