Bundled Packages Tab
AdminStudio 2022 | 23.0 | Application Manager (Home Tab) | Home Deployment Type View
The Bundled Packages tab of the Home Deployment Type View lists the child packages that are bundled in Windows .exe installers, PowerShell wrapped package .ps1 files, .msix packages, and macOS .dmg and .pkg installers.
| • | Bundled Packages of Complex Installer Executable Files |
| • | Bundled Packages of macOS .pkg and .dmg Files |
Bundled Packages of Complex Installer Executable Files
You can import complex installer executable files that contain bundled Windows Installer packages into the Application Catalog. There are multiple installation executable types that can contain embedded Windows Installer packages, including the following:
| • | InstallShield InstallScript .exe files |
| • | InstallShield Basic MSI installers that are compressed into a setup.exe file |
| • | InstallShield Suite Installer .exe files |
| • | Wise Package Studio .exe files |
| • | PowerShell wrapped package .ps1 files |
| • | Other executable file types that can be uncompressed by 7-ZIP |
After these complex installer executables have been imported, you can view a list of the child .msi packages bundled within them on the Bundled Packages tab of the Home Deployment Type View.
Bundled Packages Tab of Home Deployment Type View
When inspecting these child .msi packages, Application Manager extracts the information about each package, such as product name and version number. This makes it much more likely that Application Manager will be able to assign a Flexera Identifier to these applications.
You can perform operating system compatibility, application virtualization compatibility, and best practices testing on these bundled packages, and the test results will be combined. For more information, see Viewing Combined Test Results of Bundled Packages.
Note:AdminStudio will only inspect complex installer (.exe or .ps1) files one level deep. If a complex installer file contains another complex installer file bundled within it, that child file will not be inspected.
Bundled Packages of macOS .pkg and .dmg Files
If an Apple installer package (.pkg) or disk image (.dmg) contains child packages bundled within it, those child packages will be listed on the Bundled Packages tab of the Home Deployment Type View.
Figure 1: Bundled Packages Tab of Home Deployment Type View for Apple Installer Package (.pkg)
When the imported .dmg or .pkg file is tested, each of these child packages is tested, and the combined test results are listed in Analyze, as described in Viewing Combined Test Results of Child Applications of PKG and DMG Installers.
Note:AdminStudio will only inspect macOS package files one level deep. If a .dmg or .pkg package contains another .dmg or .pkg package bundled within it, that child package will not be inspected.