Package Information Tab

AdminStudio 2022 | 23.0 | Application Manager (Home Tab) | Home Deployment Type View

Edition:Application Manager is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions.

When you select a package in the tree and select the Package Information tab in the Home Deployment Type View, details about that package.

Home Deployment Type View / Package Information Tab

The Package Information tab of the Home Deployment Type View includes the following properties.

Home Deployment Type View / Package Information Tab

Field

Description

Type

Identifies the package’s deployment type as one of the following:

Android App
Android Public App
Apple Mac Public App
Citrix XenApp Profile
iOS App
iOS Public App
Legacy Installer
Mac Installer Package
Microsoft App-V
MSI
MSIX
Universal Windows App - Desktop
Universal Windows App - Mobile
VMware ThinApp 4.x
Windows Store Public App
Windows RT App

Manufacturer

Manufacturer of the application, as discovered from its deployment types.

Administrator Comments

Comments related to this application, possibly regarding support for this application.

Software Version

Version of this package.

Language

Identifies the language of the intended target user of this package.

File

Identifies the location of this package. It can be either a hard-coded path or a UNC path.

Ability to update the package location with the ellipses ... button.

If the package is part of the Software Repository, the following statement appears:

Managed within the Software Repository

Date Imported

The date and time the package was imported.

IsMobileApp

If this property is set to True, the Windows 8 .appx package is a desktop app. If it is set to True, it is a mobile app.

Note:Displayed for Windows 8 RT (runtime) apps only.

Displayed Product Name

Lists the property that is mapped to the File Name property in Casper.

Note:Displayed for macOS DMG and PKG packages only.

Genre(s)

Categories assigned to this application in the public store.

Note:Displayed for public store applications only.

Domain

User Name

Password

If login credentials were entered on the panel of the Import Wizard, those credentials are listed here.

Package Id

Unique identifier that is associated with this App-V package.

Note:Displayed for App-V packages only.

Version Id

Unique identifier that is associated with this version (revision) of the App-V package.

Note:Displayed for App-V packages only.

Package Version

Package version number of the App-V package.

Note:Displayed for App-V packages only.

Supported OS

Operating systems that this App-V package supports.

Note:Displayed for App-V packages only.

Primary Feature Block Size

Size of the App-V package’s primary feature block, feature block 1. Feature block 1 must contain the core functionality of the App-V application that is necessary to launch the application. At application launch, all of the files in feature block 1 are streamed to the client in one unit.

Note:Displayed for App-V packages only.

Total Size

Total size of this App-V application, including all feature blocks.

Note:Displayed for App-V packages only.

Server URL Location

For App-V 4.x packages, the location on the App-V server from which this package can be streamed.

Note:Displayed for App-V 4.x packages only.

Compressed

Indicates whether this App-V package is compressed.

Note:Displayed for App-V packages only.

Client Version

Minimum version number of the App-V client that is required to use the App-V package.

Note:Displayed for App-V packages only.

Package Code

The globally unique identifier (GUID) for the setup package.

Note:Displayed for Windows Installer, XenApp, ThinApp.

Product Code

A string that uniquely identifies the product.

Note:Displayed for Windows Installer, XenApp, ThinApp.

Upgrade Code

A string used to upgrade the application. The upgrade code for a package groups that package into a specific product family.

Note:Displayed for Windows Installer packages only.

Original File

When a user selects a Windows Installer package (.msi) along with one or more patch files (.msp) to import, AdminStudio first performs an administrative installation to merge the .msi and .msp files into one .msi file, and then imports the merged .msi file into the Application Catalog. In this instance, the Original File field lists the name and path of the original Windows Installer package that the patches were applied to, while the File field lists the name and path of the merged .msi file that was imported.

If the package is part of the Software Repository, the following statement appears:

Managed within the Software Repository

Note:When a Windows Installer package that was imported without a patch is selected, the entry of the Original File and File fields is identical.

Transforms

Lists the number of transforms associated with a Windows Installer package, and the transform file locations.

Note:Displayed for Windows Installer packages only.

Patches

Lists the number of patches associated with a Windows Installer package, and the patch file locations.

Note:Displayed for Windows Installer packages only.

Applications

Lists this package’s associated applications.

Note:Displayed for Windows Installer, XenApp, ThinApp, and legacy packages.

Associations

Lists this package’s associated packages:

For virtual packages, it lists the packages associated source Windows Installer package.
For Windows Installer packages, it lists its associated virtual packages.

By associating a virtual package with the Windows Installer package which originated it, you have the convenience of being able to easily locate the virtual package’s originating Windows Installer package, modify the original Windows Installer package, and then regenerate the virtual package.

In order for packages to be listed here, the package has to have already been imported into the Application Catalog and must be associated with the selected package. For more information, see Associating a Virtual Package with its Source Windows Installer Package.

Note:Displayed for Windows Installer, Citrix XenApp, and VMware ThinApp.

Conflict Results

Date and time that conflict testing was last performed on this package.

Note:Displayed for Windows Installer packages only.

Viewing Package Version History from the Home Deployment Type View

If you are connected to a Software Repository-enabled Application Catalog and you select a package that has more than one version, the Version History button in the Content tab of the Application Manager ribbon is enabled. If you click on this link, the Package Versions dialog box opens, listing all of the versions of the selected package.

Package Versions Dialog Box

Note:If the package and/or transforms are no longer in their original import directory, you can locate the file(s) from the provided hyperlink. You are also informed if the last modified date for the package in the Application Catalog does not match the last modified date of the package in its external location. You are given the opportunity to reimport the package to keep it synchronized in the Application Catalog.