You can select whether or not a processing-progress dialog box is to be displayed during packaging. You can set this option for both the dialog box indicating that connection to a higher system is underway and the dialog box indicating that packaging is in progress. The system default in both cases is that the dialog box is displayed.

Figure 2-28 Processing Message page

You use this page to change default values for items that are specified in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box.

Items corresponding to page names in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box are displayed under Setting item on the Package Attributes page. Select an item from Setting item, and then on the right side of the Package Attributes page set default values for items on that page of the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box.

(a) Packaging information

You can specify default values for the Package name, Package ID, Version/revision, and Generation fields in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box. These settings are valid only when the package type is User programs and data. In the system default, all check boxes are unselected.

Figure 2-29 Package Attributes page (Packaging information)

Package name/ID

Check this box to specify default values for Package name and Package ID.

Acquire from file/folder name

Uses the folder or file name selected during packaging as the default Package name and Package ID. The package ID is converted to all uppercase letters.

If a file is selected, the name without the period and extension is used. If multiple folders or files are selected, the name of the first folder or file is used. The characters that exceed the maximum permissible number of characters are deleted. Any prohibited characters and spaces that are included are also deleted. If a name consists exclusively of prohibited characters, the field is left blank.

Acquire from date when packaging is done

Uses the date/time when packaging was executed as the default Package name and Package ID. In this case, Package name and Package ID are the same.

You can select the date/time format from Format (where YYYY or YY is the year, MM is the month, DD is the date, HH is the hour, MM is the minute, and SS is the second). If any of the values is a single digit, it is converted to two digits by adding a leading 0.

Version

Check this box to specify a default value for Version/revision.

Counter

Uses the value specified in Current value as the default for Version/revision. The current value is updated by incrementing it by the value specified in Increment value when packaging is successful. However, if the value of Version/revision is changed during packaging, the current value is not updated. When the current value exceeds 999,999, it resets to 0. Any value in the range 0-999,999 may be specified for Current value; any value in the range 0-10 may be specified for Increment value.

To set Version/revision to a fixed value, set Increment value to 0. When this is done, Current value will not be updated and the same value will always be displayed for Version/revision.

Acquire from date when packaging is done

Uses the date/time when packaging was executed as the default Version/revision. You can select the date/time format from Format (where YYMMDD is the year, month, and date; MMDDYY is the month, date, and year; DDMMYY is the date, month, and year; MMDDHH is the month, date, and hour; HHMMSS is the hour, minute, and second). If any of the values is a single digit, it is converted to two digits by adding a leading 0.

Generation

Check this box to specify a default value for Generation.

Counter

Uses the value specified in Current value as the default value for Generation. The current value is updated by incrementing it by the value specified in Increment value when packaging is successful. However, if the value of Generation is changed during packaging, the current value is not updated. When the current value exceeds 9,999, it resets to 0. Any value in the range 0-9,999 may be specified for Current value; any value in the range 0-10 may be specified for Increment value.

To set Generation to a fixed value, set Increment value to 0. When this is done, Current value will not be updated and the same value will always be displayed for Generation.

Acquire from date when packaging is done

Uses the date/time when packaging was executed as the default Generation. You can select the date/time format from Format (where MMDD is the month and date; DDMM is the date and month; HHMM is the hour and minute; MMSS is the minute and second; YYMM is the year and month; MMYY is the month and year). If any of the values is a single digit, it is converted to two digits by adding a leading 0.

(b) System conditions

You can specify the default value for System conditions in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box. In the system default, Create system conditions is selected.

Figure 2-30 Package Attributes page (System conditions)

When Take system conditions from file is selected, the default setting for the items listed below becomes invalid when the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box is started. However, if Create system conditions is selected in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box, the default setting for these items becomes valid.

• Software Conditions
• Create Icon
• External Program
• Restore old version when upgrade failed in Options

(c) Software conditions

You can specify the default values for the software conditions that must be satisfied in order for remote installation to be performed.

Figure 2-31 Package Attributes page (Software conditions)

Software name

You can specify the default for whether the required software is to be specified using the package name or the package ID. The system default is Package name.

Conditions

You can specify whether the default for the installed software condition is that it must be installed or it must not be installed in the target client. The system default is Installed.

(d) File properties

You can specify the default value for the file properties to be used following remote installation. However, even if Use the permissions and owner of the directory on the packager is selected, Use the permissions and owner of the installation directory is selected in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box if the file or directory to be packaged is a FAT file system or HPFS.

The system default is Use the permissions and owner of the installation directory. This setting is valid only for the following package types:

• User programs and data.
• Other companies' software and an AIT file is used.
• Other companies' software and an installation definition file and program product ID file, in addition to a recorder file, are provided.
  

  Figure 2-32 Package Attributes page (File properties)

  

(e) Schedule

You can specify the default values for Package expiration at the relay system and Installation timing in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box.

Figure 2-33 Package Attributes page (Schedule)

The relay system holds relayed packages for

The package execution date plus the number of days specified here becomes the default value for Package expiration at the relay system. Any value in the range 1-32,000 days may be specified; the system default is 90 days. Although you may specify any value up to 32,000 days (equivalent to approximately 88 years), the expiration date will be changed automatically to December 31, 2035, if Package expiration at the relay system during packaging is January 1, 2036 or later.

Package maintenance period of relay system is enabled (On)

Check this box to use Package expiration at the relay system as the default in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box. The system default is that this item is not checked.

Installation timing

You can select the timing for package installation. The system default is Normal installation. If you wish to have no default setting in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box, select No default. You can specify the following items:

• Install when system starts
• Normal installation
• Install when system stops
• No default

(f) Installation method

You can specify the default value for Installation mode in the Software Distribution Packaging dialog box. The system default is Background installation mode. This setting is valid only when the package type is User programs and data.

Figure 2-34 Package Attributes page (Installation method)

(g) Options

You can specify the default values for option items to be used during remote installation.

Figure 2-35 Package Attributes page (Options)

Compression of package data

You can specify the default setting for the type of software compression to be used during packaging. In the system default, this item is not selected. To enable compression as the default, check this box and specify a compression type in Compression. The following compression methods can be used:

• Higher level compression
• Old-version-compatible compression

Restore old version when upgrade failed

You can specify the default setting for backing up the previous version of software at the remote installation destination during an upgrade. This setting is valid only when the package type is User programs and data. The system default is that this item is not checked.

Restart computer after installation

You can specify the default setting for restarting the client's computer automatically after the package has been installed. The system default is that this item is not checked.

Display processing message

You can specify the default setting for displaying a processing message at the client during package installation. The system default is According to the client settings. You can specify the following items:

• According to the client settings
• Show
• Hide

(h) Create Icon

You can specify the default value for whether an icon is to be registered or a shortcut is to be created during remote installation of a user program. The system default is Icon.

Figure 2-36 Package Attributes page (Create icon)

(i) External Program

You can specify the default values for external programs to be started on the client before and after installation and in the event of an installation error, as well as the default value for Time-out. The system default for Time-out is 1 second, and system default setting for all the other fields is a blank.

Figure 2-37 Package Attributes page (External program)

When you select Detailed settings of the external program to start before installation, Detailed settings of the external program to start after installation, or Detailed settings of the external program to start at installation error in Setting item, you can specify default values for the details of the particular external program. The following table shows the items for which default values can be specified and their system default values.

Item that can be specified	System default
Time-out	Off
End status is notified by	Exit code
When an external program error occurs, the job#	Finishes unsuccessfully

#

This item cannot be specified when Detailed settings of the external program to start at installation error is selected.

(j) Recorder File

You can specify the default value for monitoring for a response from an installation process that uses a recorder file. This setting is valid only when the package type is Other companies' software and the recorder file is not omitted during packaging.

Figure 2-38 Package Attributes page (Recorder file)

To have the default be that monitoring is to be performed for a response from an installation process that uses a recorder file, select the Wait for the completion of recorder file processing check box and specify a maximum amount of time in Time-Out. In the system default, no monitoring is performed.

(k) AIT File

You can specify the default value for monitoring for a response from an installation process that uses an AIT file. This setting is valid only when the package type is Other companies' software and an AIT file is used during packaging.

Figure 2-39 Package Attributes page (AIT file)

To have the default be that monitoring is to be performed for a response from an installation process that uses an AIT file, check the Wait for the completion of AIT file processing check box and specify a maximum amount of time in Time-out. In the system default, no monitoring is performed.

You use this page to specify the default for the work directory that Packager is to use for packaging software. The size must be at least the maximum size of the software to be packaged. Normally, a drive with an available space of at least 80 MB should be specified. The system default directory is the Packager installation directory, \PKG\WORK.

Figure 2-40 Directory page

You use this page to specify settings for audit log output during packaging.

Note that this page is displayed only when Packager is installed on a different computer from the one on which JP1/Software Distribution Manager is installed.

If Packager is installed on the same computer as JP1/Software Distribution Manager, the audit log output settings depend on the settings you specified during JP1/Software Distribution Manager setup.

Figure 2-41 Audit Log page

Output audit logs

You select this check box to output audit logs. The default is that this check box is not selected. Selecting this check box activates the setting items for audit log output.

Output directory for audit logs

Specify the directory to which audit logs are to be output, as from 4 to 127 characters (including the characters _ \ . : ( and )).

By default, no output destination directory is specified. Write permission must be set for the specified output destination directory for users who use JP1/Software Distribution.

An audit log is output to a NETMAuditManagern.LOG file that is generated directly below the specified directory, where n is the generation number of the log file.

If you specify the installation directory of JP1/Software Distribution as the audit log output directory, uninstalling JP1/Software Distribution will also delete the audit logs. You must specify an output directory that is appropriate for the audit log operation method.

Number of generations to be managed for audit logs

Specify in the range from 1 to 999 the number of generations of log files to be managed at the location where audit logs are output. The default is 10.

The first time the number of audit log entries that have been output exceeds the value specified in Number of entries in the audit logs, a new log file named NETMAuditManager1.log is created and the name of the old log file is changed to NETMAuditManager2.log. After that, each time a new log file is created the generation number at the end of the name of each old log file increments by one. When the number of generations specified here is exceeded, old log files are deleted beginning with the oldest file.

Number of entries in the audit logs

Specify in the range from 500 to 9,999 the number of audit log entries to be output per file. The default is 2,000 entries.