In contrast to Advanced Package Management where HPCA provides on-going management of the components of an MSI package, Basic Package Management is used for packages that:
The New Application Wizard enables you to define MSI Basic Behavior methods for packages created with the HPCA Administrator Packager for Windows Installer. These packages have a connection to the MSIBASIC Class in the CSDB.
Packages, that cannot be administratively installed, will default to Basic Package Management with the HPCA manageability features disabled. Use the MSI Basic Behaviors section of the New Installation Wizard dialog box to specify the install type and MSI native mode methods to be used for package management.
To define the MSI Basic Behaviors section of the New Application Wizard:
SETUP.EXE
file that calls MSIEXEC
to install the package. This will run the native setup.exe
for the MSI application. If setup.exe
supports any command line switches, such as /s
for silent or ADDLOCAL=ALL for complete installation, you can add them to the Create Method. Not all MSI applications support the same command-line switches. For setup.exe
, see the application’s documentation for details.