- Start the Publisher (see Starting the Publisher).
- At the Logon window, type your administrator User ID and Password and click OK.
Note: Log in to the Publisher using the HPCA user name and password. By default, the user name is admin
and the password is secret
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- In the Publishing Options area:
- If you are publishing for thin clients, select Thin Client Publishing.
- From the drop-down list, select Component Select.
- Click OK. The Select files to publish window opens.
- Select the files to publish and click Next.
Note: The directory path where the software is located (and published from) will be the directory path to where the software is deployed on target devices.
Note: Although network shares are displayed, they should not be used to publish software (since they may not be available during deployment).
The Target Path window opens.
- If you are publishing for thin clients, select the install point, as shown in the following figure.
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- Enter the commands to run on application install and uninstall. For example, a command to run on install might be:
C:\temp\installs\install.exe /quietmode /automatic c:\mydestination
A command to run on uninstall could be: C:\temp\installs\uninstall.exe /quietmode /automatic
Note: You can right-click any file to set it as the install or uninstall command.
- Click Next. The Application Information window opens.
- Use the Application Information section to type the software service information.
- Use the Limit package to systems with section to limit the service to any specific operating system or hardware. Click any link to display the configurable options.
- Click Next.
- Review the Summary section to verify the service information you provided during the previous steps. When you are finished, click Publish.
Note: The Package Description you type while publishing is not displayed complete in the Publisher Summary UI. The service gets published to the CSDB without truncating the text in the Package Description field.
- Click Finish when the publishing process is finished to exit the Publisher.
The software service is now ready for distribution to your enterprise.