Ensuring High Quality Packages

A distinctive feature of Packaging Robot is the automatic checking of ICE and Q&A errors, guaranteeing that your packages conform to the Microsoft Windows Installer and company specifications. The automatic ICE validation checks the consistency between the MSI tables and repairs all errors. Therefore no manual editing or repair is necessary.

Also, a Quality Assurance Test is performed. This test checks the content of the MSI database for strings that might be unwanted or needed in the MSI. The Repackaging Log shows what the Packaging Robot has done during the repackaging process and shows the exact content snapped.

Package without any special knowledge

Using Packaging Robot can result in an unusual division of labour. The Quality Assurance of Packaging Robot alters the way packaging is done: the packaging robot tells you what you have to take a closer look at instead of searching in vain yourself. Generating a package can be done without any special knowledge of packaging. After this, about 95% of all applications will have been dealt with in one hit. For the other 5%, Packaging Robot provides extensive (conflict) analyses and editing capabilities for the senior engineer.

Everything is recorded, so activities can easily be transferred to someone else. Packaging Robot makes managing all your applications properly a feasible option. That is in turn an important requirement for optimising the centralised management. Resulting in long-term control, significantly reduced management costs, improved security and flexibility and ultimately improved levels of customer satisfaction.

Making pure snapshots of operating system and applications

The Packaging Robot engine creates a pure snapshot of com, registry and file system. Advanced search and filter algorithms deliver the purest snapshot of the workstation. The engine performs exponentially faster than common engines due to balanced line algorithms. The engine directly excludes unnecessary information and filters unwanted files and registry keys. The flexibility is very high, because each phase is stored separately. You will not have to do any rework and can continue packaging at snap 1, snap 2 compare or build at any time you like.

Standardization of software packages

The design principles for the IT environment such as standards for nomenclature, application data, rights structures and control parameters for software distribution are entered into Packaging Robot once only. Every package generated then complies automatically with these principles, guaranteeing consistency.