Creating your first custom package

To do this example you need to have a setup file for an application available for distribution. If this is not yet the case, you can for example download an application from the Internet, for example, the newest version of Mozilla Firefox.

1. Click the Wizards > Package Creation menu item to call the Package Creation Wizard .
    The Package Creation Wizard displays on the screen and guides you through the individual steps required to create a new custom package.
2. Make the following changes in the Package Factory window:
   1. Select the Packager to use if you have more than one defined.
   2. Click Next to continue.
3. Make the following changes in the Custom Package window:
   1. Enter the name for the new package into the respective field, for instance Firefox Installation .
   2. If your antivirus heavily attacks .zip files, select the PKG Archive Type .
   3. Leave all other options as they are.
   4. Click Next to continue.
4. Make the following changes in the Installation Options window:
   1. In the Destination Path field enter the path in which you want the Firefox setup.exe to be stored temporarily, for instance c:/temp .
   2. In the Run Command field enter the destination path to which the executable file is to be copied, for example, c:/temp/Firefox Setup 3.0.7.exe /S .
   3. Check the Overwrite Non-system Files , Overwrite older file versions only and Overwrite read-only files boxes in the Overwrite panel.
   4. Leave all other options as they are.
   5. Click Next to continue.
5. Make the following changes in the Add Files window:
   1. Click Add File on top of the table.
   2. In the Add Files to Package tab go to the drive and directory in which you stored the setup.exe file to distribute and select it.
   3. Clear the option Enable Full Path .
   4. Click OK to confirm.
   5. Click Next to continue.
6. Make the following changes in the Publication window.
   1. No operation is required in this window as for this example the package will be published to the master.
   2. Click Finish confirm all settings and finish this wizard.
   3. In the Confirmation dialog box, check the Deploy the Package radio button and click Yes to continue directly with the distribution of the new package.
7. Make the following changes in the Package window:
   1. If you want to schedule the distribution at a specific later time, clear the Default Schedule option.
   2. To distribute the package to a device select the Devices from the Target Type field.
   3. To make a default distribution to a device group leave all selections as they are.
   4. Click Next to continue.
8. Make the following changes in the Assigned Devices window:
   1. Click Assign Devices .
   2. Click All on the left bar.
   3. Select the device from the list box.
   4. Click OK to confirm.
   5. If you are using the default schedule click Finish now to confirm all settings and finish this wizard. In the Confirmation dialog box, check the Go to Package radio button to change the focus of the console window to the package distribution view. Click Yes to confirm the activation and the proceed with step Check Status in this guided task.