In order to add a new predefined system search to a packaging project, users go to the System Search view of the Visual Designer mode.
With a click on the Create new... button, the options menu is displayed. Click on Predefined search to invoke the Select Predefined Searches dialog.
Once the dialog is displayed, it presents a list of searches, grouped by target application or system property a user might want to search for on the target system. The group titles are equipped with arrow icons at their left-hand side. If the group details are not visible when the dialog is displayed, a click on those arrow icons expands them group wise.
To add one of the predefined searches to the current packaging project, the checkbox at the left-hand side of the predefined search title has to be activated.
As soon as at least one search is selected this way, the OK button at the bottom of the dialog window becomes available. Hit it to add the selected predefined search(es) to the current project. Hit Cancel to discard the selection and close the dialog without adding a search to the packaging project.
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Note: The Select Predefined Searches dialog does not reflect the current existence of a predefined search within a packaging project. This means that whenever the dialog is opened in RayPack, all checkboxes are inactive, and all searches can be added to the project. Well, this may lead to duplicate searches on the one side, but at the same time allows users to take any predefined search and used it as starting point for further individual fine tuning.
However, please make sure to define a set of unique and required system search tasks for the final package, since searching a system may take noticeable time. Performing the same search twice is unnecessary and by all means does not prove high package quality. |
As soon as the new system search task has been added to the packaging project according to the predefined settings, there is a new root item within the list of system search tasks for the current packaging project. As outlined before, there may be one of more child-nodes attached to the root. If at all, and how many exactly there are, depends on the type of search.
Please refer to the Edit a system search topic for further details regarding possible child-nodes and their modification options.