Chapter 4: Creating Installers

This chapter explains how to create installers. Installers are executable files that point to specific configuration files and contain the components necessary to install RealPlayer on a desktop computer. Installers enable you to customize support for various types of media and specify the initial preferences that RealPlayers use.

Overview

Using the Web pages in RealSystem Administrator, you select components you want to include in the installation package for RealPlayer. When you generate the installer, RealPlayer Intranet Administrator builds an executable file containing the standard components needed for RealPlayer, plus the plug-ins you chose on the Installation page.

Adding a New Installer

Use the following procedure to create a new installer.

To add a new installer:

1. Access RealSystem Administrator. (See "Accessing RealSystem Administrator".)

2. Click Configure>Intranet Players>Installers. The following Web page appears.

   

3. Click Add New to create a new installer. Enter the name of the installer in the Enter Configuration Name box, and then click OK. The name you enter automatically appears in the Installer Name and Installer File boxes.

4. Change the name in either or both of the Installer Name and Installer File boxes, if necessary.

   	Note
   	Installer files are assigned an executable (.exe) extension by default. RealPlayer Intranet Administrator will generate only installers that have this extension. If you change the extension and attempt to generate the installer, a warning message appears.

5. In the Installer Default Preferences box, select the appropriate configuration file in the drop-down list in the Options box. This file sets the initial preferences for RealPlayer.

6. Under Installer Options, do one of the following:

   • Select the data type plug-ins you want to include in RealPlayer clients.

   • Click Select All to include all of the options listed in the installer.

   • Click Deselect All to exclude all of the options listed in the installer.

7. Click Apply to save the current options.

8. Click Close in the Configuration Change Results window.

9. Click Generate to build the installer from the selected components. The Applying Changes progress bar shows you the status of the build process.

10. Click Close.

Editing Installers

You can modify existing installers when new components become available or when you want to remove or add a component to a RealPlayer installation.

To edit an existing installer:

1. In RealSystem Administrator, click Configure>Intranet Players>Installers. The Intranet Installers Web page appears.

2. In the Configurations box in the upper-left portion of the page, select the installer you want to edit.

3. Make the necessary modifications, and then click Apply.

4. Click Close in the Configuration Change Results window.

5. Beneath the Configurations box, click Generate to build the new installer. RealSystem Administrator asks you to confirm the replacement of the existing installer.

6. Click Close.

Deleting Installers

You can delete installers that become obsolete.

To delete an existing installer:

1. In RealSystem Administrator, click Configure>Intranet Players>Installers. The Intranet Installers Web page appears.

2. In the Configurations box, select the installer you want to delete.

3. Click Remove. This deletes the installer from RealPlayer Intranet Administrator.

Understanding Installer Options

The options you select on the Intranet Installers Web page determine what data types RealPlayer can play. RealPlayer can play a wide variety of media, both locally and over the Internet.

You can include plug-ins to play many other file types—such as Flash, RealPix (.rp), and RealText (.rt)—on the Intranet Installers Web page. Each of these different types of media is encoded separately and is sent in separate streams that your RealPlayer can decode, synchronize, and play.

The following table lists and describes the available data type plug-ins.

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