The Custom Updates Publishing Tool Start Page appears in the center area of the publishing tool console when the Custom Updates Publishing Tool node in the Tree View pane is selected. The start page provides links to help topics and enables automatic or manual checking for newer versions of software updates catalogs configured on the Import List tab of the Settings Dialog Box.
The dialog box contains the following elements:
- Links and Resources
- Displays the following two sections with links to help topics
and online resources:
- How Do I: Contains links to a variety of Custom Updates
Publishing Tool help topics.
- Online Resources: Contains links to a variety of
external Custom Updates Publishing Tool Web resources.
- How Do I: Contains links to a variety of Custom Updates
Publishing Tool help topics.
- Catalog Updates
- Displays a list of software updates catalogs that have newer
versions available from the vendor for catalogs that have been
added to the import list on the Import List tab of the
Settings dialog box. When the Automatically check for
updates to my catalogs on startup setting is configured on the
Import List tab of the Settings dialog box, the
Custom Updates Publishing Tool automatically retrieves a list of
newer vendor catalogs every time it starts. Otherwise, you can
manually retrieve the list by clicking Refresh. You can
select more than one catalog to import by holding down CONTROL and
then clicking the left mouse button, or you can click Select
All to select all catalogs. This section contains the following
columns:
- Name: Name assigned by the creator of the catalog.
- Description: Description assigned by the creator of the
catalog.
- Last Imported: Date that the catalog was last
imported.
- Published: Date that the catalog was last published by
the creator. If the publishing tool is unable to determine the last
publishing date, this column displays as Unknown.
- Path: Location of the catalog. The catalog can be
located on the Web, on a shared folder, or on the local drive.
- Import: When a catalog is selected, opens the Summary Page of the
Import Software Updates Catalog Wizard, which displays the catalogs
where newer versions are available from the vendor. Click
Next to import the new catalogs and replace the outdated
ones. Click Cancel to stop the import process.
- Select All: Selects all catalogs in the list so that you
can then click Import for all catalogs.
- Refresh: Queries for and retrieves a list of software
updates catalogs that have newer versions available from the vendor
for the catalogs. The publishing tool checks only for newer
versions for catalogs that have been added to the import list on
the Import List tab in the Settings dialog box.
- Name: Name assigned by the creator of the catalog.