Packaging Triage Client for the Web

Instead of shipping Triage Client with your application, you can set up a web page from which users can download and automatically run Triage Client.

Triage Wizard can generate a download package for Triage Client. A download package is a collection of files that can be copied from a Web server to a user's machine.

A Triage Client download package consists of a single compressed file (a .CAB file, also know as a "cabinet") that contains all the files that need to be downloaded to audit a user's machine.

The cabinet file includes a special configuration file named CAB.INF. Through this configuration file, you specify the command-line arguments for Triage Client.

When a user downloads the CAB file, the system extracts the CAB contents into a temporary directory and runs Triage Client. After Triage Client finishes the audit, it sends the generated audit report back to you.

Triage Wizard also generates the HTML code for a web page that automatically downloads the Triage Client package.

To package Triage Client for the Web

1. Edit the list of files in CAB.TXT. This file lists the files that will be put in the CAB file along with the profile, any templates, and the .INF file. You can find this file in the Triage installation directory.

2. Edit the configuration file template (CAB.INF). This file specifies the Triage Client command-line arguments.

3. Edit the Web page template.

4. Generate the package and the Web page.

5. Add the Web page to your Web site.