Creating an Empty MTS Package

[This product will work only on Windows NT 4.0 versions and earlier. For Windows 2000 and later, see COM+ (Component Services).]

The first step in using the MTS Explorer is to create a package. A package, which can easily be created in the MTS Explorer, is a collection of components that run in the same process. You can either create an empty package and then add components, or you can install a pre-built package. Add packages by using the Package wizard or by dragging a package file (.pak) from the Windows NT® Explorer and dropping it into the right pane of the MTS Explorer.

Packages define the boundaries for a server process running on a server computer. For example, if you group a sales component and a purchasing component in two different packages, these two components will run in separate processes with process isolation. Therefore, if one of the server processes terminates unexpectedly (such as an application fatal error), the other package can continue to execute in its separate process.

To create an empty package

1. In the left pane of MTS Explorer, select the computer for which you want to create a package.
2. Open the Packages Installed folder for that computer.
3. On the Action menu, click New. You can also select the Package Installed folder and either right-click and select New and then Package from the right-click menu, or select the Create a new object button on the MTS toolbar.
4. Use the Package wizard to install either a pre-built package or create an empty package. If you create an empty package, you must add components and roles before it will be functional.
5. Click the Create an empty package button.
6. Type a name for the new package, and click Next.
7. Specify the package identity in the Set Package Identity dialog box, and then click the Finish button.

The default selection for package identity is Interactive User. The interactive user is the user that logged on to the server computer on which the package is running. You can select a different user by selecting the This user option and entering a specific Windows NT user.

See Also

Adding a Component to an MTS Package, Importing a Component into an MTS Package, Building an MTS Package for Export, Enabling MTS Package Security