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ThinApp User’s Guide
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L logging.dll
A utility that generates .trace files.
Log Monitor
A utility that captures chronological activity for executable files that the captured application starts.The
log_monitor.exe file is compatible only with applications captured using the same version of ThinApp.
M MSI
A Windows Installer container that is useful for application deployment tools. You can deliver the
captured application as an MSI file instead of an executable file.
N native
Refers to the physical environment rather than the virtual environment. See also physical.
network streaming
The process of running a package from a central server. ThinApp downloads blocks of the application as
needed to ensure quick processing and display.
P package
The virtual application files that the ThinApp build process generates. The package includes the primary
data container file and entry point files to access the application.
package.ini
The file that applies configuration settings to the package and that resides in the captured application
folder. The Setup Capture wizard sets the initial values of the configuration settings.
physical
Refers to the computer memory and file system in which all standard Windows processes run. Depending
on ThinApp isolation mode settings, processes in the virtual environment can access the physical
environment. See also native, virtual.
postscan
To establish an image or snapshot of a machine after you install the application you want to capture. The
capture process stores in a virtual file system and virtual registry the differences between the prescan and
postscan images. See also prescan, snapshot.
prescan
To establish a baseline image or snapshot of a machine before you install the application you want to
capture. The capture process stores in a virtual file system and virtual registry the differences between the
prescan and postscan images. See also postscan, snapshot.
primary data container
The main virtual application file. The file is a .exe file or a .dat file that includes the ThinApp runtime
and the read-only virtual file system and virtual registry. The primary data container must reside in the
same /bin directory with any subordinate application executable files because entry points use the
information in the primary data container.
project
The data that the capture process creates before you build a package. The capture process uses the
inventory name as the default project directory name. You can customize parameters in the project files
before you build an application package. You cannot deploy a captured application until you build a
package from the project.