5.1
Table Of Contents
- ThinApp User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Installing ThinApp
- Capturing Applications
- Phases of the Capture Process
- Preparing to Capture Applications
- Capturing Applications with the Setup Capture Wizard
- Create a System Image Before the Application Installation
- Rescan the System with the Installed Application
- Defining Entry Points as Shortcuts into the Virtual Environment
- Set Entry Points
- Manage with VMware Horizon Application Manager
- Set User Groups
- Defining Isolation Modes for the Physical File System
- Set File System Isolation Modes
- Storing Application Changes in the Sandbox
- Customize the Sandbox Location
- Send Anonymous Statistics to VMware
- Customize ThinApp Project Settings
- Defining Package Settings
- Customize Package Settings
- Opening Project and Parameter Files
- Build Virtual Applications
- Advanced Package Configuration
- Capturing Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
- Capturing Multiple Application Installers with ThinApp Converter
- ThinApp Package Management
- Deploying Applications
- ThinApp Deployment Options
- Establishing File Type Associations with the thinreg.exe Utility
- Building an MSI Database
- Controlling Application Access with Active Directory
- Starting and Stopping Virtual Services
- Using ThinApp Packages Streamed from the Network
- Using Captured Applications with Other System Components
- Performing Paste Operations
- Accessing Printers
- Accessing Drivers
- Accessing the Local Disk, the Removable Disk, and Network Shares
- Accessing the System Registry
- Accessing Networking and Sockets
- Using Shared Memory and Named Pipes
- Using COM, DCOM, and Out-of-Process COM Components
- Starting Services
- Using File Type Associations
- Sample Isolation Mode Configuration Depending on Deployment Context
- Updating and Linking Applications
- Application Updates That the End User Triggers
- Application Sync Updates
- Using Application Sync in a Managed or Unmanaged Environment
- Update Firefox 2.0.0.3 to Firefox 3 with Application Sync
- Fix an Incorrect Update with Application Sync
- Application Sync Effect on Entry Point Executable Files
- Updating thinreg.exe Registrations with Application Sync
- Maintaining the Primary Data Container Name with Application Sync
- Completing the Application Sync Process When Applications Create Child Processes
- Application Link Updates
- View of the Application using Application Link
- Link a Base Application to the Microsoft .NET Framework
- Set Up Nested Links with Application Link
- Affecting Isolation Modes with Application Link
- PermittedGroups Effect on Linked Packages
- Sandbox Changes for Standalone and Linked Packages
- Import Order for Linked Packages
- File and Registry Collisions in Linked Packages
- VBScript Collisions in Linked Packages
- VBScript Function Order in Linked Packages
- Storing Multiple Versions of a Linked Application in the Same Directory
- Using Application Sync for a Base Application and Linked Packages
- Application Sync Updates
- Application Updates That the Administrator Triggers
- Automatic Application Updates
- Upgrading Running Applications on a Network Share
- Application Synchronization Using Group Policy Object
- Sandbox Considerations for Upgraded Applications
- Updating the ThinApp Version of Packages
- Application Updates That the End User Triggers
- Locating the ThinApp Sandbox
- Creating ThinApp Snapshots and Projects from the Command Line
- ThinApp File System Formats and Macros
- Creating ThinApp Scripts
- Callback Functions
- Implement Scripts in a ThinApp Environment
- API Functions
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting ThinApp
- Glossary
- Index
ThinApp User’s Guide
28 VMware, Inc.
HostEnvironment
The HostEnvironment section of the configuration file contains the connection parameters for connecting to
VMware ESX Server, VMware vCenter Server, or VMware Workstation on a local machine.
[HostEnvironment] parameters are mandatory.
You can only specify a single endpoint at a time in the configuration file. For example, if you plan to use
a single VMware ESX Server, you can have ThinAppConverter.exe directly connect to that server.
You cannot specify more than one ESX server. To use more than one ESX server, configure
ThinAppConverter.exe to connect to VMware vCenter Server, which manages multiple ESX servers.
You can use a locally installed VMware Workstation.
VirtualMachineHost
The name of the virtual machine to which ThinApp Converter is to connect.
To connect a single VMware ESX Server, use the IP address or host name of the ESX server.
To connect to VMware vCenter Server, use the IP address or HOST name of the vCenter server.
To connect to a local VMware Workstation instance, use localhost.
For VMware ESX Server or VMware vCenter Server, if you are not using standard HTTPS with port 443,
you can specify the entire URL.
Examples
The following example shows a virtual machine specified by ESX server hostname.
[HostEnvironment]
VirtualMachineHost=MyEsx.vmware.com
The following example shows a virtual machine specified by IP address.
[HostEnvironment]
VirtualMachineHost=10.13.11.23
The following example shows a local machine specified as localhost.
[HostEnvironment]
VirtualMachineHost=localhost
HostLoginUserName
The login user name for the host machine.
Use the same login user name for connecting to the server as you use for logging in to the VMware vSphere
Client. You must have sufficient privileges to turn on and off virtual machines, take virtual machine snapshots,
and so on.
You can use UPN format when you specify a user name for vCenter. For example, user@domain.com.
HostLoginUserName is ignored when logging into VMware Workstation.
HostLoginPassword or HostLoginPasswordBase64
The login password for the host machine. You have the following options when you specify passwords:
You can enter clear text.
You can specify a base64 encoded password for the HostLoginPasswordBase64 parameter. Specifying
an encoded password does not increase security. You need to protect the actual INI file.
All passwords are handled in the same way.
HostLoginPasswordPrompt
Specifies that the user be prompted to enter a password.