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
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InstallerTimeout
Specify how long ThinApp Converter should wait for an application installer to finish before it quits.
By default, the value is 7200 seconds.
AppSettings:AppName
This optional section provides parameters that you can use to add settings that are specific to an application.
AppName is the actual name of the subdirectory that contains the application installer. These parameters can
be added to each AppSettings section. In most circumstances, you will not need to configure this section.
InstallationCommand
Specify how ThinApp Converter should start the application installer. If there is no value, ThinApp Converter
attempts to select one installation command using the logic described in “ThinApp Converter Logic for
Detecting the Application Installation Processes” on page 31.
PackageIniOverrideFile
The Package.ini override file that is applied to a single application installer. When this parameter has a value,
the global override file is processed first, followed by this application-specific override file.
The file path is relative to the application installer subdirectory. Using the example at the bottom of this section,
if you specify PackageIniOverrideFile=override.ini, ThinApp Converter will try to find the file under
\\AppInstallerServer\AppInstaller\Adobe. You can provide a more explicit value by using predefined
variables. For more information, see “Predefined Environment Variables” on page 33.
ProjectPostProcessingCommand
Specify the project post processing command for the specific application.
When this parameter has a value, the global override file is processed first, followed by this
application-specific post processing command.
Example
Following is an example of how to apply an application-specific override during post processing.
[AppSettings:Adobe]
InstallationCommand=AdbeRdr920_en_US.exe /sAll
PackageIniOverrideFile=override.ini
[AppSettings:TextPad]
InstallationCommand=silent_install.bat
ProjectPostProcessingCommand=%AppInstallerDir%\addscript.bat
Predefined Environment Variables
The values for PackageIniOverrideFile (global and per application), ProjectPostProcessingCommand
(global and per application), and InstallationCommand can contain environment variables. ThinApp
Converter expands the value before using it.
ThinApp Converter adds these variables as predefined environment variables:
%AppInstallersRootDir% - The UNC path of the application installers that is specified in
InputUncPath in the [Settings] section.
%AppInstallerDir% - The subdirectory under %AppInstallersRootDir% for the relevant application.
%ThinAppProjectsRootDir% - The UNC path for the generated ThinApp projects that is specified in
OutputUncPath in the [Settings] section.
%ThinAppProjectDir% - The subdirectory under %ThinAppProjectsRootDir% for the relevant
application.