One update mechanism is of course to create a completely new capture of the application. I would recommend using this method only to capture a major update of an application or if you are using
Horizon Application Manager. (More on the Horizon part in a second). When performing a full new capture, all default settings within your project folder will be different from the older version. Any customization you made to your old project has to be re-applied to the new project folder. If you want the new package to re-use the existing sandbox, that is, preserve the users' settings, you must make sure to change the SandboxName parameter in the Package.ini file, using the same name as the old package. Recapture of an application is recommended when packaging a whole new version. Upgrading from Microsoft Office 2007 to Microsoft Office 2010 is a good example of when we want to perform a full recapture. Conventionally, the major upgrade of an application such as Microsoft...
VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials
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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials
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Overview of this book
VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable.
"VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials" shows you how to deploy ThinApp packages in order to improve the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed.
Application virtualization improves the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed.
VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable. ThinApp eliminates application conflicts, reducing the need and cost of recoding and regression testing.
In this book you will learn about how application virtualization works and how to deploy ThinApp packages. You will learn how to update and tweak ThinApp Projects before distribution. This book will then cover design and implementation considerations for future ThinApp projects.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Application Virtualization
Application Packaging
Deployment of ThinApp Packages
Updating and Tweaking Your ThinApp Project
How to Distribute Updates
Design and Implementation Considerations using ThinApp
Troubleshooting
References
Index
Customer Reviews