User manual NOVELL ZENWORKS APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION 8.0 04-12-2010

[. . . ] AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION User Guide Novell® 8. 0 April 12, 2010 ZENworks Application Virtualization www. novell. com ZENworks Application Virtualization User Guide Legal Notices Novell, Inc. , makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this documentation, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. , reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to its content, at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes. Further, Novell, Inc. , makes no representations or warranties with respect to any software, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. , reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes. [. . . ] Sandbox merge is an alternative to manual registry or filesystem configuration, and is particularly useful for applying additional customizations to existing virtual application configurations or configurations generated from a virtual application template. Click the Sandbox Merge button in the Tools section of the Virtual Application toolbar. Enter the path of the sandbox to be merged into the current configuration. For example, to customize the home page of the Firefox virtual application template: 1. (The wizard allows customization of the home page, but we will later use the sandbox merge feature to override the setting specified in the wizard. ) 2. The sandbox path will be pre-populated with the location of the Firefox virtual sandbox. The virtual application settings are updated with the configuration changes made during Firefox execution, including the updated browser home page. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6 Building MSI Setup Packages 44 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6. 1 Building MSI setup packages 45 ZENworks Application Virtualization includes the ability to generate Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) setup packages to facilitate deployment of virtualized applications. In addition to deploying the virtual application executable file to the host filesystem, ZENworks Application Virtualization-generated MSI packages also allow creation of desktop and Start Menu shortcuts, creation of shell file extension associations to virtualized applications, and Control Panel uninstallers for application cleanup. This section describes configuration and build processes for MSI setup packages. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6. 2 Configuring package information 46 This section describes global MSI package configuration options. These options are located on the MSI root tree node of the Setup settings pane. Setting the MSI package location The MSI package generated by ZENworks Application Virtualization will be written to the file specified in the Output Location textbox. This textbox should contain the fully qualified name of the desired output file, including the output path and MSI file name. By default, MSI packages are not automatically generated or updated when the virtual application is rebuilt. To automatically update MSI packages after the virtual application is rebuilt, enable the Automatically generate MSI after successful application build option. Note that regenerating MSIs may significantly increase the time required to complete the build process. Therefore, it is recommended that this option be disabled during the virtual application development process. It is also possible to manually force the MSI package to be regenerated. Important: You must build the virtual application executable before the MSI package may be generated. The Build MSI button will be disabled if the virtual application executable has not yet been built. Specifying package metadata MSI setup packages contain a package manifest describing the product's name, version (can only be numbers and periods), and manufacturer. To configure the MSI package metadata, enter the appropriate values in the Product Info area. Important: The metadata published on the MSI package is distinct from the metadata published on the virtual application executable itself. To modify executable shell metadata, specify the appropriate metadata on the Settings pane. Installation parameters The Installation parameters area allows installation options such as install location and permissions parameters to be configured. Applications may be installed either for the current user or for all users of the target device. [. . . ] Select the number of days after the application is first executed on a system before it will expire. Choose the Time Source the virtual application will use to validate the date. Choose the Time Source the virtual application will use to validate the date. For all expiration modes, the System clock setting will use the host system's clock to validate the date. [. . . ]