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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nativ e,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.