VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Customize Package Settings; Opening Project and Parameter Files

ThinApp User’s Guide
22 VMware, Inc.
Customize Package Settings
Thecaptureprocessincludesinitialsettingsfortheprimarydatacontainer,MSIpackages,andexecutable
packagecompression.
Customize package settings in the Setup Capture wizard
1OnthePackageSettingspage,selecttheprimarydatacontainerfromthelistthatisbasedonyour
executablefileentrypoints.
 Ifthesizeoftheprimarycontainerissmallerthan200MB,ThinAppcreatesa.exefileastheprimary
container.ForasmallapplicationsuchasFirefox,any.exefilecanserveasthemaindatacontainer.
 Ifthesizeoftheprimarycontainerislargerthan200MB,ThinAppcreatesaseparate.datfileasthe
primarycontainerbecauseWindowsXPandWindows2000cannotshowshortcuticonsforlarge
.exefiles.Generatingseparatesmall.exefilestogetherwiththe.datfilefixestheproblem.
 Ifthesizeoftheprimarycontainerisbetween200MBand1.5GB,ThinAppcreatesthedefault.dat
fileunlessyouselecta.exefiletooverridethedefault.datfile.
2 (Optional)Ifyouselecta.exefiletooverridethedefault.datfilewhenthesizeoftheprimarycontainer
is
between200MBand1.5GB,ignorethegeneratedwarning.
Selectinga.exefileenablesallapplicationstoworkproperlybutmightpreventtheproperdisplayof
icons.
3 (Optional)Ifyoucannotselectaprimarydatacontainer,typeaprimarydatacontainernametogenerate
a.datfile.
Ifyouplantousethe
ApplicationSyncutilitytoupdateacapturedapplication,ThinAppusestheprimary
datacontainernameduringtheprocess.Youmustusethesamenameacrossmultipleversionsofthe
application.Youmightnotbeabletoselectthesameprimarydatacontainernamefromthelist.
For example,MicrosoftOffice2003and
MicrosoftOffice2007donothavecommonentrypointnames.
4 (Optional)SelecttheGenerateMSIpackagecheckboxandchangetheMSIfilename.
5 (Optional)TocreateasmallerexecutablepackageforlocationssuchasaUSBdevice,selecttheCompress
virtualpackagecheckbox.
6ClickSave.
Opening Project and Parameter Files
Thecaptureprocessprovidesanopportunitytoreviewtheprojectfilestoupdatesettingsbeforebuildingthe
executablepackageorMSIpackage.
Forexample,ifyoucaptureFirefox2.0.0.3,youmightbrowsetheC:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
ThinApp\Captures\Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3directorytoupdateasetting,suchasanActiveDirectory
specification,inthePackage.inifilethatcontains
theparameterssetduringthecaptureprocess.For
informationaboutupdatingsettings,see“AdvancedPackageConfiguration”onpage 23.
Theprojectincludesfolders,suchas%AppData%,thatrepresentfilesystempathsthatmightchangelocations
whenrunningondifferentoperatingsystemsorcomputers.Mostfoldershave##Attributes.inifilesthat
specifythe
isolationmodeatthefolderlevel.