VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Requirements for Packaging Microsoft Office 2007; Capturing Microsoft Office 2007

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Chapter 2 Capturing Applications
Requirements for Packaging Microsoft Office 2007
TheprocessofcapturingMicrosoftOffice2007assumesseveralrequirementsbeyondthestandard
requirementsforcreatingThinApppackages.
ThefollowingrequirementsinvolveMicrosoftsoftwareorprinterdependencies:
 AcleanvirtualmachinewithasupportedWindowsoperatingsystem.
 AlicensedcopyofMicrosoftOffice2007.
 AMicrosoftOffice2007volumelicensekey.
Youmustactivatearetaillicensekeyoneachmachinethepackagerunson.
 WindowsInstaller4.5.
 Microsoft.NETFramework2.0.
YoumustinstallMicrosoft.NETaftertheprescanoperationintheSetupCapturewizardandbeforethe
installationofMicrosoftOffice2007.
 Anyrequiredprinter,suchasacorporateprinter,installedbeforetheprescanoperationintheSetup
Capturewizard.
Capturing Microsoft Office 2007
ThekeydifferencesbetweencapturingMicrosoftOffice2007andcapturingbasicapplicationsinvolve
modifyingMicrosoftOfficeandblockingchildprocesses.
ThecaptureprocessforMicrosoftOffice2007involvesthesesteps.
1 “CustomizeMicrosoftOffice2007InstallationOptions”onpage 25
2 “DisableChildProcessesforMicrosoftOffice2007”onpage 26
3 “SetCaptureOptionsfor
MicrosoftOffice2007”onpage 26
ThisprocessassumesthatyouarefamiliarwiththeSetupCapturewizard.Youcanmodifytheprocess
accordingtoyourenvironment.
Customize Microsoft Office 2007 Installation Options
StartingthecaptureprocessforMicrosoftOffice2007involvescustomizingtheMicrosoftOfficeinstallation.
Customize the installation of Microsoft Office 2007
1CopyMicrosoft.NET2.0,WindowsInstaller4.5,andThinAppinstallationfilestothevirtualmachine.
2CopytheMicrosoftOffice2007installationfilestothevirtualmachineorloadtheMicrosoftOffice2007
ISOtothevirtualmachine.
3Install
WindowsInstaller4.5andrestartthesystem.
4InstallThinApp.
5 (Optional)Installarequiredprinter,suchasacorporateprinter.
6RuntheSetupCapturewizarduntilyoucompletetheprescanoperation.
7OntheInstallApplicationpageoftheSetupCapturewizard,minimizethewizardandinstallMicrosoft
.NET2.0.
8 (Optional)IftheMicrosoft.NET
installationgeneratesthemscorsvw.exeprocessthatcontinuesforan
extendedperiod,stoptheprocesswiththengen.exetool.
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ngen.exe executequeueditems