VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Stream Thinapp Packages from the Network; Using Captured Applications with Other System Components; Performing Paste Operations; Accessing Printers

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Chapter 3 Deploying Applications
Stream ThinApp Packages from the Network
Userscanaccesspackagedapplicationsthroughthenetwork.
Stream packages from the network
1PlacetheThinApppackageinalocationaccessibletoclientcomputers.
2Sendalinktouserstoruntheapplicationdirectly.
Using Captured Applications with Other System Components
Capturedapplicationscaninteractwithothercomponentsinstalledonthedesktop.
Performing Paste Operations
ReviewthefollowingpasteoperationsandlimitationswithThinApp:
 Pastingcontentfromsysteminstalledapplicationstocapturedapplications–Thispasteoperationis
unlimited.Thevirtualapplicationcanreceiveanystandardclipboardformats,suchastext,graphics,and
HTML.ThevirtualapplicationcanreceiveOLEobjects.
 Pastingfromcapturedapplicationstosystemapplications–ThinAppconvertsOLEobjectscreatedin
virtualapplicationstosystemnativeobjectswhenyoupastethemintonativeapplications.
Accessing Printers
Acapturedapplicationhasaccesstoanyprinterinstalledonthecomputerthatitisrunningon.Captured
applicationsandapplicationsinstalledonthephysicalsystemhavethesameprintingability.
YoucannotuseThinApptovirtualizeprinterdrivers.Youmustmanuallyinstallprinterdriversonacomputer.
Accessing Drivers
Acapturedapplicationhasfullaccesstoanydevicedriverinstalledonthecomputerthatitisrunningon.
Capturedapplicationsandapplicationsinstalledonthephysicalsystemhavethesamerelationshipwith
devicedrivers.Ifanapplicationrequiresadevicedriver,youmustinstallthedriverseparatelyfromthe
ThinApp
package.
Sometimes,anapplicationwithoutanassociateddrivermightfunctionwithsomelimitations.Forexample,
AdobeAcrobatinstallsaprinterdriverthatenablesapplicationssystemwidetorenderPDFfilesusingaprint
mechanism.WhenyouuseacapturedversionofAdobeAcrobat,youcanuseittoload,edit,
andsavePDF
fileswithouttheprinterdriverinstallation.Otherapplicationsdonotdetectanewprinterdriverunlessthe
driverisinstalled.
Accessing the Local Disk, the Removable Disk, and Network Shares
Whenyoucreateaprojectstructure,ThinAppconfiguresisolationmodesfordirectoriesandregistrysubtrees.
Theisolationmodescontrolwhichdirectoriestheapplicationcanreadandwritetoonthelocalcomputer.
ReviewthedefaultconfigurationoptionsdescribedinTable 3‐2.
Table 3-2. Default Configuration Options
Component Description
Harddisk AnexampleofaharddiskisC:\.Isolationmodesselectedduringthe
captureprocessaffectaccess.UserscanwritetotheirDesktopandMy
Documentsfolders.Othermodificationsthattheapplicationmakesgo
intotheusersandbox.Thedefaultlocationofthesandboxisinthe
ApplicationData
directory.
Removabledisk Bydefault,anyuserwhohasaccessrightscanreadorwritetoany
locationonaremovabledisk.