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Chapter 4 Updating and Linking Applications
IfyoucaptureMicrosoftOfficeandtrytoaccessaPDFattachmentinthevirtualMicrosoftOutlook
environment,youcansetupMicrosoftOfficetodetectalinkedAdobeReaderpackageonthenetwork
whenAdobeReaderisnotavailablewithintheimmediatevirtualorphysicalenvironment.
 Hotfixesandservicepacks–Linkupdatestoanapplicationandrollbacktoapreviousversionifusers
experiencesignificantissueswiththenewversion.Youcandeployminorpatchestoapplicationsasa
singlefileandreducetheneedforrollbacks.
TheApplicationLinkutilityprovidesbandwidthsavings.
Forexample,ifyouhaveMicrosoftOffice2007
ServicePack1andyouwanttoupdatetoServicePack2withoutApplicationLink,youwouldtransfer
1.5GbofdatapercomputerwiththedeploymentofanewOffice 2007ServicePack2package.The
ApplicationLinkutilitytransfersjusttheupdatesand
notthewholepackagetothecomputers.
View of the Application using Application Link
Figure 4‐1showstherunningapplicationwithamergedviewofthesystem,thebaseapplication,andall
linkedcomponents.Files,registrykeys,services,COMobjects,andenvironmentvariablesfromdependency
packagesarevisibletothebaseapplication.
Figure 4-1. View of the System, Base Application, and Linked Components Using Application Link
Link a Base Application to the Microsoft .NET Framework
Reviewthissampleworkflowtolinkabaseapplication,MyApp.exe,toaseparatepackagethatcontainsthe
Microsoft.NET2.0Framework.Makesurethatthebaseapplicationcaptureprocessdoesnotincludethe
Microsoft.NET2.0Framework.For informationabouttheprocessofcapturinganapplication,seeChapter 2,
“CapturingApplications,”on
page 15.
ForinformationaboutrequiredandoptionalApplicationLinkparametersandformatsinthePackage.ini
file,see“ConfiguringDependentApplicationswithApplicationLink”onpage 91.
Local Disk (C:)
Documents and Settings
Program Files
Common Files
ComPlus Applications
Local Disk (C:)
Program Files
Base Application
Local Disk (C:)
Documents and Settings
Program Files
Base Application
Common Files
ComPlus Applications
Component1
Local Disk (C:)
Program Files
Component1
Application Link
merged view of
System Files
+ Base Application
+ Component Package
Component Package
Base Application
System Files