VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Configuring File and Protocol Associations; Filetypes; Protocols; Configuring Build Output

ThinApp User’s Guide
70 VMware, Inc.
Youcanensurethattheapplicationcanwritetoanykeyonthecomputer,exceptwherethepackagespecifies
otherwise.
[Isolation]
RegistryIsolationMode=Merged
Configuring File and Protocol Associations
YoucanmodifyThinAppparameterstoassociatefileextensionswithapplicationsandtospecifyprotocols
thatarevisibletothephysicalenvironment.
FileTypes
TheFileTypesparameterlistsfileextensionsthatthethinreg.exeutilityassociateswithanexecutablefile.
Thecaptureprocessgeneratesinitialvaluesthatyoucannotaddto.Youcanremoveextensionsthatyoudo
notwanttoassociatewiththevirtualpackage.Donotuseseparatorsbetweenthefileextensionsinthe
list.
Examples
AMicrosoftWord2007packagespecifies.doc.docxasthevaluesoftheFileTypesparameter.Ifyoucapture
Microsoft Office2007andhaveMicrosoftOffice2003installedinthephysicalenvironment,youcanremove
the.docextensionfromtheFileTypesparameterandleavethe.docxextensiontoensurethat
Microsoft Word2003opens.doc
filesandMicrosoftWord2007opens.docxfiles.
[Microsoft Office Word 2007.exe]
FileTypes=.docx
Thecaptureprocesscancreatefiletypeassociationsfor.docand.dotextensionsandlinkthemto
Microsoft Word.
[Microsoft Office Word 2003.exe]
ReadOnlyData=bin\Package.ro.tvr
Source=%ProgramFilesDir%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE
FileTypes=.doc.dot
Protocols
TheProtocolsparameterspecifiestheprotocols,suchasHTTP,thatarevisibletoapplicationsinthephysical
environment.ThisparameterissimilartotheFileTypesparameter,butdealswithapplicationsthathandle
protocolsratherthanfiletypes.
Thecaptureprocessgeneratesinitialvaluesthatyoucannotaddto.Youcanremove
entriesforbrowsersor
otherapplications.
Examples
Thecaptureprocesscanspecifyprotocols,suchasthemailtoprotocolforaMicrosoftOutlookpackage,inthe
Protocolsparameter.
[Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.exe]
Protocols=feed;feeds;mailto;Outlook.URL.mailto;stssync;webcal;webcals
Configuring Build Output
YoucanmodifyThinAppparameterstospecifythelocationofthebuildoutputandthefilesinthepackage.
ExcludePattern
TheExcludePatternparameterexcludesfilesordirectoriesduringtheapplicationbuildprocess.Youmust
adda[FileList]headingbeforethisparameterentry.