VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Reserveextraaddressspace; Shortcut

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Chapter 5 Configuring Package Parameters
Whentheprimarydatacontainerislessthan200MB,ThinAppstoresthecontainerwithinanentrypoint
executablefile.Whentheprimarydatacontainerismorethan200MB,ThinAppstoresthecontainerasa.dat
filethatcannotserveasanentrypointfortheapplication.
Examples
ThinAppsetstherequiredvalueoftheReadOnlyDataparameterthatspecifiesPackage.ro.tvrasthename
ofthevirtualregistryfile.
ReadOnlyData=bin\Package.ro.tvr
ReserveExtraAddressSpace
TheReserveExtraAddressSpaceparameterindicatestheamountofextraaddressspacetoreserveforthe
capturedexecutablefile.
ThinAppusestheexecutablefilelistedintheSourceparametertodeterminetheamountofmemoryaddress
spacetoallocateforanapplication.Whenyoubuildapackagethatincludesasourceexecutablefile
thatisnot
includedinthepackage,suchasacmd.exeentrypoint,oryouactivateautomaticupdatesforanapplication
thatdirectsthenewversionoftheapplicationtothesandbox,ThinAppadjuststotheneedformorememory
butdoesnotreserveasetamountofextraaddressspace.
Inrarecasesthatmightinvolvetechnicalsupport,
youcanusetheReserveExtraAddressSpaceparametertoaddmemoryspace.
Examples
YoucaninstructtheWindowsloadertoreserveextraaddressspace.AddKafterthenumbertoindicate
kilobytesorMtoindicatemegabytes.
[<app>.exe]
Source=%ProgramFilesDir%\<my_app>\<app>.exe
ReserveExtraAddressSpace=512K
Shortcut
TheShortcutparameterpointsashortcutexecutablefiletotheprimarydatacontainerthatcontainsthe
virtualfilesystemandvirtualregistry.Youcandistinguishaprimarydatacontainerfromotherentrypoints
inthePackage.inifilebecausetheprimarydatacontainercontainstheReadOnlyDataentryandtheother
entrypoints
containtheShortcutentry.
To ensurethattheapplicationcanstart,theshortcutexecutablefilemustresideinthedirectorythatstoresthe
primarydatacontainerfile.Forinformationabouttheprimarydatacontainer,see“ReadOnlyData”on
page 88.
DonotmodifythevalueoftheShortcutparameter.ThinAppdetectstheprimarydata
containerduringthe
captureprocess.
Examples
ThinAppcanpointAcroRd32.exe,theshortcutexecutablefile,toAdobe Reader 8.exe,theprimarydata
containerfile.
[AcroRd32.exe]
Shortcut=Adobe Reader 8.exe
Source=%ProgramFilesDir%\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
ThinAppcanpointMicrosoft Office Word 2007.exe,theshortcutexecutablefile,toMicrosoft Office
Enterprise 2007.dat,theprimarydatacontainerfile.
[Microsoft Office Word 2007.exe]
Source=%ProgramFilesDir%\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE
Shortcut=Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007.dat