User manual NOVELL ZENWORKS APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION 8.0 04-12-2010

[. . . ] AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION User Guide Novell® 8. 0 April 12, 2010 ZENworks Application Virtualization www. novell. com ZENworks Application Virtualization User Guide Legal Notices Novell, Inc. , makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this documentation, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. , reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to its content, at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes. Further, Novell, Inc. , makes no representations or warranties with respect to any software, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. , reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes. [. . . ] Using the Firefox interface, specify a new browser home page. Press Sandbox Merge to display the sandbox merge dialog. The sandbox path will be pre-populated with the location of the Firefox virtual sandbox. The virtual application settings are updated with the configuration changes made during Firefox execution, including the updated browser home page. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6 Building MSI Setup Packages 44 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6. 1 Building MSI setup packages 45 ZENworks Application Virtualization includes the ability to generate Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) setup packages to facilitate deployment of virtualized applications. In addition to deploying the virtual application executable file to the host filesystem, ZENworks Application Virtualization-generated MSI packages also allow creation of desktop and Start Menu shortcuts, creation of shell file extension associations to virtualized applications, and Control Panel uninstallers for application cleanup. This section describes configuration and build processes for MSI setup packages. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6. 2 Configuring package information 46 This section describes global MSI package configuration options. These options are located on the MSI root tree node of the Setup settings pane. Setting the MSI package location The MSI package generated by ZENworks Application Virtualization will be written to the file specified in the Output Location textbox. This textbox should contain the fully qualified name of the desired output file, including the output path and MSI file name. By default, MSI packages are not automatically generated or updated when the virtual application is rebuilt. To automatically update MSI packages after the virtual application is rebuilt, enable the Automatically generate MSI after successful application build option. Note that regenerating MSIs may significantly increase the time required to complete the build process. Therefore, it is recommended that this option be disabled during the virtual application development process. It is also possible to manually force the MSI package to be regenerated. To manually build the MSI package, press the Build MSI button. Important: You must build the virtual application executable before the MSI package may be generated. The Build MSI button will be disabled if the virtual application executable has not yet been built. Specifying package metadata MSI setup packages contain a package manifest describing the product's name, version (can only be numbers and periods), and manufacturer. To configure the MSI package metadata, enter the appropriate values in the Product Info area. Important: The metadata published on the MSI package is distinct from the metadata published on the virtual application executable itself. To modify executable shell metadata, specify the appropriate metadata on the Settings pane. Installation parameters The Installation parameters area allows installation options such as install location and permissions parameters to be configured. Applications may be installed either for the current user or for all users of the target device. To install the application for all users, enable the Install applications for All Users option. Important: Installing applications for all users requires privileged access to the host device. [. . . ] The Web server clock setting will validate the date against an HTTPS-based web server. Check the Disallow execution if web server is unreachable checkbox to prevent the application from being executed offline. The Web server clock setting is more secure than the System clock setting since it prevents the expiration mechanism from being circumvented by modifying the system clock. However, this setting will prevent applications from executing on devices which cannot connect to the time server source. [. . . ]