How Transforms Are Included In A Thinapp Application; Supported Installshield Project Types - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Intermediate Data Files: Interm Directory
When a ThinApp application is built, files that support the ThinApp application build process are extracted out of
the Windows Installer package and saved in a subdirectory of the
directory.
Figure 10-28: Interm Subdirectory of the ThinAppPackage Directory
The data in this directory is then compiled into ThinApp application as part of the build process. The data in the
directory does not need to be distributed with the ThinApp application.
Interm

Supported InstallShield Project Types

The VMware ThinApp tab is available when one of the following InstallShield project types is open:
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Basic MSI Project
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MSI Database (Direct Edit Mode)
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Transform (Direct MST Mode)

How Transforms are Included in a ThinApp Application

The ThinApp Assistant supports the inclusion of transform files with Windows Installer packages in a ThinApp
application.
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How transforms are applied when building a ThinApp
application, transforms that you have specified are automatically applied to the base Windows Installer (
package to create a temporary package, and then the ThinApp application is generated from that temporary
package.
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Creating a new
application from that transform file. When you create a new transform file in InstallShield, you specify the root
file in the Open Transform wizard. The steps you take to generate a ThinApp application after using that
.msi
wizard are exactly the same as if you were editing a Windows Installer package in Direct Edit mode.
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Converting a Windows Installer package with existing
package and one or more existing transform files, and you want to include these transforms in the ThinApp
application, you need to open one of the transforms in InstallShield (rather than the
Transform wizard will open, and you will be prompted to specify the root
files you want to include. The steps you take to generate a ThinApp application after using that wizard are
.mst
exactly the same as if you were editing a Windows Installer package in Direct Edit mode.
Caution •
Windows Installer .msi package so that they can be accessed when the ThinApp application is built.
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transform—You can create a new transform in InstallShield, and then build a ThinApp
All of the transforms that you add to a ThinApp application must be located in the same folder as the
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directory named the
ThinAppPackage
application—When building a ThinApp
transforms—If you have a Windows Installer
file and which of the existing
.msi
Creating ThinApp Applications
Interm
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file). The Open
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