Thinapp Applications And The Virtual Environment; Compressing A Thinapp Application - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 10: Creating Customized Virtual Applications
Creating ThinApp Applications

ThinApp Applications and the Virtual Environment

On the Applications page of the ThinApp Assistant, you define application shortcuts to enable users to launch a
ThinApp application from within the virtual environment. By default, the ThinApp Assistant creates ThinApp
applications for all of the executable shortcuts that exist in your project.
To deploy a ThinApp application—on a local drive or a network share—systems administrators just need to give
users access to the ThinApp application.

Compressing a ThinApp Application

A ThinApp application consists of either:
•
One executable file
the data that is required for the application to run. In this scenario, this executable file would be a large file.
or
•
Several executable files (.exe) and a Package.DAT
ThinApp application or a specific feature of the ThinApp application and
that is required for the application to run. In this scenario.
Each time a user launches a ThinApp application, its data (from either the executable file or from
read into the computer's memory. To reduce the application size, you can select a Compression Type on the
Build Options page to compress all of the data.
Figure 10-31: Compression Types on the Build Options Page
The following Compression Types are available:
Table 10-29 • ThinApp Compression Types
Type
None
Fast
Small
866
(.exe)—This file is used to both launch the ThinApp application and also contain all of
Description
Do not perform any type of compression.
Perform quick compression resulting in a smaller application footprint.
Perform the best compression resulting in the smallest application footprint, but increasing build
time.
file—Each of the executables is used to launch the
Package.DAT
would be a large file.
Package.DAT
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contains all of the data
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Package.DAT
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