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Chapter 10: Creating Customized Virtual Applications
Creating ThinApp Applications
8. In the Expire Period box, enter the update frequency in minutes (
• To set the period to 30 days, enter
• To set the period to 72 hours, enter
• If you do not want the package to expire, clear the Use Application Expiration check box.
If the Web server cannot be reached, meaning that the update fails, the package will continue to work until the
Expire Period is reached. The default setting is 30 days.
9. In the Warning Period box, enter the amount of time prior to expiration that the user is first warned. For
example, to set the period at 5 days, enter
10. In the Warning Frequency box , enter the frequency that a warning message will be displayed to the user
before the package expires. With the default of one day, the warning message will be displayed once per day
only. To configure the warning to pop up on every application launch, enter
days, enter
Note the following about warning frequency:
• After the warning period has started, the Web server will be checked on every launch of an application,
overriding any previous setting.
• As long as a package has not expired, this parameter checks for new versions and downloads will occur
in the background. The user can continue to use the old version.
• If the application is terminated by the user before the download is complete, the download will resume
when a virtual application is launched again. After the download completes, the new version will be
activated on the next launch.
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When the package has expired, the version check and download will happen in the foreground. A
progress bar will be shown during the download phase.
11. Before the expiration limit has been reached and a ThinApp application is started, it will try to connect to the
Web server and check for a new version. If the connection fails, a message box will be shown. The default
message is:
This application will become unavailable for use in Warning_Period days if it cannot contact
its update server. Check your network connection to ensure uninterrupted service
12. After the expiration limit has been reached and a ThinApp application is started, it will try to connect to the Web
server and check for a new version. If the connection fails, the message entered in the Expiration Message
box will be shown and execution will be terminated. The default message is:
This application has been unable to contact its update server for Expire_Period days, so it
is unavailable for use. Check your network connection and try again.
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