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Chapter 10: Creating Customized Virtual Applications
Creating ThinApp Applications
Table 10-43 • Expiration Tab of the AppSync Settings Dialog Box
Option
Warning Period
Warning Frequency
Expiration Message
Warning Message
Note • If you use AppSync, VMware recommends that you disable automatic application updates that are
configured in your virtual application. Conflicts might occur between the linked packages and the software that is
automatically updated. If an automatic update feature updates an application, it stores the updates in the sandbox. If
AppSync then updates the application to a different version, the updates stored in the sandbox take precedence
over the files contained in the version that AppSync created. The order of precedence for the update files are those
in the sandbox, then the virtual operating system, and then the physical machine.
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Description
Sets the start of the warning period before a package expires. For example, to set
the period at 5 days, enter
Sets the frequency of warnings 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
up every 4 days, enter
4d
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.
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.
After the expiration limit has been reached and a virtual 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 and execution will be terminated.
The default message is shown in the example below.
For example:
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.
If the connection to the Web server 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
.
5d
.
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. To configure it to pop
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