Testing App-V Applications Using The App-V Application Launcher - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 9: Converting Windows Installer Packages to Virtual Applications

Testing App-V Applications Using the App-V Application Launcher

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]
TEMP="%USERPROFILE%LocalSettings\Temp"
The Bind command for
Environment
Binding Target
The binding target is the item that references the binding source. The following is an example of a binding target:
<Registry hive="HKEY_CURRENT_USER" key="Software\Test" valueName="{Bind:F1 fullpath}"/>
Example
The following is an example using Rule Binding that finds a file and then creates a shortcut to it:
Table 9-25 • Example Rule Using Rule Binding
<Rule title="Control Panel Applet - ThinApp" description="Create a default shortcut for
control panel applets" author="AdminStudio.Default" provider="ThinApp">
<Fingerprint name="Detect Control Panel Applet" description="">
<File id="cplFile" name="*.cpl" minVersion="0.1" />
</Fingerprint>
<Action description="Create Control Panel Applet Shortcut">
<Message id="11004" text="Generating shortcut for the Control Panel Applet located
at '{BIND:cplFile FullPath}'" severity="Fix" />
<Create>
</Create>
</Action>
</Rule>
Testing App-V Applications Using the App-V
Application Launcher
The App-V Application Launcher is a convenient testing tool that makes it possible for you to reliably and
accurately test your App-V applications on your local machine or any other system that has the App-V client
installed before moving it to the App-V server.
App-V Application Launcher Utility Location
When an App-V application is built, the App-V Application Launcher utility (
same folder as the App-V application (the same directory that contains the
684
would return
hive
.
<Shortcut name="{BIND:cplFile FileName}" target="%SystemFolder%\rundll32.exe"
arguments="shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL "{BIND:cplFile FullPath}"" workingDir="" />
. The Bind command for
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
would return
key
) is placed in the
AppVLauncher.exe
and files).
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