Components Of An App-V Application - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 10: Creating Customized Virtual Applications
Creating Microsoft App-V Applications
Table 10-2 • Benefits of Using the App-V Assistant to Create an App-V Application (cont.)
App-V Assistant
Benefit
Can Test the App-V
Application
Immediately After
Conversion
Can Include
Diagnostic Tools
Provides Easy-to-Use
Interface for Dynamic
Suite Composition

Components of an App-V Application

When you use the Microsoft App-V Assistant to build an App-V virtual package, the resources you generate are
called App-V applications. The components of an App-V application are shown in the following diagram:
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Problem
To run an App-V application, the App-V
Client must be installed on the machine.
Because sequencing must be
performed on a clean machine, which
does not have the App-V Client
installed, you cannot immediately test a
newly created App-V application on the
same machine where you sequenced it.
When running a virtual application in its
virtual environment, you may at some
point want to examine its contents to
evaluate or debug it. However, the
standard diagnostic tools that you use
to examine installed applications (such
as the Registry Editor and the Windows
Command Prompt) are not normally
available within the virtual environment.
When a virtual application is running
within its virtual environment,
applications outside of that virtual
environment cannot see into it.
If you use the App-V Sequencer to
create an App-V package, you have to
open a separate Dynamic Suite
Composition tool to edit the OSD file to
create the inter-package dependencies.
Solution
The App-V Assistant includes a launch
utility that allows you to launch and test
the App-V application locally
immediately after conversion before
distributing it to the App-V Server.
Note • This feature requires that the App-V
Client is installed on the local machine.
When you use the InstallShield App-V
Assistant to create an App-V
application, you can choose to include
diagnostic tools with the App-V
application that enable you to browse
the registry and file system within the
virtual environment.
The InstallShield Microsoft App-V
Assistant provides a convenient, easy-
to-use interface for dynamic suite
composition. No separate tool is
required.
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