Building An App-V Application - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 10: Creating Customized Virtual Applications
Creating Microsoft App-V Applications

Building an App-V Application

The method for building an App-V application depends upon what file you have open—an InstallShield project or a
Windows Installer package.
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Building an App-V Application for an InstallShield Project
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Building an App-V Application for a Windows Installer Package
Building an App-V Application for an InstallShield Project
To build an App-V application for an InstallShield project, perform the following steps:
Task: To build an App-V application for an InstallShield project:
1. Open the InstallShield project in InstallShield.
2. On the Releases view of the Installation Designer, make sure that at least one release has been created, and
select the release that you want to build.
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want to create a new release, open the Releases view of the InstallShield Installation Designer. You must
create at least one release before you will be able to build an App-V application. For more information, see
Creating and Building
3. Open the Build Options page of the Microsoft App-V Assistant.
4. In the Releases tree, select the same release that is selected on the Releases view of the InstallShield
Installation Designer. This is the release that you will build an App-V application for.
5. Click the Build toolbar button (or select Build Release on the Build menu) to start building the active
release.
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build that particular release, you want to also build an App-V application for that release. However, the releases
that are selected on the Build Options page have no bearing upon which release is built when you click the
Build button on the toolbar. When you initiate a build by clicking the Build button, a build is initiated for the
active release—the release that was most recently selected on the Installation Designer Releases view. The
output of that build would depend upon what was selected on the Build Options page:
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Active release selected—A Windows Installer package and an App-V application would be built.
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Active release not selected—Only a Windows Installer package would be built.
To build more than one release at a time, perform a batch build. See Performing Batch Builds.
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You cannot create or edit a release in the Microsoft App-V Assistant. If no releases exist, or if you
Releases.
When you select a release on the Build Options page, you are specifying that whenever you
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