Microsoft App-V Assistant Reference - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

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
How the App-V Application Launcher Utility Works
On the Package Information page of the Microsoft App-V Assistant, you specify the URL of the App-V server
where the
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generated App-V application. Therefore, testing an App-V application would seem to require that it be published on
the server.
In order to make it possible to test the App-V package without having to publish it on the server or alter that URL
path to the
of each App-V application. Rather than looking for the
Information page, the App-V Application Launcher looks for the
ignoring the path set in the application.
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.
Controlling Whether to Include the App-V Application Launcher in Output
If you do not want to include the App-V Application Launcher with each App-V application that you build, clear the
Create utility to test launch App-V applications as part of building App-V applications check box on the
Virtual Packages tab of the AdminStudio Options dialog box.

Microsoft App-V Assistant Reference

Reference information about the Microsoft App-V Assistant is organized into the following sections:
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Pages
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Dialog Boxes
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Building App-V Applications Using the Command Line
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App-V Application Conversion Error and Warning Messages
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Application Features Requiring Pre- or Post-Conversion Actions
AdminStudio 9.5 User Guide
file of this App-V application will be deployed. This information is referenced in the
file, a copy of the App-V Application Launcher utility is automatically copied to the output directory
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