Setting Appsync Options - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 10: Creating Customized Virtual Applications
Creating ThinApp Applications

Setting AppSync Options

Note • The AppSync Settings feature requires ThinApp 4.x If you are using Thinstall 3.x, any AppSync settings that
you define will be ignored.
AppSync (Application Sync) enables you to automatically keep deployed ThinApp applications up to date. When
an application starts up, AppSync can query a Web server to see if an updated version of the package is available.
If an update is available, the differences between the existing package and the new package will be downloaded
and used to construct an updated version of the package. The updated package will be used for future
deployments.
You can use the AppSync feature to perform the following tasks:
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Distribute runtime components
separately from the applications that use them. For example, the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or ODBC
drivers.
•
Apply layered service packs to
your applications. Application Sync enables you to distribute service packs and roll back to previous versions,
if necessary.
On the AppSync Settings dialog box, you specify the location of the update, the message displayed to the user,
and the expiration settings. You set AppSync settings for the current ThinApp application on the Build Options
page of the ThinApp Assistant. To configure AppSync settings for a ThinApp application, perform the following
steps:
Task: To configure AppSync settings for your ThinApp application,
1. On the Build Settings page, click the AppSync Settings option in the More Options menu. The General
tab of the AppSync Settings dialog box opens.
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separately—You can use AppSync to distribute runtime components
applications—You can use AppSync to apply layered service packs to
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