Hi

We are trying to capture IBM iSeries Client Access to access AS400 systems (minimal, terminal emulation only), but are encountering problems.

A small summary:

• When capturing the install the native application works fine on the system.

• The captured & build version does not start

When starting the VMware ThinApp notify baloons are showing (near systemtray) and then the entire process is gone.

Now the fun part:

• When excluding (aka: delete) the files in the following folders from the bubble:

%programfilesdir%\ibm\client access\emulator

%programfilesdir%\ibm\client access\shared

rebuilding and starting the application starts. Yep, the folders (& files) also exist on the native system, but the application does not need to be installed there... Just a local copy is enough.

It does not work by having the files both on the native system as well as in the bubble.It is possible to use (capture) a network install as in that case all files will be excluded from the capture, but all references are correct. For now we use a local install and a simple 'dummy' commandprompt bubble. We need to use a capture as there are depending modules that have to be loaded using applink. Otherwise complex referencing (setting paths to the correct apps) would have to be used. Now using applink the normal search paths can be used and all features off the apps are available.

I found some other threads on this on the Thinstall-forum and contacted some of the topic starters, but none had a working solution yet. There was a remark that IBM does a non-standard way of loading the DLL's, which is not (correctly) handled by ThinApp, yet.

Anyone hint to finding a solution to be able to provide a complete bubble for the terminal emulator would be appriciated.

Kind regards & thanks in advance,

Michael Baars

(I rewrote some of the text, but the issue(s) are the same, just different words used)

I Thinapped Sales Audit application and appliked it to Oracle. For Sales Audit application to work ,I need to change a registry value in oracle application .I tried to make those changes in main application but when I launch sales audit I see the value of oracle but not the changed one.

Is there a way I can accomplish this using vb script.

Hi,

I have captured Oracle Client 9I in XP SP1 OS. The captured thinapp application is working fine in XP SP3. But in XP SP1 Two shortcut s called " Net Manager" Net Assistance" are not launching. It throws "Jrew.exe stopped working, needs to close. " Send error to Microsoft. 

Source application is working fine both XP SP1 and XP Sp3. 

Please let me know if any one knows the solution.

Thanks in Advance.

Nithya

I have some apps I did on an older version of thin app..

so they dont work on windows 7. I no longer have the package to just re compile, So Id have to repackage again.

There was mention at vmworld this year of having a tool to upgrade the older thin apps to the new version of thinapp that would

be windows 7 compatible.

Any one know of this tool or how I can take an older thinapp package and upgrade it to 4.0.4.xx and hopefully get it working on win 7 without having to repackage the app!

cheers

I am experiencing trouble capturing a screen capture program called FRAPS in Windows VISTA. The program allows capture of screenshots and videos of DirectX or OpenGL applications (e.g., games).

I went through the capture process in a clean Virtual Machine of Vista. There was no error in the capture progress. The Thinapp .exe that is generated launched fine, but when I press the hotkey (as part of the capture program function), no screencap was saved.

Is there a problem with ThinApp dealing with client apps that directly relies on DirectX?

Thanks for taking the time to help out a ThinApp first timer!

I am trying to ThinApp a program called Infranet Portal 6.5 because of its java dependencies.

After I build the ThinApp, copy the .exe to my desktop and try to run the application I receive the following error:

Windows cannot find 'C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\PORTAL~1\JRE\BIN\javaw.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.

It seems that during the software installation the main program files go in the folder: C:\Program Files\Portal Software\CustomerCenter\ and the java files go in the folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Portal Software\JRE\bin

How do I direct the application to look at the javaw.exe without installing it locally on my workstation?

Here are the settings I have used during the ThinApp and I have attached a copy of the package.ini file that I have not made any changes to:

Using ThinApp 4.6

Entry Point chosen: "Customer Center.exe"

Groups Authorized: "Everyone"

Isolation: have tried both "Full write access" and "Restricted write access"

Sandbox: have tried both "user profile" and "same directory as the application"

Inventory name: "Customer Center 6.5"

Project Locations: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ThinApp\Captures\Customer Center 6.5"

Package Settings:

* Use one of the entry points: "Customer Center.exe"

* NO separate .DAT

* NO msi generation

* NO compression

Thanks to anyone that can assist me here!

-Bob

Hello,

I packaged MSOffice Visio Standard 2007 application on Windows XP SP3 OS using ThinApp 4.7.2. I used below reference

http://pubs.vmware.com/thinapp4/help/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm (Also tried without .net)

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022287

I enbled MSI for this package and deployed to Windows 7 Enterprise OS (User Desktop) where Office 2010 installed but it failed to launch. Package configuration details as below

•      Visio install to VisioStd.2K7 folder instead of C:\Programs Files\Microsoft Office\
  
•      Visio License Type = MAK
  
•      While packaging network disabled
  
•      Used Office Customization Tool and create a MSP for silent install
  
•      Visio is full install
  
•      After package deleted $PatchCache$ from C:\Windows\Installer\
  
•      If I delete MSOCache Folder then it failed to launch. Enclosed the attachment for this (Microsoft Office Visio Std 2007.zip)
  
•      I followed the steps in the above KB
  

Don't know what I am missing...

I attached the error message here and the package.ini (package.txt) file. This is our critical application.

Could someone please let me know the best practice to package this successfully.

Thanks,

Ram

Hello, i'm trying to package this application that you can download for free from Microsoft. I'm following this document:

https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-17823

The only additional steps is that i'm deleting  the MSOCache folder in order to reduce the size of the package and I'm using thinreg /a to register the application. On the machines that i don't have office 2010 natively installed Lync is working 100%

Unfortunately i have some machines with Office 2010 and APP-v deployment tool for 2010 already installed and on these machines sometimes the applications is trying to repair, and because MSOcache is missing is failing.

What i can see when i run "ospp.vbs /dstatus", the office activation is having some error code and the way to fix it is to use ospp.vbs /act. It looks like for some reason ThinApp is "touching" the Office Software Protection service and in Windows logs there is an error "The system was tampered". What i can see in my project, the folder with all ospp files is with FULL isolation?

! Is there anyone who tried to capture Lync Basic 2013? Any help will be really much appreciated!!!!

I forgot to add...i'm using ThinApp 5 and all machines are with Win7 Pro

Running Windows 7 32 Bit

Running ThinApp Setup Capture 4.6.2-467908

I follow these steps:

Step by Step Instructions on How to ThinApp Newer Java Versions | VMware ThinApp Blog - VMware Blogs

I realize these instructions are a few years old.  I do get some issues.

1)  I do not get the option to customize the Java install

2)  Internet Explorer 8 does not show me to under Manage  Add-Ons JQSIEStartDetectorImpl Class  I do disable both SSV Helper Classess.  I leave the Java pluging

3)  When I do a post scan, I uncheck all and check for debug options but iexplore.exe isn't one of them for an entry point

4)  I checked java.exe as my entry point since one is required

5)  I edited the package.ini and the project as stated

6)  I build it

7)  We use a central location on the network for thinapps.  I place it there.

8)  Thru a Virtual Desktop I verify that I am running 6.16

9)  I go to the network location and execute bin\java.exe or %ProgramFilesDir%\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe

10)  Open IE and test the version.  Still 6.16

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Hi all,

I captured Autodesk DWG-TrueView 2015 64bit on a Win 7 x64 machine. The build was completed without any error.

However when I run the ThinApp on a Zero-Client with Win 7 x64 and net-Framework 4.5.1 on it the thinapp either won't launch, hangs or quits shortly after the start with the following error:

An Autodesk product failed to send the required value for UPITOKEN.

The error report sent to Autodesk may be incomplete.

In the Autodesk Forum I found the following thread DWG TrueView 2013 crash after loading DWG - Autodesk Community but all the proposed solutions didn't help me.

I installed Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable packages beginning with 2008 up to 2012. Neither doing so before nor after the prescan helped. The same with Net-Framework 4.5 which is in my Master-Image.

Using this recipe  Autodesk DWG TruView 2014 I successfully captured DWG TruView 2014 which is perfectly fine for now. My fear is that in a few weeks time I need the 2015 version because someone from outside sends us a document which can only be opened in the 2015 version.

Anyone successfully captured True View 2015?

VMware ThinApp is 5.0.0-1391583

VMware Horizon is 5.2.0

Thanks in advance.

I have made a thinapp for MS Office 2007 Pulisher.  It is deployed to a test linked clone pool.  The users profiles are on a separate D: drive.  The Thinapp gets deployed properly, but when the user starts the app I get the following:

ThinApp failed to open, find, or create Sandbox directory.

Registry probe failed for c:\users\testuser\appdata\roaming\microsoft office Publisher

It seems it's assuming the user profiles are in c: and not d:

how can I change this in package.ini?

thanks all.

Hi All

Wonder if anyone has seen the below issue with Project and Visio 2013 thinapps

Ive thinapped Visio and Project 2013 using the guides in other discussions which other people have got to work.

My setup up includes a KMS server which is setup to manage licences which has the 2013 licences installed.

Office 2013(Excel, Outlook, Word and powerpoint) is on my image with no problem with licencing. I have tried capturing on a clean machine with office 2010 on and one with no office products installed.

Visio and Project thinapp as expected but have an issue which appears randomly when they run

Both have the same error they can run  fully with no issues and the users can use them as expected. However randomly they try to start and run a wizard which errors with Microsoft Project(visio) Professional 2013 configuration did not compete successfully.

I close the message and get another message Microsoft Office can't find your licence for this application. A repair attempt was unsuccessful or cancelled. The below events are in the application log of the VDI desktop.

Anyone else had this problem and resolved ?

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Office Software Protection Platform Service" />
  <EventID Qualifiers="32768">1056</EventID>
  <Level>3</Level>
  <Task>0</Task>
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-07-14T10:32:03.000000000Z" />
  <EventRecordID>3415</EventRecordID>
  <Channel>Application</Channel>
  <Computer>JFDBX-W7-FCT-01.plc.james-fisher.co.uk</Computer>
  <Security />
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data>0x00000000</Data>
  <Data>1</Data>
  </EventData>
  </Event>

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Office Software Protection Platform Service" />
  <EventID Qualifiers="32768">1056</EventID>
  <Level>3</Level>
  <Task>0</Task>
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-07-14T10:32:03.000000000Z" />
  <EventRecordID>3416</EventRecordID>
  <Channel>Application</Channel>
  <Computer>JFDBX-W7-FCT-01.plc.james-fisher.co.uk</Computer>
  <Security />
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data>0x00000000</Data>
  <Data>2</Data>
  </EventData>
  </Event>

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Office Software Protection Platform Service" />
  <EventID Qualifiers="32768">1022</EventID>
  <Level>3</Level>
  <Task>0</Task>
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-07-14T10:32:03.000000000Z" />
  <EventRecordID>3417</EventRecordID>
  <Channel>Application</Channel>
  <Computer>JFDBX-W7-FCT-01.plc.james-fisher.co.uk</Computer>
  <Security />
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data>0xC004D301</Data>
  </EventData>
  </Event>

Hello,

I have thinapped visio 2010 following the sequence guidelines on this site

http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/2013/02/thinapp-microsoft-visio-and-project-2010-while-locally-installed-microsoft-office-2010.html

Visio does not activate, when i run 'cscript.exe ospp.vbs /act' within the thinapp cmd. i recieve the message:

'No installed product keys detected'

When I run the installer with the same config.xml and then run the above command the KMS server succesfully activates my Visio product.

Someone got an idea?

thanks.

Is there ANY way to use ThinApps with an .exe? I've been reading and noticed that the only thing it shows is .msi files.

Is it possible?

Hi All,

We have had a request to virtualise Team Viewer, version 10 for some of our users.

It all seemed to go smoothly until we noticed that if a user exits the application by hitting the X, it prevents them from reopening the application until they either perform a full log off/on or end 2 processes in task manager.

If they exit using the menus in Team Viewer, it seems to end the processes too.

After some further investigation, it appears that there is a service created when the application is installed which was included in the thinapp but commented out. I have done a rebuild and removed the ; to include this which now creates the service on the users VM. However, it never starts, despite being set to automatic. I tried to manually start and it states it cannot find the file specified, no mention of what file though.

Has anyone else managed this application?

Thanks

Danny

Hi,

I want to package Office2010 Pro by ThinApp 5.2.1 on a clear win7 x86 VM. I have not key but for this Office is VOL I only can activate it by Office2010 Toolkit.

With these materials and evironment I have, how shold I do to archive to get packaged Office2010 that no longer needs activation.

Thanks for some suggestions.

Du

I've read the following:

VMware ThinApp Licensing information (1006248) | VMware KB

and I want to be sure I understand the licensing model.  The "Per End Point" option means each application that is virtualized will count towards your license cap, correct?  If I virtualize an application with the application virtualization packager, then distribute those applications to a number of endpoints, it's those applications that count towards the license cap (as opposed to the virtualization packager instance)?

If that is the case, how are the licenses enforced on endpoints that are not connected to the internet? When a virtualized application (a thinned application) is executed, does it check a license server?  What happens if it can't reach said server (as in, not connected to the internet, etc.)?

I apologize if I've confused the concepts.  Thanks in advance for the help.

Hello,

Does anyone know how to permanently delete old sandboxes in the \user\appdata\roaming\thinstall directory? If I delete them wait for some time for Persona to record changes,restart a new floating desktop, all of the sandboxes I deleted are back. These are to Thinapps that are no longer being served by View, and therefore the package was a test and has long been deleted itself. I now find my roaming profile filled with obsolete sandboxes, and one sandbox that causes my current Thinapp to fail so I need to get that one deleted as well. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Geoff

I have been working on trying to get the 5250 emulator part of the ISeries Client Access to work as a virtualized application. It builds without errors, but I get this before building:

Could not copy file C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat -&gt; O:\ClientAccess\%drive_C%\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat

Could not copy file C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat -&gt; O:\ClientAccess\%drive_C%\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat

I tried to manually copy the file and re build. Since the files are hidden, I copied with UBCD4Win and then copied to the locations in the %drive_C% locations. The build takes place but nothing occurs after the Thinapp splash screen.

I am using VMWare Workstation witha fresh basic image.

I have seen a post from 2005 or so that said that ISeries Client Access won't virtualize, and then in the information about Thinapp version 4.0.2 that a Client Access bug has been fixed.

thanks for any help.

There is a problem with the software when packaged it fails to work correctly when previewing a course.

The software can be downloaded from http://www.learningpool.com/. (Authoring Tool) .

The issues I was having were that the preview was not displaying properly on the screen and sometimes producing java script errors. Preview is a required function. These issues only appeared on the user's desktop, the software always worked in a clean/dirty state on the capturing machine. This software was working, but stopped back in March for unknown reasons - possibly Windows Updates?