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Chapter 4 Updating and Linking Applications
Forcing an Application Sync Update on Client Machines
You
can
use
the
AppSync
command
to
force
an
Application
Sync
update
on
a
client
machine.
You
might
want
to
update
a
package
stored
in
a
location
where
standard
users
do
not
have
write
access.
In
this
situation,
you
cannot
use
Application
Sync
parameters
to
check
for
updates
when
an
application
starts
because
users
do
not
have
the
required
rights
to
update
the
package.
You
can
schedule
a
daily
AppSync.exe
run
under
an
account
with
sufficient
privileges.
T
he
Application
Sync
parameters,
such
as
AppSyncUpdateFrequency
,
in
the
Package.ini
file
do
not
affect
the
AppSync
command.
To
force
an
Application
Sync
update,
use
the
AppSync <Application_Sync_URL>
<executable_file_path>
command.
The
value
of
the
URL
is
the
same
as
the
Application
Sync
URL
in
the
Package.ini
file
and
the
executable
file
path
is
the
path
to
the
executable
file
that
requires
the
update.
Updating Applications with Runtime Changes
The
sbmerge.exe
utility
merges
runtime
changes
recorded
in
the
application
sandbox
back
into
a
ThinApp
project.
A
typical
workflow
for
this
utility
involves
the
following
tasks:
Capturing
an
application.
Building
the
application
with
the
build.bat
file.
Running
a
captured
application
and
customizing
the
settings
and
virtual
environment.
ThinApp
stores
the
changes
in
the
sandbox.
Running
the
sbmerge.exe
utility
to
merge
registry
and
file
system
changes
from
the
sandbox
into
the
ThinApp
project.
Rebuilding
the
captured
application
with
the
build.bat
file
Deploying
the
updated
application.
Merge Sandbox Changes with Firefox
This
procedure
for
the
sbmerge.exe
utility
uses
Firefox
2.0.0.3
as
an
example
of
a
captured
application.
Merge sandbox changes with Firefox 2.0.0.3
1
Capture
Firefox
2.0.0.3.
2
Double
‐
click
the
build.bat
file
in
the
captured
application
folder
to
rebuild
the
application
package.
For
example,
a
Firefox
2.0.0.3
path
to
the
build.bat
file
might
be
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
ThinApp\Captures\Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3\build.bat
.
3
Create
a
Thinstall
directory
in
the
bin
directory
for
the
sandbox
location.
4
Start
Firefox
and
make
a
change
to
the
settings.
For
example,
change
the
home
page.
5
From
the
command
line,
navigate
to
the
directory
where
the
ThinApp
project
folder
resides.
For
example,
navigate
to
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ThinApp\Captures\Mozilla
Firefox 2.0.0.3
.
6
From
the
command
line,
type
the
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ThinApp\sbmerge" Print
command.
ThinApp
prints
the
changes
that
affected
the
sandbox
folder
when
using
the
captured
application.
7
From
the
command
line,
type
the
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ThinApp\sbmerge" Apply
command.
ThinApp
empties
the
Thinstall
folder
and
merges
the
sandbox
changes
with
the
application.
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