Building a ThinApp Application
AdminStudio 2021 | 21.0 | ThinApp Assistant
The method for building a ThinApp application depends upon what file you have open—an InstallShield project or a Windows Installer package.
Building a ThinApp Application for an InstallShield Project
To build a ThinApp application for an InstallShield project, perform the following steps:
To build a ThinApp application for an InstallShield project:
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Open the InstallShield project in InstallShield. |
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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. |
Important:You cannot create or edit a release in the ThinApp Assistant. If no releases exist, or if you 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 a ThinApp application. For more information, see Creating and Building Releases.
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Open the Build Options page of the ThinApp Assistant. |
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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 a ThinApp application for. |
Important:When you select a release on the Build Options page, you are specifying that whenever you build that particular release, you want to also build a ThinApp 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 a ThinApp 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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Click the Build toolbar button (or select Build Release on the Build menu) to start building the active release. |
The output of the build will be a Windows Installer package and a ThinApp application. For information on the files included in a ThinApp application, see Components of an App-V Package.
Building a ThinApp Application for a Windows Installer Package
To build a ThinApp application for a Windows Installer package, perform the following steps:
To build a ThinApp application for a Windows Installer package:
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Do one of the following to open a Windows Installer package: |
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On the File menu, select Open and select a Windows Installer package (.msi). |
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On the File menu, select Open and select a transform file (.mst). The Open Transform Wizard opens and you are prompted to identify the transform file’s associated Windows Installer package. |
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On the File menu, select New to open the New Project dialog box. Select Transform and click OK. The Open Transform Wizard opens and you are prompted to identify the transform file’s associated Windows Installer package. |
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Use the Installation Designer to make any desired edits to the Windows Installer package or Transform file, and use the ThinApp Assistant to set ThinApp application options. |
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Save the edits to the Windows Installer package or transform file by selecting Save on the File menu. |
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On the Build Options page of the ThinApp Assistant, select the Build ThinApp application option. The Build Virtual Package button is enabled. |
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Click the Build Virtual Package button to start building the ThinApp application. |
The output of the build will be a ThinApp application. For information on the files includes in a ThinApp application, see Components of an App-V Package.
Note:For troubleshooting information about resolving errors and warnings that you may encounter when you are building a virtual application, see Virtualization Conversion Errors and Warnings.