Packages Tab Properties

To select a package for conversion, click the check box in this column of the list.

Note:This column corresponds with the Enabled field under General in the Properties window, which can be set to either True or False.

Indicates whether any transforms are associated with the listed Windows Installer package. Automated Application Converter automatically adds all of the .mst files located in the same directory as the selected .msi file.

If a transform is associated with the selected package, one of the following two icons are displayed in this column:

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One transform is being added with this package.

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Multiple transforms are being added with this package.

If multiple transforms are associated with this package, you should click the browse button in the Transform column (or the browse button in the Transform field in the Properties window) to open the MST dialog box and specify which transform files you want to add and the order that you want the transforms applied. For more information, see MST Dialog Box.

This read-only setting lists the issues that were found for this package. This is used to make the virtualization readiness recommendation.

Name of the package as provided by the company who manufactured it.

Version of the package.

When a parent package is selected, this property lists the location from where the package was selected locally or from where it was originally imported into the AdminStudio Application Catalog.

If a child virtual package is selected, this property lists the location of the virtual package.

Note:It is recommended that you use a UNC path when importing packages into the Application Catalog.

If you are adding packages from an AdminStudio Application Catalog installed on a machine other than the machine where the Automated Application Converter is installed, make sure that the package source path listed here is accessible to the Automated Application Converter machine. If it is also accessible to the virtual machines, repackaging can be performed more quickly.

This field can contain a semicolon-delimited list of transforms used to modify or install a Windows Installer package silently.

To add a transform to this list, click the Browse button to open the MST dialog box. For more information, see MST Dialog Box.

Note:If the transform file is located in the same directory as the .msi file, only the .mst file name is listed in the Transform field. If you have added a transform file from another directory, the full path is listed in this field.

Indicates the repackaging method that will be used to repackage this package:

Number of minutes allotted for the package to install before it is considered a failure. If this time period elapses, the Automated Application Converter would consider the installation a failure and would move to the next package. The default value is 40.

Indicate whether you want to enable configuration of the application after it is installed on the virtual machine but before it is converted into the target formats. Available options are:

Important:If you select the Enabled option, ensure that the value that you enter for the Hard Time-Out setting allows enough time to configure the application.

Note:This option is ignored when performing conversion to App-V 5.0 using the Microsoft App-V 5.0 Sequencer.

Enter a name (a maximum of 64 characters) to override the name of the App-V package. By default, this matches the value of the Product property under Package Information.

Tip:If your virtual package contains multiple applications, you can specify the name that identifies the entire package. For example, Microsoft Office could be used to identify a package that contains Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel applications that run in the same virtual environment.

Select one of the following options to identify an App-V conversion method:

Use to specify the operating systems that the App-V package will support:

Important:When setting the Supported OS property for App-V 5.0 packages, keep in mind that the packages are limited to the supported operating systems of the App-V 5.0 client:

Specify the default App-V versioning value. Available options are:

If this package is an upgrade package that should update an earlier version of the application, click the ellipsis button (...) in this setting and browse to the earlier version.

Use this option to expand an existing App-V 5.x package on the system before performing the sequencing. This is useful for specifying middleware and dependency App-V packages such as Java runtime.

Click the browse button and select the App-V package to expand.

Specify Enabled to allow programs on the local system to interact with all COM objects present in the virtual package. The default setting is Disabled in order to isolate all COM objects of the virtual package.

This is an advanced setting that typically does not need to be changed from the default. It is only compatible with the App-V 5.x with AdminStudio approach for package creation.

Specify the host—the virtual application server or the load balancer in front of a group of virtual application servers that stream the App-V package to the Application Virtualization Client. You can either specify a static host name or IP address, or you can enter %SFT_SOFTGRIDSERVER% to indicate an environment variable.

Note:If you enter %SFT_SOFTGRIDSERVER%, you must set up the SFT_SOFTGRIDSERVER system environment variable on each Application Virtualization Client. The value of this environment variable should be the name or IP address of the host.

When you assign the variable on a client system, any Application Virtualization Client session that is running on the system must be closed and reopened; otherwise, the session is not aware of the new application source.

Specify the relative path on the virtual application server where the software package is stored and from which it will be streamed.

Note:This information is required to create a package if the .sft file will be stored in a subdirectory of CONTENT; otherwise, this information is not required.

Specify the root folder of the App-V package’s file system. During run time, the Application Virtualization Client mounts the package’s file system to the App-V virtual drive; the Q drive is the default. The long and short names of the root folder must be unique because two packages with the same root folder name cannot be deployed simultaneously.

Specify whether to compress this App-V package by selecting one of the following options:

Set this property to Enabled if you want to include the Windows Command Prompt application when you build an App-V package so that you can browse the virtual file system at runtime from within the virtual environment.

If this property is set to Enabled, a file named Virtual File System.osd will be created in the App-V Package folder, which can be used to display the files and folders within the virtual environment. You can use Virtual File System.osd to view the existing files and folders on the computer plus the files and folders for the virtual package.

Note:The default value for the File System Diagnostic property is set on the Project Options dialog box.

Click this button to launch the Package Import Wizard, which you can use to add packages to the Packages tab.