Appelez-moi ThinApp !
Tel sera le nouveau nom de Thinstall après le rachat de la solution par VMware.
THINSTALL – Version 3.387
10 mai 2008 par admin Pas de commentaires »Nouvelle version Thinstall : 3.387
Maintenance corrective et nouveautés :
- Changement de look
- Pré-configuration de package.ini par interface graphique
- Modification de Log Monitor
- Amélioration du support MS-DOS et 64-bit
Le changelog :
- Added new graphics for the Setup Capture wizard
- Fixed a problem in which Setup Capture writes to the package.ini file with MSIInstalDir but the build expects MSIInstallDirectory
- Fixed an issue in which snapshot.exe sometimes fails when an application contains invalid icon data
- The installer now supports overridding INSTALLDIR when installing .msi files using a command line interface
- Log Monitor uses a new shared memory object format. Applications packaged with older versions of Thinstall will no longer produce trace files when a newer version of Log Monitor is running. To produce trace files for older packaged versions of Thinstall, use a copy of an older log monitor application
- MS-DOS and 64-bit child processes are created natively outside of a virtual environment (previous versions of Thinstall failed to create these processes). This resolves an issue in which a packaged application might not print on 64-bit systems
- Added the AllowUnsupportedExternalChildProcesses option under [BuildOptions] in the package.ini file. When set to 0, an attempt by the virtualized application to create a child MS-DOS or 64-bit process will fail. When set to non-zero (default), the process will be created natively outside of the virtual environment
- Fixed a problem in the ts_load_internal_module
- Resolved issues in which Sandboxes were stored to the root directory of mapped drives or UNC paths
- Fixed a race condition in .ini file processing that can occur in Microsoft Office 2007 that causes app to crash
- Implemented the runtime EULA package.ini setting. By default this is 0. Setting it to 1 will cause the EULA to be displayed. Consult your Master License Agreement to determine if you need to display the EULA or not
- Implemented Setup Capture GUI changes to add easy access to PermittedGroups, Compression, SandboxPath, and Build
- Prevented exclusion of « HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings5.0User Agent » and « …Internet SettingsUser Agent » registry keys from capture. This fixes an issue in which .NET 1.1 is packaged with IE to provide web-based .net applets without installing .NET
- Implemented a fix for Cisco Security Agent that has a race condition that was causing a failure when running under Thinstall
- Fixed corrupted registry isolation when HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.txt has HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESchema or any other non-existing top-level key. The error message when a DLL can’t be loaded is now more precise. Proper debugging of vregtool is now enabled
- Fixed a bug in log monitor that was occurring when dereferencing bad pointers and was causing a failure during the logging process
- Removed small compression. Because of licensing issues, small compression is no longer available. Packages that used small compression will switch to fast compression
- RegGetValue() will expand REG_EXPAND_SZ strings by default
- Fixed a number of unicode issues where ANSI string lengths were not calculated correctly for 2-4 byte characters
- Fixed issues in which child process command line arguments were not being passed along correctly
- Fixed an issue in which Thinreg would sometimes fail to execute .vbs scripts when .vbs type association has been changed to notepad or other processes
VMware – Projet North Star (Thinstall) Beta 2
7 mai 2008 par admin Pas de commentaires »Le projet VMware North Star entre dans sa deuxième phase
La version 3.386 introduit 2 nouvelles fonctionnalités :
- Application Sync – Gestion des mises à jour d’applications virtualisées
- Application Link – Liens entre applications virtualisées
L’annonce :
Key Features
This release is the second in a multi-beta release for VMware’s Project North Star. This release is focused on quality and includes a variety of bug fixes. The following new features have been added:
- Application Sync – This feature enables you to deploy Project North Star (Thinstall) application updates. Application Sync automatically checks for and installs updates to your packaged applications. Updates might include changes such as a new version, service pack updates, or configuration changes in the package.ini file.
- Application Link – This feature connects deployed applications. For example, you can establish a relationship between a deployed instance of Microsoft Office 2003 and a new Microsoft Office plug-in. Application Link enables you to establish a link between applications without having to encapsulate them into the same executable package.
- Support for VMware serial numbers.
- Added support for logging capture and runtime environment to assist with technical support.
Fixed Bugs
The following section contains bugs that were fixed for the VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) Beta 2 release:
- MS-DOS and 64-bit child processes are created natively outside of a virtual environment (previous versions of VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) failed to create these processes). This resolves an issue in which a packaged application might not print on 64-bit systems.
- Added the AllowUnsupportedExternalChildProcesses option under [BuildOptions] in the package.ini file. When set to 0, an attempt by the virtualized application to create a child MS-DOS or 64-bit process will fail. When set to non-zero (default), the process will be created natively outside of the virtual environment.
- Fixed a problem in the ts_load_internal_module
- Resolved issues in which Sandboxes were stored to the root directory of mapped drives or UNC paths.
- Application private font files are now stored in the cache directory instead of in the Sandbox. The cache directory is located in the %LocalAppData%Thinstall directory. This reduces the amount of data transferred for roaming profiles. The VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) global cache is shared across multiple thinstalled applications.
- Fixed a race condition in .ini file processing that can occur in Microsoft Office 2007 that leads to a system failure.
- Implemented the runtime EULA package.ini setting. By default this is 0. Setting it to 1 will cause the EULA to be displayed. Consult your Master License Agreement to determine if you need to display the EULA or not.
- Implemented Setup Capture GUI changes to add easy access to PermittedGroups, AppSync, Compression, SandboxPath, and Build.
- Implemented a fix for Cisco Security Agent that has a race condition that was causing a failure when running under Project North Star (Thinstall).
- Removed small compression. Because of licensing issues, small compression is no longer available. Packages that used small compression will switch to fast compression.
- Fixed an issue in which Thinreg would sometimes fail to execute .vbs scripts when .vbs type association has been changed to notepad or other processes.
- Fixed a problem that caused long delays in Vista-style open file dialogs when browsing to network shares.
- VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) now allows surrounding spaces in section and key names for .ini files.
- Improved support for Internet Explorer 6.
- Fixed a problem with clip art not showing up in Word 2007 on Vista.
- Fixed a problem that occurred when opening Word and Excel attachments in Outlook 2007 in which a .vbs script was included.
- Fixed a problem that occurred with automatic update of Visio 2007.
- Fixed a number of problems related to merged isolation mode of the registry.
- Fixed a problem with connecting to a remote registry.
- Improved support for editing of OLE embedded objects.
- Fixed a problem with memory-mapped files that caused Autodesk Revit 2008 to crash during startup.
- Enable window theming by applications that use SetWindowsHookex.
NoMachine NX Server – Version 3.20
14 avril 2008 par admin Pas de commentaires »Maintenance cumulative de la version 3 de NX
L’annonce :
The new version offers improved behaviour of the client running in a Kiosk Environment, adds Mac OS/X 10.5 among the NX Client supported platforms, consolidates all the fixes and changes provided by the maintenance releases made on the 3.1.0 branch and includes new fixes for a number of issues.
Among the fixes sported by this latest version there are:
- NX Session abruptly suspends when using QGIS application.
- Sessions may fail to start on Windows because of a display initialization problem.
- Special German characters may be missing in copy and paste operations.
- Copy/paste from a client desktop into a NX session doesn’t work via the edit menu.
- NX node may be unable to set correct permissions for .X11-unix directory during session startup.
- NX client can hang when running in plugin mode.
- The X server may be opened twice on MacOS/X 10.5 Leopard.
- When starting a further rootless session, NX doesn’t use the already established NX tunnel.
THINSTALL – Version 3.358
22 mars 2008 par admin Pas de commentaires »Version 3.358 de Thinstall – Maintenance corrective
Les mises à jour s’enchainent !
En détail :
- Divers correctifs liés à Vista (fixed an issue with the File/Open dialog in Vista)
- Meilleure intégration de certaines applications telle que Skype
THINSTALL – Version 3.350
8 mars 2008 par admin Pas de commentaires »Version 3.350 de Thinstall – Maintenance corrective
En détail :
- Fixed crash of Office 2003 on Terminal Server
- Take upgrades into account when determining the main exe container for shortcuts
- Don’t depend on file type associations to execute .vbs files, instead execute them directly
- OpenFile(OF_CREATE) implies read/write access.
- Fixed problems with strings containing Japanese characters
- GetDriveType to return DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR if the path doesn’t end with slash.
- Fixed problem with running large packages on 64-bit versions of Windows
- Fixed problem with handling of \\?\Volume{}
- Virtualize CreateDirectoryEx()
- Fixed tlink silently ignoring the bottom sections of big package.ini.
- Virtualize TransmitFile()
- Fixed issue where file handle locks are not being released
- Handle buggy services which have Handler as a __cdecl function instead of a __stdcall function
VMware – Projet North Star
29 février 2008 par admin Pas de commentaires »Thinstall se transforme en VMware Project North Star
Suite au rachat de Thinstall, VMware intégre les technologies de virtualisation d’application qui permettent d’exécuter en toute sécurité une application sans installation.
En attendant VMware Application Virtualization, l’éditeur propose le projet North Star Beta :
THINSTALL – Rachat par VMware
19 janvier 2008 par admin Pas de commentaires »VMWARE, spécialiste de la virtualisation rachète la société Thinstall
L’éditeur met à son catalogue une solution de virtualisation applicative : Thinstall Virtualization Suite
THINSTALL – Version 3.332
16 décembre 2007 par admin Pas de commentaires »Nouvelle version Thinstall sous la forme d’une maintenance corrective
En détail :
- Fixed a problem where error messages were not displayed correctly in SetupCapture
- Save drives to be scanned by SetpuCapture across reboots
- Fixed generation of incorrect VirtualDrives lines in Package.ini (fixes licensing of QuickBooks 2008)
- Fixed problems when using « D:\Program Files » instead of « C:\Program Files »
- Added ExternalDLLs option
- Respect suppression of error messages requested by app when loading a DLL fails
- Fixed problem which caused long delays in Vista-style Open File dialogs when browsing to network shares
- Fixed MUI problem with DialogBoxParam
- Allow surrounding spaces in section and key names for .ini files
- Fix IE6
- SxS now looks up the source directory for dependants
- Fixed problem with SQL Server Configuration Manager
- Fixed problem with clip art not showing up in Word 2007 on Vista
- Fixed problem with opening Word and Excel attachments in Outlook 2007 where a .vbs script was included
- Fixed a problem with automatic update of Visio 2007
- Fixed a number of problems related to Merged isolation mode of the registry
- Fixed problem with connecting to remote registry
- Fixed problem with icon extraction functions
- Properly recognize MS-style short names with an extension
- Timeout sooner on service-implemented COM object creation
- Exclude Thinstall directory from SetupCapture so we won’t be including snapshot files in the package
- Fixed problem with SxS manifests on Vista
- Fixed problem where Crystal Reports would display an error message « Can’t find module »
- Improve support for editing of OLE embedded objects
- Fixed problem with memory mapped files which caused Autodesk Revit 2008 to crash during startup
- Have thinreg remove intermediate directories on uninstall
- Fixed problem where captured files on extra drives may not be visible on other machines
- Fixed problem where permission is denied during registry snapshot
- Prevent unnecessary copying of .exe files to the sandbox by ShellExecute
- Make tlink search its own directory for thinreg.exe when generating .msi files
- Add support for REG_QWORD in the build tools
- Enable window theming by apps which use SetWindowsHookex for this
- Added documentation for BlockSize and ExcludePattern
NoMachine NX Server – Version 3.10
15 décembre 2007 par admin Pas de commentaires »Maintenance cumulative de la version 3 de NX
Compatibilité du client NX avec Vista
Support de Fedora 8
L’annonce :
NoMachine makes available NX 3.1.0, consolidating all the fixes and improvements sported by the maintenance releases made on the 3.0.0 branch so far. Among them, improved support for NX Client running on Windows Vista, new support for Fedora 8, easier installation of NX Node and NX Server by means of new commands executed as aliases for the set-up scripts, and adjustments aimed at granting printing support on both earlier Linux platforms and non-default CUPS installations.
Among the bugs that have been solved in the 3.1.0 there are:
- Some keyboard layouts, as Dutch, Norwegian and Swiss german, may not work properly.
- In a reconnected session, the mouse cursor can appear wrongly drawn.
- The X11 agent may crash when the NX window is quickly resized.
