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Virtual Application Studio est la nouvelle génération de virtualisation d’applications.
Elle permet à tout type d’applications (.NET, Java, bureautique, métier, …) d’être déployé instantanément par des exécutables de manière fiable et sur tout support.

Virtual Studio Application 2008 SP1 intègre de nombreuses améliorations de fonctionnalité et mises à jour, y compris:

• Auto-configuration d’applications dont Microsoft Office 2007 : fonctionnalité exclusive, elle élimine complètement la nécessité de tout snapshot pour configurer Microsoft Office 2007.
• Possibilité d’importer les configurations d’applications externes, y compris VMware ThinApp / Thinstall : un simple clic suffit, sans qu’il soit nécessaire de tout reprendre.
• Communication entre les applications virtualisées : des applications multiples partagent des ressources et “parlent” virtuellement les unes avec les autres.
• Tarification très concurrentielle : notamment pour les établissements d’enseignement, organismes gouvernementaux et éditeurs de logiciels.

Dans cette version de Virtual Studio Application, l’accent est porté sur la configuration automatique des applications, ce qui élimine la complexité et la durée de capture et de séquençage des installations. La possibilité de migrer instantanément les configurations de solutions tiers de virtualisation telles que VMware ThinApp est également synonyme d’efficacité.

Virtual Studio Application avec Service Pack 1 intègre également de nombreuses améliorations de compatibilité, de fiabilité et d’amélioration de la performance basées sur le feedback des clients des  premières versions.

Xenocode libère les applications du système d’exploitation en les transformant en un simple EXE.

Les applications “Xenocodées” ne nécessitent pas d’installation, de configuration, d’agent ou de pilotes. Elles sont isolées et fonctionnent sur Windows Vista et immobilisé les ordinateurs de bureau. Les applications virtualisées peuvent être facilement déployées sur des périphériques USB, des intranets d’entreprise, Internet ou l’infrastructure existante à l’aide de logiciels tels que Microsoft SMS, LANDesk Management Suite, BMC Configuration Management et Novell ZENworks.

Les applications .NET, ou Java virtualisées sont prêtes pour un déploiement instantané.

Nouvelle version Thinstall : 3.396

Dernière version avant ThinApp :

• Fixed Internet Explorer failing to start up on Windows Vista with UAC enabled.
• Various changes to Setup Capture UI.
• Fixed issue with Oracle client initializing for access.
• Fixed Quicktime plugin in Browsers.
• Fixed Smartcards not detected.
• Fixed Setup Capture crash on Post-Installation Scan.
• Fixed IE7 crash on XP when loading local file.
• Move snapshot.ini outside the package, so it can be inspected and modified by the end user.
• Introduce macros for more folders.
• Remove single pathname component restriction from MSIInstallDirectory.
• Virtualize ChangeServiceConfig API.
• Fixed a crash in RegQueryValueExA when the buffer supplied is too small to hold the entire value.
• Create separate .dat data container when estimated size of data container is over 200MB.
• Fix display of license name containing non-ASCII chars in status bar.
• Internationalization issue with combined macro/short path names in registry.
• Use the estimated data container size to check if enough space is available on the target volume to save the project.
• Add isolation mode configuration dialog.
• Set special isolation modes for Office 2007.
• Fixed problem where build.bat would not work when run from a UNC path.
• When installing per-machine, create icons and file associations even if the current user isn’t allowed to use them, another user might be.
• Fix SetupCapture crash on NT4
• Fix Thinreg.exe/packet version incompatibility

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