Applications to Add to Virtual CD

This dialog box lets you select the applications you want to add to the virtual CD. The virtual CD can be on a removable media such as a Jaz* disk, or it can be on a local or network drive from which you can then create a physical CD.

Add
To add an application to the virtual CD, click Add > browse and select the Application object > click OK.

IMPORTANT: When adding a .MSI application, make sure the source directory for the .MSI package files does not include any files or subdirectories other than the .MSI package files and subdirectories. All files and subdirectories from the directory will be included on the virtual CD and installed to the user's cache directory on his or her local machine. The source directory is specified by the SOURCE_PATH variable on the Application object's Macros page (Common tab).

After you add an object to the list, you can modify the characteristics for that application by selecting or deselecting the characteristic check boxes. The characteristics are:

Force Run
Automatically runs the application. With a user-associated application, the application is run immediately after Novell® Application LauncherTM/Explorer starts. With a workstation-associated application, the application is run immediately after the workstation starts up (initial startup or reboot).

You can use the Force Run option in conjunction with several other settings to achieve unique behaviors. For example, if you use the Force Run option with the Run Application Once option (Application object > Run Options tab > Applications page), as soon as the Application object is distributed it will be run one time and then be removed from the workstation. Or, suppose that you want to run the Application object immediately one time at a predetermined time. If so, select Force Run, select the Run Application Once option on the Application page (Application object > Run Options tab), and define a schedule using the Schedule page (Application object > Availability tab).

If you want to force run several applications in a specific order, mark each of them as Force Run. Then give each Application object a numeric order by using the Determine Force Run Order option on the Icon page (Application object > Identification tab).

App Launcher
Adds the Application object's icon to the Application Window, the Application Explorer window, and the Application Browser window.
Start Menu
If the workstation is running Application Explorer, this option adds the Application object to the Windows Start menu. The Application object will be added to the top of the Start menu, unless you assign the Application object to a folder and use the folder structure on the Start menu. See the Application object's Folders page (Application object > Identification tab).
Desktop
If the workstation is running Application Explorer, this option displays the Application object's icon on the Windows desktop.
System Tray
If the workstation is running Application Explorer, this option displays the Application object's icon in the Windows system tray.
Quick Launch
If the workstation is running Application Explorer, this option displays the Application object's icon on the Windows Quick Launch toolbar.
Force Cache
This option applies only if the Application object is marked as disconnectable (Application object > Identification tab > Icon page). With Force Cache enabled, the first time the application is launched, Application Launcher/Explorer copies the application source files and other files required for installation to the workstation's cache directory. The user can then install or verify (repair) the application while disconnected from Novell eDirectoryTM. The files are compressed to save space on the workstation's local drive.

IMPORTANT: The Force Cache behavior for a removeable media application (described in the previous paragraph) is different than the behavior for a network (eDirectory) application. With a network application, Application Launcher/Explorer caches the application as soon as it becomes aware of the application, even if the application has not been launched yet. With a removable media application, Application Launcher/Explorer does not cache the application until the application is launched the first time. This ensures that the user will not be forced to sit through the caching of multiple applications when Application Launcher/Explorer initially reads the removable media.

Delete
To remove an application from the list of applications to include on the virtual CD, select the Application object in the list > click Delete.


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