VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

Common ThinApp vocabulary

In order to have a meaningful discussion about ThinApp, we need to agree on some common vocabulary. I prefer to give you this vocabulary earlier in the book rather than later. If you have already used ThinApp, most of this will already be known. If you are new to ThinApp, don't worry, as we will cover all of it in more detail as the book progresses.

The capturing process

This is the whole process of capturing an application. You can run Setup Capture, install your application, and save the capture into a project folder. The capture process analyzes all changes made to your capture machine and stores those into a project folder. These changes are what will become the virtual environment and make the captured application ...