[THIN] Re: One of the Apps running on Citrix has no install p rogram
- From: Steve Parr <sparr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:27:11 -0500
I am pretty much on my own with this one and was wondering what things to
look for in creating an install package so that life will be better running
this app without an install program on Citrix. The app without a face right
now. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Parr [mailto:sparr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:21 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: One of the Apps running on Citrix has no install p
rogram
Mike the app is fairly respectable initself and there is a very large
codebase already there. The SQL backend is new for them - they have ported
from pervasive-SQL backend engine(not real SQL as we know it - anytime a
drive has to be mapped to backend I call that more like file sharing)
Anyways they are stubborn and feel that because their app has run for years
without an install program why would they need one now. So I am trying to
bridge this attitude gap. They don't know or care about the further
complications of running something in multiuser mode such as Citrix or TS.
-----Original Message-----
From: msemon@xxxxxxx [mailto:msemon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:03 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: One of the Apps running on Citrix has no install program
Something doesn't sound right. Could have a small VB app as front end to
SQL.
Mike
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From: Steve Parr sparr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:04:13 -0500
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] One of the Apps running on Citrix has no install program
The vendor is lazy and thinks it is not required. They give our Apps group
the program files and they have been copying to workstations and just
running that way. Before letting this run on Citrix would like to take a
crack at creating an install for this
for the purpose of being able to install in change user /install mode so
things get a proper chance to be set up in the mutiuser environment that
Citrix\TS is. What things should I look for to know that the install program
will do what it ideally should for TS\Citrix? I have used an installer
program put out by Caphypon called Advanced Installer. Have run this and
created an .msi package that comes out to about 600 mbs - the program files
prior to being compressed into CAB files is at 1.2 Gbs. Seems to work but
not tested under load yet. According to the vendor there are up to 400
.exe's and many other supporting files and is reason program files so large
in size. This amazes me a bit as the architecture on the back end is MS SQL
so I do not see the need to be so fat on the client but maybe I just have
not been around long enough. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Steve Parr
Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing Ltd.
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