Accessing real life files

[projekttasse]

Hi,

i have following situation:

I have a application which uses MS Access. It is under c:\application. Under this there are some directories, where txt-files are copied, so from within the application the txt-files are imported in a Access Database.

I fully virtualised the application, so i am able to start an work with it. But i am not able to import the files, since i don't have the directory structure on the real host. How can i solve this issue?

many thanks in advance.

Tim

[Lakshman]

Tim,

If i understand correctly, you want to open (import) the user text files in Access ThinApp. Is that right?

[projekttasse]

Yes, this is correct...

[Lakshman]

Do you want to copy the same files/directory along with the ThinApp so that all users can access the same set of files?

What happens when the ThinApp is launched to open (import) the files?

[projekttasse]

Yes,

when i want to import the files, it says, the files could not be imported.

[Lakshman]

From where the files are imported? Locally or from network share?

[projekttasse]

Locally

[Lakshman]

Locally from the ThinApp or the system?

[Cievo]

Are those txt-files stored also under C:\Application directory?

What directory is it correctly?

What is a isolation mode for that directory?

[projekttasse]

Hi,

the real life app resides unter c:\instatest.

The txt-file should become under c:\instatest\import\

merged should be okay.

I think, the easiest way should be a vbs Script, which copies the TXT files in the sandbox?

What do you think?

Tim

[Lakshman]

Yes you can do that using VB script. I have written a similar script to copy the files from Virtual environment to the physical machine.

Please see this thread:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/395316

[projekttasse]

Lakshman,

many thanks, can i use this to copy from real life to virtual environment also?

Tim

[Lakshman]

Tim,

You cannot directly copy to the virtual environment (that needs a rebuild) but you can copy the files to the sandbox.

Please see the script that i posted in this thread:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/342474

[projekttasse]

Rebuild should not be the problem, and can i use Wildcards, for example:

sap*.xml?

Tim

[Lakshman]

Wildcards in the VB script? Not that i have tried of.

[Cievo]

Try to run debugging entry point cmd.exe and look into virutal bubble if you see that files or not.

[projekttasse]

That script did not solve my issue.

[Lakshman]

I guess you are trying to copy the files from the physical machine to the virtual bubble. I don't think it will work as it requires a rebuild of the ThinApp project folders.

Alternatively, you can try copying the files from physical to the ThinApp sandbox. In your script, replace %drive_C% by %appdata% and check.

[projekttasse]

The directories does not reside under %appdata% but under \%drive_C%\Edi-Screener\Invoic

[Lakshman]

If you want to copy the files to %drive_C% of the ThinApp project folder, then the script has to be called outside the ThinApp.

Also, make sure the package is rebuild so that the newly added files will be packaged within the ThinApp.