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RobVila
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AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 build process fails - with no errors

Hi! I am trying to ThinApp AutoDesk 2011 and I am having a lot of trouble with the AutoCAD Mechanical portion.  I have already successfully ThinApp'ed Inventor, DWG, Vault/Design, etc however when AutoCAD is installed and it tries to build the project I get a message saying the build failed - and no other reasons or errors are given in the build window.  I have been trying to build this program all week - trying different methods, changing file install locations, etc. all with the same ending result. 

I am building using ThinApp 4.6.1-361923 and using a clean VM (Workstation 7.1.4-385536) running Win 7 (32 bit), no updates.  Everything works fine up until I begin building the package and then I get...."Build Failed"

Has anyone had any success in building a package with AutoCAD 2011?   If so, please share your experiences.  This issue has gotten me quite frustrated.

I have also included a screen shot of the annoying "Build Failed" window.  ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Robert

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yuriv
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You could try some trial and error tactics to see if you can find any clues. I know it is time consuming but if everything else failes it might be worth a try.

Assuming the error is caused by something in the capture you could try to:

- Registry: Empty all registry files and build the app. If it builds the error is somewhere in the registry files and you can continue this process by emptying only one registry file. If you find the regisry file causing the problem you could start to look for strange entries in it or simply start deleting lines in the registry file.

- Files/Folders: Start removing folders (1 or more) and build each time you removed 1 or more folders. When a build succeed you know the issue is in one of the folders you deleted.

- Package.ini: Disable all shortcuts but one

RobVila
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Thanks for your reply Yuriv,

I don't mind that it will be time consuming - as long as it eventually works :smileysilly:

I'll try the methods you outlined and will let you know!

Robert

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amrit201110141
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It seems Thinapp is not supporting AutoCAD2010/2011

http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/2011/02/vmware-thinapp-461-whats-new.html

you can find one comment on this page.

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RobVila
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I did see that there was some previous sucess with ThinApp and AutoCAD 2010 - just hoping I can reproduce that sucess. 

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RobVila
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Success at last!  I have found the offending Registry value:

isolation_full HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\{1B0C6E7D-4661-4a06-B274-4F6F638AE14C}
\VersionIndependentProgID
  Value=
  REG_SZ~g3vPartAuthEnviron.AcmPPInsertPointCW#2300

It looks like the formatting for this value is incorrect.  I have changed it to the following:

isolation_full HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\{1B0C6E7D-4661-4a06-B274-4F6F638AE14C}\VersionIndependentProgID

  Value=

  REG_SZ~g3vPartAuthEnviron.AcmPPInsertPointCW#2300

I was able to successfully build and run the ThinApp from a remote computer after making the change.  Thanks Yuri for the tips!!!

Robert

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