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1.<\/strong> Install the AppDNA client on the machine where the application is located. The client is packaged in the same installer as the server (i.e. Citrix-AppDNA.msi, or Citrix-AppDNA-Quick-DB-Installation.msi).<\/p>\n Select “Client Only”<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> Once the client has installed, navigate to “C:\\Program Files\\Citrix\\AppDNA\\Client” (for 32-bit OSs) or “C:\\Program Files\u00a0(x86)\\Citrix\\AppDNA\\Client” (for 64-bit OSs), or the directory where the client was installed, if the default was not selected.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Run the “MSIGenertor.exe” (If you are running a version of AppDNA earlier than 6.2, please contact your Citrix Account Rep or SE for a proper license).<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> Choose “Select” from the menu and browse\u00a0to the folder where the application resides. Then select OK.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> Select “Configure” and set the path for the location of the MSI. Then select OK.<\/p>\n Note that the MSI Generator will create a sub-folder derived from the FolderName, so you don’t put the actual folder name of the app in the path.<\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> Select “Start”. The Status will change to “Running” and then “Complete” when it’s finished.<\/p>\n Note that you can also monitor the actual output within the sub-folder.<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> This will create a *.msi file that can be imported directly into AppDNA for analysis and reporting.<\/p>\n I hope this helps if you ever run into a situation that fits into the two described scenarios.<\/p>\n Of course you could always script an xcopy via a batch file that you would then use together with the Install Capture process, but I’m sure you’ll agree that the\u00a0MSI Generator tool is very handy indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Citrix has recently introduced me to an advanced component of AppDNA that allows the import of apps when a real installer is unavailable. This component is called the AppDNA MSI Generator. The MSI Generator should only be used in the follow two scenarios: Applications that are known to be just flat files\/folders with no real … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,14],"tags":[432,431,416,244,243,245],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appdna","category-citrix","tag-appcompat","tag-appdna","tag-citrix","tag-generate-msi","tag-msi","tag-msi-generator"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":938,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions\/938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"AppDNA](\"https:\/\/www.jhouseconsulting.com\/jhouseconsulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/AppDNA_Installation_Wizard_Installation_Type.png\")
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