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Scripting Within An OSD file

Tuesday, 16 October 2007 by Michel Roth

Sean Donnahue over at the Softgrid Team blog has another very good entry up. This time it's on the subject of scripting in an OSD file.

What do you mean scripting? Isn't this what I started virtualizing applications for? Well, this kind of scripting. It allows you to perform actions, meaning it allows you to run a script, on a couple of events in the Softgrid virtual application life cycle. These events are (quoting Sean):

� PRE STREAM: Before the application begins streaming. (For instance, if the user needs to open a VPN to Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization Server prior to running the application.)
� POST STREAM: Run after authorization and streaming but before the Virtual Environment is setup.
� PRE LAUNCH: Run inside of virtual environment, before execution begins.
� POST LAUNCH: After the application is launched.
� POST SHUTDOWN: Clean up activity or deleting settings files.

These are very powerful options that I guarantee you will be needing somewhere along the road. Be sure the read the entire post. Sean goes on to explain how you can invoke these scripts and gives some pretty good examples. One of the examples he provides is using the Flex Profile Kit. The particular example he mentions can be used to migrate a user from locally installed applications to virtual applications without them loosing any settings! Check out the entire article here.