| In conjunction with the "uninstall features of
ZEN3", the Install-On-Demand methods can also be used to help
control software licenses. Software licenses come in two
general types: "Concurrent Use" and "Installed Seats" licenses.
"Concurrent Use" licenses allow the software to be installed
on as many workstations as desired, so long as no more copies of
the software are running at any point in time that licenses are
owned. The licensing features of ZENworks are designed
specifically to handle "concurrent use" licenses.
The "Installed Seats" license, though not specifically
designed to work the ZENworks, can be easily managed through
ZENworks. A log file can be generated on a central file server
that records each station that installs the software. ZFD3,
adds an uninstall feature, that will automatically remove the
workstations entry when the software is removed. Therefore the
log file will automatically maintain a list of currently
installed seats.
CADONDEMAND
The purpose of the CADONDEMAND application is to
install the CAD application anytime a user clicks on a file with
the CAD extension. This way the user will not need to know
which application to install or what steps to take to perform
the install.
The registry entries for this application are
the following.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.CAD]
@="CAD_auto_file"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CAD_auto_file]
@="CAD File"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CAD_auto_file\shell\open]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CAD_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="F:\zenutils\Nalrun32.exe ithowto .CADAPP.HBG /P="%1""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\.CAD]
@="CAD_auto_file"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CAD_auto_file]
@="CAD File"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CAD_auto_file\shell\open]
@=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CAD_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="F:\zenutils\Nalrun32.exe ithowto .CADAPP.HBG /P="%1""
These registry entries cause the ZENWORKS
application "CADAPP" to be called when a file with the extension
CAD is clicked. The utility nalrun32.exe is executed with the
parameters of the tree name, the fully qualified name of the
application object, and finally the option to pass the %1
variable to the application, which will evaluate to the name of
the file double-clicked. The utility nalrun32.exe from the
ZENWORKS 2 toolkit is used in this example due to a bug in the
nal.exe program ZEN3 in the slash "/P" switch. The file
zenapp32.dll must be placed in the same directory as the
nalrun32.exe utility because the zenapp32.dll that comes with
ZEN3 is incompatible with nalrun32.exe util. Nal.exe from ZEN2
functions correctly and does not need to use the nalrun32.exe
utility.
All of the entries for this application are set
to "Create if Does Not Exist". The application is also set to
always distribute. This will cause the CAD software settings to
not be overwritten if they exist, but it will reset the
application to auto-install if necessary after the CAD
application has been removed from a workstation.
CADAPP
The "CADAPP" will perform three main functions.
-
The application will push all files, registry
settings, etc required for the application to run.
-
The application's shortcuts and file
extensions will continue to be associated to the NAL app from
the CADONDEMAND app above. This is necessary for the proper
tracking of app usage. Otherwise, the application may
uninstall for non-use, even though it was used since usage is
tracked by the launching of the NAL app, not the executable.
-
It will launch the CAD application and open
the file on which the user clicked.
- Using the INI portion of the application object, modify an
INI file located on a central server indicating that the
application has been installed on this workstation. The INI
file will create an entry using the workstation object's name
and enter the date on which the software was installed.
-
The Application will automatically Uninstall
after X days. This will also clear the INI addition,
recording the removal of the software license from this PC.
The Date the software was last installed on the PC can help
locate orphaned entries. This INI setting could also be set
to "Distribute Always" to cause the date to reflect the "Last
Used" date.
- To help reduce orphaned entries, the snapshot install
routine should be modified so uninstall settings for the
application call the ZENworks uninstall instead of the
standard uninstall routine. This will guarantee that the log
file is cleaned up by the uninstall. In the registry of the
snapshot, you may see an entry such as the following:
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"D:\DirectCD\DCDUnins.isu"
-cD:\DIRECTCD\Dcduhlp.dll
This needs to be changed to NALWIN32 with the "L"
parameter defining the app to uninstall such as, NALWIN32 L=.CADAPP.HBG
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03-Apr-05,
Legacy Solution - Some
information may be dated.
