Softgrid and Windows API calls?
I found a comment about Softgrid (Altiris):
"If the application is unable to communicate properly with Windows or
other applications, the user will not benefit from all of the application’s
functionality. A good example is an application such as WinZip*, which
uses standard Windows API calls to incorporate functionality in Windows
Explorer. When the user right-clicks on a file, WinZip provides a menu of
options for the user to compress files. This is not possible with the
current versions of Softricity but works well with Software Virtualization
Solution"
"If the application is unable to communicate properly with Windows or
other applications, the user will not benefit from all of the application’s
functionality. A good example is an application such as WinZip*, which
uses standard Windows API calls to incorporate functionality in Windows
Explorer. When the user right-clicks on a file, WinZip provides a menu of
options for the user to compress files. This is not possible with the
current versions of Softricity but works well with Software Virtualization
Solution"
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Posted by:
turbokitty
17 years ago
This isn't true. I've sequenced WinZip and you get shell integration features (but it doesn't REALLY integrate.. that would defeat the purpose of virtualizing).
Posted by:
kkaminsk
17 years ago
You have to watch out because there has been some mud slinging between the two products. There is an infamous blog post out there that makes Softgrid look very unusable but as for WinZip. I thought this issue with WinZip was that people wanted the right click functionality in explorer and couldn't get that to work. I never had to look at that issue yet but is it an issue?
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