Has anyone tried using BoxedApp SDK? What are your thoughts on this product?

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Has anyone tried using BoxedApp SDK? What are your thoughts on this product? 

Developer's Description:
"BoxedApp SDK is a developer library that provides a set of functions for emulating a file system and a system registry for an application. Using these functions, you can create virtual files, fake registry entries, keys and values. You can launch processes from memory directly, use ActiveX without registration, embed runtimes like .Net, Flash and VC++ redistributable."
http://www.boxedapp.com/boxedappsdk/index.html

Comments

  1. Roland KossowJuly 14, 2014 at 3:40 PM

    This is powered by BoxedApp ...
    http://www.installaware.com/virtualization/

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  2. Asbjørn HeidJuly 14, 2014 at 3:53 PM

    Looks handy.

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  3. Roland KossowJuly 14, 2014 at 4:01 PM

    You can for example use it to prevent deployment problems in hardened environments or where deployment of specific dll versions your product might rely on is not allowed because they are not the corporate "standard", or where users are not allowed to write to the registry but your app is making a lot of use of the registry and you do not want to totally rewrite it.
    It further allows to overcome "Highlander" ("There can be only one") situations in SCCM (or whatever deployment mechanism) settings by boxing your app DLL dependencies with the environment do not matter anymore.

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  4. Michael RileyJuly 14, 2014 at 4:06 PM

    Roland Kossow Have you used this product in your own applications?

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  5. Roland KossowJuly 14, 2014 at 4:16 PM

    No - not with my own applications. With foreign applications in the deployment scenarios described - with InstallAware Virtualization. It was somewhat clumsy.
    If you use the real thing ("BoxedApp SDK itself) you have probably better control and it won't feel clumsy but complicated ;-)

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  6. Jeroen Wiert PluimersJuly 15, 2014 at 12:31 AM

    /sub

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  7. Roland KossowJuly 15, 2014 at 12:35 AM

    Jeroen Wiert Pluimers /sub ???

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  8. Jeroen Wiert PluimersJuly 15, 2014 at 3:00 AM

    Roland Kossow /sub == /subscribe

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  9. Roland KossowJuly 15, 2014 at 3:48 AM

    Ah - did not know that.

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  10. Michael RileyJuly 15, 2014 at 4:04 AM

    Jeroen Wiert Pluimers does that mean you use this product? My concern is anti-virus false positives from the use of such a component.

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  11. Roland KossowJuly 15, 2014 at 4:17 AM

    Michael Riley Such false positives are highly probable with such a product since it brings everything with it that would make up virus infrastructure. So probably a lot of AV engines will detect it with their generic detection allgorithms.

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  12. Jeroen Wiert PluimersJuly 15, 2014 at 7:32 AM

    Michael Riley subscribe to thread.

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