Add/Update Applications and Delete Applications

When importing Building Blocks that contain only application settings into a Workspace Control site, the following can be done by using the Add/Update Applications or Delete Applications options:

  • New applications can be added to the Workspace Control site.

  • Existing applications can be updated with the settings imported from the Building Block.

  • Existing applications can be deleted from the Workspace Control site.

The Add/Update Applications and Delete Applications options can be found:

  • Main menu > Action

  • Main bar > Building Blocks Building Block

  • The context menu of individual applications > Building Block > Import

  • The context menu of individual settings > Import Building Block

The Add/Update Applications and Delete Applications options compare the GUIDs of the applications that already exist in the Workspace Control Console with the GUIDs of the applications contained in the imported Building Block, and then take appropriate actions based on the results:

  • Add/Update Applications uses the imported Building Block as a list of applications to create or update:

    • Applications from the Building Block are added as new applications to the target site only if their GUIDs did not match with the GUIDs of applications that already exist in the target site. If no GUID is available for the application imported from the Building Block, a new GUID is generated during the import process.

    • Applications from the Building Block replace applications present in the target site if they match GUIDs.

  • With the option Delete Applications, the Building Block is a list of applications to be deleted: any application in the target site that has the same GUID as an application in the Building Block is deleted from the target site.

  • When importing Building Blocks with custom application icons, the icon information must refer to the full path to the icon. For example, to specify a different application icon, replace the element <icon32x256>XXX</icon32x256> (where “XXX” represents encoded data) with <icon32x256> filename=\\srv-abc\Applications\Notepad\32x256.ico</icon32x256>.

  • Only default environment variables are supported in the full path to the application icon.

  • When importing a Building Block that includes application IDs, this ID will be placed in the sequence of already existing application IDs in the Datastore. If the ID is already used by an existing application, the next available ID will be assigned to the imported application.

  • When importing a Building Block, the option Convert Citrix published apps to local apps can be selected to convert all Citrix published applications that exist in the Building Block to Workspace Control local applications. You are then responsible yourself for publishing them if this is desired.