There are several recipes out there for DWG TrueView 2014 and older, but I couldn’t find one for 2015. So here’s one for your sequencing pleasure. I’ll start off by saying that the recipe is very similar to the other ones out there, but I modified a few things to make the process simpler.
Sequencing System:
Server 2008 R2
App-V 5.0 SP2 with HotFix 4
Prerequisites-
Microsoft .NET 4.5
The following Visual C++ redistributables (if not using App-V 5.0 SP2):
- 2008 x64 with SP1
- 2010 x64 with SP1
- 2012 x64 update 4
If you are using SP2, you do not need to worry about having C++ in your base build.
A sample DWG file – I grabbed one from here
Exclusions:
Remove the local appdata exclusion
If you do not remove this, the application will not launch when deployed.
Installation:
PVAD: Default location of C:\Program Files\Autodesk
Install using all default selections
Launch the DWG TrueView software.
This is where I differ from the other recipes and I’ll explain why.
Launching TrueView while sequencing will create the FTAs in the virtual environment. There will be no FTAs in editing mode if you do not launch it before finishing the sequence. Another reason is that you will need to open one of the sample DWG files I mentioned above. Doing so will drop two DLLs into AppData that will allow the application to open CAD files when published to a user (that’s the purpose of this application, right?). If those DLLs aren’t put into the package, you will be presented with this lovely message:
Normally you could copy the DLLs to AppData from the originating location, but you won’t find them anywhere. Or you could always copy in the DLLs from another machine and manually create the FTAs, but why go through those extra steps?
Anyways, after you launch DWG and open the sample file, close DWG and finish the sequence.
Go straight to editing unless you need to optimize the package or restrict OS deployment.
Editing:
There will be some extra shortcuts that show up due to us launching the application. I removed all shortcuts except for DWG TrueView 2015. None of the others show up in the start menu or desktop.
Go to the package files tab and browse to: ‘VFS\AppData\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2015 – English\R13\enu\recent\select file’
Delete the file that shows up in this folder (This is a shortcut to the sample file you opened).
Go to the registry tab and browse to: ‘CurrentUserSID\Software\Autodesk\DWG TrueView\R13\dwgviewr-E001:409\Recent File List’
Delete the ‘Recent File List’ registry key (This will clear the recent files in the application).
Save your package and deploy.
Possible errors you may receive:
- A DLL error when opening a DWG file. Be sure to launch a sample file while sequencing as mentioned above
- Launching the published application and receiving: Unhandled e0434352h exception at fe0xxxx. Make sure you have .NET 4.5.X on your target machine.
Bonus:
Direct download links for DWG TrueView 2015