About Automated Application Converter Project Files

All of the selections that you make on wizard panels or in the Automated Application Converter interface are saved in an XML-based project file: ProjectName.aacx. You can also choose to modify project settings by editing this XML file.

Sample Project File

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To both launch the Automated Application Converter and open a project, you can double-click a project file in Windows Explorer.

As shown in the following example, each project file is enclosed within a <PackageList> element, and the major sub-elements of a project file are <Options>, <Machines>, <Packages>, and<Results>. All of the settings specified in the Automated Application Converter interface appear in this file.

Elements

<PackageList>
    <Options />
    <Machines>
        <VirtualMachine />
        <VirtualMachine />
    </Machines>
    <Packages>
        <Package>
            <VirtualizedPackage />
        </Package>
        <Package>
            <RepackagedPackage />
        </Package>
    </Packages>
    <Results>
        <Resultset>
            <Machines>
                <UseMachine />
                <UseMachine />
            </Machines>
            <Packages>
                <UsePackage />
                <UsePackage />
            </Packages>
            <Messages>
                <LogItem />
                <LogItem />
            </Messages>
            <Result>
                <Messages>
                    <LogItem />
                    <LogItem />
                </Messages>
            </Result>
        </Resultset>
    </Results>
</PackageList>

The following table describes the major elements of a project file:

Element	Description
PackageList	The root element of an Automated Application Converter project file is the `<PackageList>` element: The PackageList element identifies the location of the XML namespace used by the application. XML namespaces provide a method to avoid element name conflicts.
Options	The `<Options>` element of a project file identifies the output location of the converted packages and identifies the currently selected output formats:
Machines	The `<Machines>` element contains multiple `<VirtualMachine>` elements, which identify the virtual machines that you have added to the project:
Packages	The `<Packages>` element contains multiple `<Package>` elements, which identify the packages that you have added to the project: Each `<Package>` element can have multiple `<RepackagedPackage>`, `<VirtualizedPackage>`, and `<ErrorVirtualizedPackage>` elements.
Results	The `<Results`> element contains multiple `<Resultset>` elements, each of which contains information on a conversion run: Each `<Resultset>` element of a `<Results>` element includes information on `<Machines>`, `<Packages>`, `<Messages>`, and multiple `<Result>` elements for that run. Each `<Result>` element of a `<Resultset>` element contains information on the conversion run for an individual package.

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