Disconnectable Applications

When you create an Application object, the application is automatically configured as being disconnectable. After a disconnectable application is distributed (installed) to a workstation, Application Launcher/Explorer will continue to display the Application object icon even after the workstation has disconnected from NDS and will attempt to launch the application when the user double-clicks the Application object icon.

Only applications that can run locally on a disconnected workstation should be configured as disconnectable. Applications that rely on network resources should not be configured as disconnectable. This includes:

• Applications that access a network database
• Client/server applications
• Applications that depend on network drive mappings or print captures
• Applications that use NDS macros (other than %CN%) in any of the Application object property fields
• Applications that require a persistent connection to the network