Application Virtualization Library

BoxedApp SDK is a developer library that provides a set of APIs for virtualizing the file system and system registry at the application level. With these APIs, you can create virtual files, registry keys, and values. It also allows you to launch processes directly from memory, use ActiveX components without registration, and embed runtimes such as .NET, Flash, and the Visual C++ Redistributable.

For example, suppose your application uses the Flash ActiveX control to display a Flash movie or video. Normally, end users would need the Flash ActiveX control installed for your application to work correctly. In addition, Flash ActiveX cannot load files directly from memory, which creates two problems: first, the ActiveX control must be installed on the system; second, the movie must exist as a physical file. BoxedApp SDK eliminates both issues: you can create a virtual file that contains the Flash movie, another virtual file that contains the Flash ActiveX DLL, and virtual registry entries pointing to that DLL. The application then “sees” the ActiveX control as installed, and the Flash player works seamlessly as if the movie file were physically present.

In other words, you can embed all DLLs, content files, and ActiveX/OCX components your application relies on into a single EXE. BoxedApp SDK does not unpack these files to disk and does not use temporary files.