Create Smart Icon for local .EXE

This article describes how to create a Smart Icon for Microsoft Word and Excel using the Application Workspace Powershell Module.

Microsoft Word

# Import the Application Workspace module from its default location.

Import-Module "C:Program Files (x86)Liquit WorkspacePowerShell3.0Liquit.Server.PowerShell.dll" -Prefix "RecastSoftware"

# Set up the credentials for the connection to the Application Workspace
$liquitZoneUsername = "local\\admin"
$liquitZonePassword = Read-Host "Enter Password" -AsSecureString
$liquitCredentials = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $liquitZoneUsername, $liquitZonePassword
$liquitZone = Read-Host "Enter the uri of your Application Workspace zone"

# Create a connection to the Application Workspace
$liquitContext = Connect-LiquitWorkspace -URI $liquitZone -Credential $liquitCredentials

# Create package information
$wordIconURL = "https://www.recastsoftware.com/ico/word.ico"
$wordIconPath = "c:/temp/tempword.ico"
$packageName = "Word"
$packageDisplayName = "Word"
$packageDescription = "Word"

$webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$webClient.DownloadFile($wordIconURL, $wordIconPath)

$iconContent = New-LiquitContent -Path $wordIconPath

$package = New-LiquitPackage -Name $packageName -Type "Launch" -DisplayName $packageDisplayName -Description $packageDescription -Priority 100 -Enabled $true -Offline $True -Web $false -Icon $iconContent 

# Create a new snapshot
$snapshot = New-LiquitPackageSnapshot -Package $package

# Create a new launch action set
$actionset = New-LiquitActionSet -snapshot $snapshot -Type Launch -name 'Launch' -Enabled $true -Frequency Always -Process StopAtFirstEffectiveAction

# Create the first launch action
$actionset_action1 = New-LiquitAction -ActionSet $actionset -Name 'Start Word (x86)' -Type 'processstart' -Enabled $true -IgnoreErrors $false -Settings @{name = '${ProgramFiles32}Microsoft OfficerootOffice16WINWORD.EXE'; parameters = ""; } -Context User

# Define the filter set for the first action 
$filterset1 = New-LiquitFilterSet -Action $actionset_action1

# Add a filter to the first action
new-LiquitFilter -FilterSet $filterset1 -type fileexists -Settings @{path = '${ProgramFiles32}Microsoft OfficerootOffice16WINWORD.EXE'; } -Value "true" 

# Set the operator for the entity filter to AND
Set-LiquitEntityFilter -Action $actionset_action1 -Operator Or

# Create the second launch action
$actionset_action2 = New-LiquitAction -ActionSet $actionset -Name 'Start Word (x64)' -Type 'processstart' -Enabled $true -IgnoreErrors $false -Settings @{name = '${ProgramFiles}Microsoft OfficerootOffice16WINWORD.EXE'; parameters = ""; } -Context User

# Create the filter set for the second action
$filterset2 = New-LiquitFilterSet -Action $actionset_action2

# Add a filter to the second action
new-LiquitFilter -FilterSet $filterset2 -type fileexists -Settings @{path = '${ProgramFiles}Microsoft OfficerootOffice16WINWORD.EXE'; } -Value "true" 

# Set the operator for the entity filter to AND
Set-LiquitEntityFilter -Action $actionset_action1 -Operator Or

# Create the third launch action
New-LiquitAction -ActionSet $actionset -Name 'Word Online'-Type 'openurl' -Enabled $true -IgnoreErrors $false -Settings @{ url = 'https://office.live.com/start/Word.aspx'; browser = 3; } -Context User

# Publish the package
Publish-LiquitPackageSnapshot -Snapshot $snapshot -stage Production

# Set the entitlement
$identity = Get-LiquitUser -ID 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
New-LiquitPackageEntitlement -Package $package -Identity $identity -Publish Workspace

Microsoft Excel

# Import the Application Workspace module from its default location
Import-Module "C:Program Files (x86)Liquit WorkspacePowerShell3.0Liquit.Server.PowerShell.dll" -Prefix "RecastSoftware"

$liquitZoneUsername = "localadmin"
$liquitZonePassWord = Read-Host "Enter Password" -AsSecureString 
$liquitCredentials = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $liquitZoneUsername, $liquitZonePassWord 
$liquitZone = Read-Host "Enter the uri of your Application Workspace zone"

$ExcelIconURL = "https://www.recastsoftware.com/ico/excel.ico" 
$ExcelIconPath = "c:\Temp\tempExcel.ico"

$packageName = "Excel" 
$packageDisplayName = "Excel" 
$packageDescription = "Excel"

Connect-LiquitWorkspace -URI $liquitZone -Credential $liquitCredentials 
$webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient $webClient.DownloadFile($ExcelIconURL,$ExcelIconPath) 

$iconContent = New-LiquitContent -Path $ExcelIconPath 
$package = New-LiquitPackage -Name $packageName -Type "Launch" -DisplayName $packageDisplayName Description $packageDescription -Priority 100 -Enabled $true -Offline $True -Web $false -Icon $iconContent

# Create the snapshot for this package #
$snapshot = New-LiquitPackageSnapshot -Package $package 

# Define launch action set 
$actionset = New-LiquitActionSet -snapshot $snapshot-Type Launch -name 'Launch' -Enabled $true -Frequency Always ` -Process StopAtFirstEffectiveAction 

# Define the first launch action 
$actionset_action1 = New-LiquitAction -ActionSet $actionset -Name 'Start Excel (x86)' -Type 'processstart' -Enabled $true -IgnoreErrors $false -Settings @{name = '${ProgramFiles32}Microsoft OfficerootOffice16Excel.EXE'; parameters = "";} -Context User 

# Define the filter set for the first action 
New-LiquitFilterSet -Action $actionset_action1 

# Add a filter to the first action 
New-LiquitFilter -FilterSet $filterset1 -type fileexists -Settings @{path = '${ProgramFiles32}Microsoft OfficerootOffice16Excel.EXE';} -Value "true" 

# Set the operator for the entity filter to AND 
Set-LiquitEntityFilter -Action $actionset_action1 -Operator Or 

# Create the second launch action
$actionset_action2 = New-LiquitAction -ActionSet $actionset -Name 'Start Excel (x64)' -Type 'processstart' -Enabled $true -IgnoreErrors $false -Settings @{name = '${ProgramFiles}Microsoft OfficerootOffice16Excel.EXE'; parameters = "";} -Context User 

# Create the filter set for the first action 
$filterset2 = New-LiquitFilterSet -Action $actionset_action2 

# Add a filter to the first action 
$filter2 = new-LiquitFilter -FilterSet $filterset2 -type fileexists -Settings @{path = '${ProgramFiles}Microsoft OfficerootOffice16Excel.EXE';} -Value "true" 

# Set the operator for the entity filter to AND 
Set-LiquitEntityFilter -Action $actionset_action1 -Operator Or 

# Create the third launch action 
New-LiquitAction -ActionSet $actionset -Name 'Excel Online' -Type 'openurl' -Enabled $true -IgnoreErrors $false -Settings @{ url = 'https://office.live.com/start/excel.aspx'; browser = 3;} -Context User 

# Publish the package 
Publish-LiquitPackageSnapshot -Snapshot $snapshot -stage Production 

# Set the entitlement 
$identity = Get-LiquitUser -ID 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
New-LiquitPackageEntitlement -Package $package -Identity $identity -Publish Workspace