NetWare Application Launcher
The NetWare Application Launcher provides a way of centrally managing access to applications stored on the server. It supports Windows NT, 9x and Windows 3.1x (Client32).
Applications are configured through NetWare Administrator. For each application you can set:
- Name and icon
- Command line parameters and working directory
- If the application should run minimised
- Required network drives and printer ports. These can be optionally unmapped when the application terminates
- A script to run when the application launches and another script when it terminates. These use the same syntax and commands as login scripts.
- Who has access to the application
- If the application should run automatically when NAL starts
NetWare 4.11 includes copies of NAL for Windows 3.1 and 95 and a newer version (v1.1) including NT support is available for download. After version 2.01 it became a part of ZENworks.
NAL is configured through NetWare Administrator. Organisations, Groups and other containers have a Launcher Configuration page where you can control what the users within that container are allowed to do, how often it should refresh the list of available applications, etc.
Useful Information
Versions
| Version | Date | Notes | Screenshots | Download |
| 1.02 | 6 May 1996 | Comes with NetWare 4.11. Supports Windows 3.1x and 9x only. No NT support. Using NAL 1.02 with Windows 95 |
Creating an Application Windows 3.11 Windows 95 |
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| 1.1 | 10 January 1997 |
Adds features including:
Updates nal11pt1.exe, Readme - Update to NAL v1.11 Links
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Installing Creating and Migrating Applications Windows 3.11 Windows NT 4.0 (looks and works identically on 95) |
setupnal.exe, readme |
| 2.0 | 21 April 1997 |
This was available as a free download from novell.com but you had to fill out a form to get the
download link. Filenames should have been setupnal.exe and setupsnp.exe with a date sometime
around April 1997 . All archived copies on ftp.novell.com are version 1.1. NAL 2.0 Homepage |
setupnal.exe setupsnp.exe - MISSING! |
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| 2.01 | 28 August 1998 | Changes in 2.01 |
setupnal.exe setupsnp.exe Guide |
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| 2.5 |
This is a part of ZENworks 1.0. Free version available in ZENworks Starter Pack 1.0. Associated clients are Client32 v2.5 and Client NT v4.3 Whats new in 2.5 |
zspe_1.exe - MISSING! zspe_2.exe - MISSING! zspe_3.exe - MISSING! |
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| 2.6 | This is a part of ZENworks Starter Pack 1.01. Associated clients are Client32 for 9x v3.01, Client32 for DOS/Win16 v2.6 and Client for NT v4.5 |
wnt45e.exe - MISSING! zw9530e.exe - MISSING! |
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| 2.7 | 16 November 1998 |
This is a part of ZENworks 1.1. free version available in ZENworks Starter Pack 1.1. Associated clients are Client32 for 9x v3.02, Client32 for DOS/Win16 v2.7 and Client for NT v4.51 Announcing ZENworks 1.1 NAL v2.7 is the final version for Windows 3.1x and is bundled with ZENworks 2.0 as well. |
Windows 3.11 |
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| 3.0 |
This is a part of ZENworks 2.0. A free version is available in v2.0 of the ZENworks Starter Pack. It supports 32bit Windows only so NAL 2.7 is included for Windows 3.1x clients. There don't appear to be any newer versions of the ZENworks Starter Pack available so this is likely the final freely-available version. Newer versions will require buying the ZENworks for Desktop product. This is a substantially more complex applicaiton than v1.1, the newest standalone version I've located (though perhaps not so different from v2.0). There are no doubt books on this application. Whats New |
Creating an Application Distributing an Appliation with the Snapshot tool Creating Application Folders Windows 3.11 Windows NT 4.0 (and 9x) |
ZSPENU.EXE |
Disclaimer & Comments
I'm not a netware expert, don't have any of those fancy novell certifications and have never administred a netware network; I've just played with it at home occasionally since 2004 or so. Email me if you've got any suggestsions or corrections for this page or any extra information you think is worth including here. My address is david at this websites domain name (without the www bit of course).