[THIN] Connect to a Citrix Server from the Command Line
- From: Jim Kenzig <jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:30:27 -0500
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Connect to a Citrix Server from the Command Line
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InstantDoc #26646
November 2002
A frustration for consultants who work on different servers every day is
that almost all GUI connection tools, including the standard Citrix client,
require housekeeping before you can connect to a server. To work around this
problem, you can create a connection file that contains all the relevant
data. My solution is to use a batch file that takes the target Citrix
server's address as an argument, as well as the connection's desired
resolution. The batch file, which Listing 1 shows, then generates an ICA
file (i.e., a plain text file with information about the connection) and
launches the ICA client to connect to the Citrix server.
Running this batch file leaves two files on your system: ica.log and
tmp.ica, both in your global \%TEMP% folder. If you have the Sleep command
on your system, you can uncomment the lines rem sleep 2 and rem del
%icafile% to automatically delete the temporary ICA file.
?Alex Angelopoulos
alexangelopoulos@xxxxxxxxxxx
LISTING 1: ICA.cmd
@echo off
rem created by Alex K. Angelopoulos
rem April 2001
rem alexangelopoulos@xxxxxxxxxxx
rem Takes two arguments: IP address and (optional) resolution
rem Go to Help section if traditional switch or no arguments issued
if {"%1"} == {""} goto :HELPTEXT
if {%1} == {^/^/} goto :HELPTEXT
if {%1} == {^/?} goto :HELPTEXT
if {%1} == {^/h} goto :HELPTEXT
if {%1} == {-h} goto :HELPTEXT
if {%2} == {} (
set width=640 & set height=480 & goto makefile
)else if {%2} == {0} (
set width=320 & set height=240 & goto makefile
)else if {%2} == {1} (
set width=512 & set height=384 & goto makefile
)else if {%2} == {2} (
set width=640 & set height=480 & goto makefile
)else if {%2} == {3} (
set width=800 & set height=600 & goto makefile
)else if {%2} == {4} (
set width=1024 & set height=768 & goto makefile
)else if {%2} == {5} (
set width=1152 & set height=864 & goto makefile
)else goto HELPTEXT
:makefile
pushd %temp%
set icafile=tmp.ica
@echo [WFClient] > %icafile%
@echo Version = 2 >> %icafile%
@echo [ApplicationServers] >> %icafile%
@echo ; Name below will appear in the title bar of ICA client >> %icafile%
@echo ; It MUST be identical to the connectoid header >> %icafile%
@echo %1 = >> %icafile%
@echo ; connectoid header is in brackets below; MUST match friendly name
above >> %icafile%
@echo [%1] >> %icafile%
@echo ; Server IP address or DNS name goes here >> %icafile%
@echo Address = %1 >> %icafile%
@echo TransportDriver = TCP/IP >> %icafile%
@echo Username = >> %icafile%
@echo Compress = On >> %icafile%
@echo PersistentCacheEnabled = On >> %icafile%
@echo InitialProgram = >> %icafile%
@echo WinStationDriver = ICA 3.0 >> %icafile%
@echo DesiredColor = 0 >> %icafile%
@echo DesiredHRES = %width% >> %icafile%
@echo DesiredVRES = %height% >> %icafile%
rem Launch and log
rem Remaining files in TEMP will be ica.log and tmp.ica
start %icafile%
rem sleep 2
rem del %icafile%
goto eof
:HELPTEXT
@echo.
@echo Syntax: %0 ^<hostname^> [ ^| 0 ^| 1 ^| 2 ^| 3 ^| 4]
@echo where the integer sets resolution:
@echo 0 - 320x240
@echo 1 - 512x384
@echo 2 - 640x480
@echo 3 - 800x600
@echo 4 - 1024x768
@echo 5 - 1152x864
@echo.
@echo If no size chosen, defaults to 640x480
@echo.
:eof
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