[THIN] [ApplicationServers] section not found in ICA File (fix)

  • From: "Claus, Brian" <BClaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:20:07 -0500

Hope this can help someone out there...Couldn't find this solution on
Citrix's knowledgebase.

PROBLEM:

Loaded a Win2k Advanced Server with .NET 1.1 \ ASP \ jSharp and Web
Interface 3.0

Users started getting the error:  "[ApplicationServers] section not
found in ICA File" when they tried launching an app from WI 3

SOLUTION:

We have to tell IIS what to do when it encounters an ICA file.  By
default it has no idea what an ICA file is, so it just sends it down to
the user's web browser when it's requested. However, the template ICA
file used by WI 3.0 actually contains some ASP code, so it needs to be
parsed by the IIS ASP engine before it's sent to the client. To do this,
you'll need to configure your new IIS virtual directory use a certain
ASP processing DLL to process ICA files before they're sent to users.
(If you don't do this, your users will receive an error stating
"[ApplicationServers] section not found.")

16. Right-click on the virtual folder that you just created and select
Properties.  Click the Configuration... button.  

17. Click Add... and enter
"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_isapi.dll" in the
Executable box.  In the Extension box, enter ".ica".  

18. In the Verbs section, select Limit To: and enter
"GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG" in the text box.  Uncheck the "Verify that file
exists" checkbox, and click OK.  Click OK two more times to exit the
properties window.

19. Repeat steps 13 through 18 for the following virtual directories:
default and integrated.


MANY thanks to Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth for this fix!

See the entire article at:
http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?ID=253




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