[THIN] Re: Published applications in a mixed OS environment
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:24:01 -0500
You could have it run minimized so at least it wasn't so noticable
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:19 PM, George Wasgatt <gwasgatt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This works! Problem is that it leaves a black DOS screen open until you
> exit the application. Any ideas?
>
>
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeremy Saunders
> *Sent:* Monday, November 10, 2008 4:57 PM
>
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Published applications in a mixed OS environment
>
>
>
> Good pick up Dennis. I just typed it directly into Outlook without thinking
> J
>
>
>
> @echo off
>
> IF /I "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" (
>
> "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
> ) ELSE (
>
> "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
> )
>
> Exit /B 0
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy.
>
>
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Dennis Parker
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:34 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Published applications in a mixed OS environment
>
>
>
> I see what "may" be a problem with that. I copied and pasted the second
> command structure below and once I added the proper % in the IF EXIST "%pro
> ...
>
> I was able to recreate the error message.
>
>
>
> I was able to clear it up by changing the quotes from the Fancy quotes to
> "Standard" quotes.
>
>
>
> Does that make sense?
>
>
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Dennis
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* George Wasgatt <gwasgatt@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Monday, November 10, 2008 12:11:11 PM
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Published applications in a mixed OS environment
>
> I see where I was going wrong, I thought that the programfiles environment
> variable would tell me which architecture I was running on – not so. There
> are two programfiles environment variables for X-64 and one for X-32. So I
> can't use that approach.
>
>
>
> The processor architecture test should work, if I can get the syntax
> correct. Here's the slightly modified batch file:
>
>
>
> @echo on
>
> IF /I "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" (
>
> "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
> ) ELSE (
>
> "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
> )
>
> Exit /B 0
>
>
>
> I get back:
>
>
>
> \Microsoft was unexpected at this time.
>
>
>
> I tried a different approach, testing for the existence of the x86 file:
>
>
>
> @echo on
>
> IF EXIST "programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" (
>
> "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
> ) ELSE (
>
> "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
> )
>
> Exit /B 0
>
>
>
> And I get the same response: \Microsoft was unexpected at this time.
>
> .
>
>
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeremy Saunders
> *Sent:* Monday, November 10, 2008 12:08 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Published applications in a mixed OS environment
>
>
>
> Personally, I've not tried mixing architectures before in the same
> published application, and I would suggest that it's not a recommended
> practice, but you could get it to work a different way.
>
>
>
> Change your published app to launch a .cmd file. The .cmd file would make
> the decision on the location of the application based on the
> %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% variable. Something like this…
>
>
>
> @echo off
>
> IF /I "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="x64" (
>
> "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
> ) ELSE (
>
> "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
> )
>
> Exit /B 0
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy.
>
>
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *George Wasgatt
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:50 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Published applications in a mixed OS environment
>
>
>
> We upgraded our farm to Presentation Manager 4.5 and added a new server
> running Windows 2003 Standard x64. We want to load balance across the
> entire farm so we loaded our standard set of applications on the server. We
> immediately ran into a problem – some of the applications were loaded into
> the subdirectory c:\program files (x86) rather than into c:\program files
> like they were on the 32 bit servers.
>
>
>
> I thought I could just change the published application to something like
> this:
>
>
>
> Command line:
>
> "%programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE"
>
>
>
> Working Directory:
>
> %programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12
>
>
>
> After testing this it starts OK on the 32 bit servers but fails on the 64
> bit server with this error message (note: I named the published application
> Excel 64):
>
>
>
> "Excel 64" Failed to start.
>
> The Citrix server is unable to process your request.
>
> Please try again. If the problem persists, contact your administrator.
>
>
>
> But, if I hit OK on this message and launch the application again it starts
> just fine.
>
>
>
> George Wasgatt
>
> Network Administrator
>
> ProHealth Physicians
>
> 4 Farm Spring Rd.
>
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>
> Phone: 860-284-5264
>
>
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