Cool as a cucumber. I was an IBMer once as well. We have a Citrix farm that runs Office applications, and data-centric applications. We have a client infrastructure with both Thin Clients (2/3) and PCs / Laptops (1/3). The requirement is to run all MS Office applications locally (on PC) where possible, but still have file-type associations working on the thin-clients so that we can launch office applications locally. If I publish Word with filetype associations, I can launch a .doc straight from the thin-client's explorer (Windows XP embedded). But on a PC, it also lauches the published app instead of the local one. If I publish Word without filetype associations, I can't launch word by double-clicking on a .doc, but on a PC, it launches correctly with the local copy of Word. So I want to publish applications to a group of machines. I can do it for a group of users, but when I add a machine to a group, the machine's group membership is ignored. I didn't write the requirements, and I didn't design the damned thing. I've just got to make it work. TIA, Jeremy. -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Saunders [mailto:jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday 26 August 2004 16:24 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Publishing applications to specific computers Hi Jeremy (Cool name :)), Explain more about what you are trying to achieve with filetypes. ie. What devices are you using, and how should they differ? Cheers. Kind regards, Jeremy Jeremy Saunders Senior Systems Engineer "ITS - passionate about winning" IBM Logicalis (Integrated Technology Services) Level 2, 1060 Hay Street West Perth, WA 6005, AUSTRALIA Phone: 132 426 Fax: ; 08 9261 8536 Mobile: TBA E-mail: jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx Jeremy Thomas <jeremy.thomas@sw itch.be> To "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" 26/08/2004 04:12 <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> PM cc Subject Please respond to [THIN] Re: Publishing applications thin to specific computers No - applications are published straight to the start menu. We don't use NFuse or WI. I've tried adding a computername to a group, but that does not seem to work. My key problem is filetype associations. I need this to run on a per-device basis, not a per-user basis. I can control it per-user using groups, but not per device. From: Arthur Reyes [mailto:artadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 4:32 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Publishing applications to specific computers Well, if your thin-clients have local web browsers. . . . . You need two web interfaces and the Hide Apps WI hack (detailed here http://www.citrix4ge.de/wim/wimha.htm) Configure all the thin clients to point to WI B. Everyone else browse to WI A. WI A has the hack hiding all the apps you want to hide. I saw somewhere how to replicate the NFuse structure on the same server, so that you can effectively have two WI's hosted by one server, but I can't remember where. From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeremy Thomas Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:58 AM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Publishing applications to specific computers Hi folks, I need to publish an application (say Word) to some PCs, but not others. So devices that have word installed locally (laptops) run word locally, and devices that are always attached to the network (Thin Clients) run word through a published application. How do I publish an application to one group of computers and not another? ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor RTO Software Do you know which applications are abusing your CPU and memory? Would you like to learn? -- Free for a limited time! Get the RTO Performance Analyzer to quickly learn the applications, users, and time of day possible problems exist. http://www.rtosoft.com/enter.asp?id20 ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm