[THIN] Re: Publishing applications to specific computers
- From: Jeremy Saunders <jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:19:35 +0800
Cool. We're only virgin IBMers. They brought our company a few months ago,
and we are in the final stages of being integrated. So far so good :)
I see. So what you really need to do is publish two versions of the Apps.
But you could never trust the users to run the right version.
How about something like this to start off with?
Create a VBScript that checks the Client name. One would normally use a
different naming standard for thin clients, desktops and notebooks. Based
on the client name you could enable the file associations and then execute
winword.exe. So instead of publishing winword.exe, you are actually
publishing the VBScript.
Easier said than done, as I have no idea how Citrix applies the file
associations (Content Redirection), but this may give you a different angle
towards solving your problem. It may just be a case of setting some
registry values in the VBScript.
Perhaps one of the cleverer Guys/Gals in the list would know how this
works, or just give Citrix Tech Support a ring.
Good luck.
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
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27/08/2004 04:40 [THIN] Re: Publishing applications
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thin
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.
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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
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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
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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?
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