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February 2nd, 2011 15:00
Seamless or Full Desktop differences
Hi,
Is there anyway of knowing from within a session if it's a Full Desktop or Seamless Window session?
Anything in the registry or session variables etc...?
This is related to the missing icon problem... My application withthe problem thinks the Full desktop is a Citrix seamless windows and hence disables the icon!
Help!
DELL-David Y
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February 3rd, 2011 08:00
Hi Caleb,
If the published application that you have launched connects to a Windows desktop with the start button and task bar then it is a full desktop.
A seamless window application would be when you publish an application, such as MS Excel, and when you launch the application you see only Excel and not the desktop background of the remote computer that is hosting the application.
The registry setting that would show whether seamless windows are enabled or not is on the client side. The key is located at HKCU\Software\Provision Networks\Provision-IT Client\Server Farms\ Farm (X)\SeamlessMode
Where (X) is the farm number if you have more than 1 defined and SeamlessMode is either 0 (off) or 1 (on)
Let me know if this is not what you what you were asking
David
caleb.grant-ohi
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February 3rd, 2011 13:00
Hi David,
Okay I''ve checked the registry on the Terminal Server side, that key doesn't exist on the client side, but when in a Full Desktop the SeamlessMode value is 1 and the FullScreen value is also set to 1.
As I'm not using the AppPortal this might be the reason here.
Is there anything on the Terminal Server which specifies whether or not the session is running in Seamless or Full?
Hmm...
DELL-David Y
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February 3rd, 2011 14:00
Hi Caleb
On the client side do you have the Quest vWorkspace Connector installed, and what O/S are you using. The SeamlessMode key should be present.
The FullScreen value that you see is not the same as Full Desktop connection. On the Terminal Server a FullScreen value of 1 means that the connection is full screen, i.e. match the client monitor resolution rather than a windowed 800x600 display.
For example, you have MS Excel running as a seamless application but using the full screen on the client.
caleb.grant-ohi
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February 3rd, 2011 15:00
I'm using the Web Connector for Windows 7, vasclient32t.msi
The problem I'm looking at is the application thinks it's running in a seamless window, even though it's in a published desktop. Now I've been trying to determine why it thinks this for some users but not others... i.e. some users get the icon as the application sees it's running in a Full Desktop, whereas for other users on the same published desktop, the application says it's in a seamless windowed session and disables the icon. I've found this out by looking at the trace logs of the application.
Just thought there might be something on the server side which might show whether or not its full screen or not.
Thanks