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Chapter 5 Client Management
Allparametersexceptfile,languageId,rollback,checkout,checkin,
staycheckedout,andofflineDirectorycanalsobespecifiedbyActiveDirectory
grouppolicies.RefertoChapter 8,“ComponentPolicies,”onpage 179formore
informationaboutthis.
View Client Configuration File
TheconnectionoptionsrequiredbyViewClientcanbeloadedonstartupfroman
externalconfigurationfile.ThefilemustbeaUnicode(UTF16)orASCIItextfilethat
containsentriesofthefollowingformat:
-serverURL <URL>
-userName <user name>
-domainName <domain name>
-password <password>
-desktopName <desktop name>
TolaunchViewClientsothatitreadstheconfigurationfileonstartup,enterthe
following:
"C:\ProgramFiles\VMware\VMware View\Client\bin\wswc" -f <filename>
Virtual Printing
TheVirtualPrinting(ThinPrint)featureofViewallowsView ClientandView Client
withOfflineDesktopuserstotransparentlyuselocalornetworkprintersfromwithin
theirremotesystems,yetremovestherequirementforinstallingproprietaryprinter
driversoneachViewdesktop.
staycheckedout (OfflineDesktoponly)Backsupthedataonacheckedout
desktoptotheserver,butkeepstheofflinedesktopcheckedout.
ThispropertyrequiresthedesktopNamepropertytobesupplied.
offlineDirectory <xxx> (OfflineDesktoponly)Specifiesthelocaldirectorypathinto
whichanewofflinedesktopisdownloaded.
Thispropertyrequiresthe
desktopNamepropertytobesupplied.
NOTECommandlinepropertiesoverridesystempolicies,whichinturnoverrideuser
policies.
Table 5-1. View Client Command Line Options (Continued)
Property Description
NOTEViewPortaldoesnotsupportVirtualPrinting.