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Supported Queries
This topic lists the queries that are supported for this type of Horizon Client. If you are creating URIs for
multiple types of clients, such as desktop clients and mobile clients, see the Using VMware Horizon Client
guide for each type of client system.
IMPORTANT Horizon Client 3.2 supports specifying both desktops and applications. Horizon Client 3.1 and
earlier releases supported specifying only desktops.
action
Table 2. Values That Can Be Used with the action Query
Value Description
browse
Displays a list of available desktops and applications hosted on the
specified server. You are not required to specify a desktop or
application when using this action.
start-session
Launches the specified desktop or application. If no action query is
provided and the desktop or application name is provided,
start-session is the default action.
reset
Shuts down and restarts the specified desktop. Unsaved data is
lost. Resetting a remote desktop is the equivalent of pressing the
Reset button on a physical PC. If you specify an application, the
end user is prompted to confirm quitting all remote applications.
logoff
Logs the user out of the guest operating system in the remote
desktop. If you specify an application, the action will be ignored or
the end user will see the warning message "Invalid URI action."
domainName
The NETBIOS domain name associated with the user who is connecting to
the remote desktop or application. For example, you would use mycompany
rather than mycompany.com.
tokenUserName
Specifies the RSA or RADIUS user name. Use this query only if the RSA or
RADIUS user name is different from the Active Directory user name. If you
do not specify this query and RSA or RADIUS authentication is required, the
Windows user name is used. The syntax is tokenUserName=name.
Examples of vmware-view URIs
You can create hypertext links or buttons with the vmware-view URI scheme and include these links in email
or on a Web page. Your end users can click these links to, for example, launch a particular remote desktop
with the startup options you specify.
URI Syntax Examples
Each URI example is followed by a description of what the end user sees after clicking the URI link.
1
vmware-view://view.mycompany.com/Primary%20Desktop?action=start-session
Horizon Client is launched and connects to the view.mycompany.com server. The login box prompts the
user for a user name, domain name, and password. After a successful login, the client connects to the
desktop whose display name is displayed as Primary Desktop, and the user is logged in to the guest
operating system.
NOTE The default display protocol and window size are used. The default display protocol is PCoIP.
The default window size is full screen.
2
vmware-view://view.mycompany.com:7555/Primary%20Desktop
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