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Using a Thin Client
How you interact with Windows user interface elements when Horizon Client is installed on a thin client
depends on your thin client model and the external input device you are using with your thin client. For
more information, see “Using Horizon Client on a Thin Client,” on page 14.
Multitasking
You can switch between Horizon Client and other apps without losing a remote desktop or application
connection.
In a WiFi network, by default Horizon Client runs in the background indefinitely. In a 3G network,
Horizon Client suspends data transmission when you switch to another app. Data transmission resumes
when you switch back to Horizon Client.
The Horizon Client icon appears in the status bar when the app is running in the background and there is a
connection to a remote desktop. To switch back to Horizon Client, tap the icon in the status bar.
You can copy and paste plain text between an Android device application and a remote desktop or between
two remote desktops. Formatting information is not copied.
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Text that you copy to your Android device's clipboard is automatically copied to your remote desktop's
clipboard when you log in to the remote desktop.
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If you are logged in to a remote desktop, text that you copy to the remote desktop's clipboard is copied
to your Android device's clipboard when you press the Home button or switch to the background.
By default, you can copy and paste plain text between an Android device application and a remote
application. The clipboard can accommodate up to 64K characters for copy and paste operations.
To enable users to copy plain text between a remote application and an Android device application, you
must modify the PCoIP or VMware Blast group policy setting called Configure clipboard redirection on the
RDS host that hosts the remote application pool.
For information about configuring PCoIP and VMware Blast group policy settings, see the Setting Up
Desktop and Application Pools in View document.
Saving Documents in a Remote Application
With certain remote applications, such as Microsoft Word or WordPad, you can create and save documents.
Where these documents are saved depends on your company's network environment. For example, your
documents might be saved to a home share mounted on your local computer.
Administrators can use an ADMX template file to set a group policy that specifies where documents are
saved. This policy is called "Set Remote Desktop Services User Home Directory." For more information, see
the "RDS Profiles Settings" topic in the Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View document.
Screen Resolutions and Using External Displays
You can use Horizon Client with external displays and you can change screen resolutions.
When you connect your device to an external display or projector, Horizon Client supports certain
maximum display resolutions. You can change the screen resolution used on your device to allow scrolling
a larger screen resolution.
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