User manual

In Horizon 7 version 7.0 and earlier and Horizon Client 4.0 and earlier, the clipboard can accommodate 1
MB of data for copy and paste operations. In Horizon 7 version 7.0.1 and later and Horizon Client 4.1 and
later, the clipboard memory size is congurable for both the server and the client. When a PCoIP or VMware
Blast session is established, the server sends its clipboard memory size to the client. The eective clipboard
memory size is the lesser of the server and client clipboard memory size values.
If you are copying formaed text, some of the data is text and some of the data is formaing information. If
you copy a large amount of formaed text or text and an image, when you aempt to paste the text and
image, you might see some or all of the plain text but no formaing or image. The reason is that the three
types of data are sometimes stored separately. For example, depending on the type of document you are
copying from, images might be stored as images or as RTF data.
If the text and RTF data together use less than maximum clipboard size, the formaed text is pasted. Often
the RTF data cannot be truncated, so that if the text and formaing use more than the maximum clipboard
size amount, the RTF data is discarded, and plain text is pasted.
If you are unable to paste all of the formaed text and images you selected in one operation, you might need
to copy and paste smaller amounts in each operation.
You cannot copy and paste les between a remote desktop and the le system on your client computer.
Configuring the Client Clipboard Memory Size
You can congure the client clipboard memory size by creating a le named config in the %HomeDir
%/Library/Preferences/VMware Horizon View/ directory on your Mac client system.
To set the client clipboard memory size, add the following parameter to the config le.
mksvchan.clipboardSize=value
value is the client clipboard memory size in kilobytes. You can specify a minimum value of 512 kilobytes and
a maximum value of 16384 kilobytes. If you specify 0 or do not specify a value, the default client clipboard
memory size is 8192 kilobytes (8 MB).
A large clipboard memory size can negatively aect performance, depending on your network. VMware
recommends that you do not set the clipboard memory size to a value greater than 16 MB.
Using Remote Applications
You can use many Mac functions with remote applications.
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When you run a remote application, its icon appears in the Dock. You can maximize a minimized
remote application by clicking its icon in the Dock.
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You can keep, open, and quit a remote application from its context menu in the Dock. If you select Keep
in Dock, the remote application icon remains in the Dock, even after you close all application windows.
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You can open a remote application by clicking its icon in the Dock.
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You can open local les in remote applications and run remote applications from the Applications
folder on your client system. To enable these features, see “Share Access to Local Folders and Drives,”
on page 28.
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Flashing Windows taskbar items are forwarded to Horizon Client. For example, if the remote
application is an IM client and you receive a new message, a ashing red dot appears on the IM client
icon in the Dock.
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You can start voice dictation, minimize, and zoom a remote application from the menu bar.
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You can use the Exposé feature to see open remote applications, and you can press Command-Tab to
switch between open remote applications.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Mac OS X
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