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In the query part, non-ASCII characters must rst be encoded according
to UTF-8 [STD63], and then each octet of the corresponding UTF-8
sequence must be percent-encoded to be represented as URI characters.
For information about encoding for ASCII characters, see the URL
encoding reference at hp://www.utf8-chartable.de/.
Supported Queries
This topic lists the queries that are supported for the HTML Access Web client. If you are creating URIs for
multiple types of clients, such as desktop clients and mobile clients, see the Using VMware Horizon Client
document for each type of client system.
action
Table 21. Values That Can Be Used With the action Query
Value Description
browse
Displays a list of available desktops and applications hosted on the
specied server. You are not required to specify a desktop or
application when using this action.
start-session
Starts the specied 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 specied desktop. Unsaved data is
lost. Reseing a remote desktop is the equivalent of pressing the
Reset buon on a physical PC. This action is not valid for an
application.
logoff
Logs the user out of the guest operating system in the remote
desktop. This action is not valid for an application.
restart
Shuts down and restarts the primary desktop after the user
conrms the restart operation request. This action is not valid for
an application.
applicationId
The application display name. The display name is the name specied in
Horizon Administrator when the application pool was created. If the display
name has a space in it, the browser uses %20 to represent the space.
args
Species command-line arguments to add to remote application launch. Use
the syntax args=value, where value is a string. Use percent encoding for the
following characters:
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For a colon (:), use %3A
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For a back slash (\), use %5C
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For a space ( ), use %20
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For a double quotation mark ("), use %22
For example, to specify the lename "My new file.txt" for the Notepad++
application, use %22My%20new%20file.txt%22.
desktopId
The desktop display name. The display name is the name specied in View
Administrator when the desktop pool was created. If the display name has a
space in it, the browser uses %20 to represent the space.
domainName
The NETBIOS domain name associated with the user who is connecting to
the remote desktop or application. For example, use mycompany rather than
mycompany.com.
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