User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using HTML Access
- Contents
- Using HTML Access
- Setup and Installation
- System Requirements for HTML Access
- Preparing Connection Server and Security Servers for HTML Access
- Configure View to Remove Credentials From Cache
- Prepare Desktops, Pools, and Farms for HTML Access
- Configure HTML Access Agents to Use New SSL Certificates
- Configure HTML Access Agents to Use Specific Cipher Suites
- Configuring iOS to Use CA-Signed Certificates
- Upgrading the HTML Access Software
- Uninstall HTML Access from View Connection Server
- Data Collected by VMware
- Configuring HTML Access for End Users
- Using a Remote Desktop or Application
- Feature Support Matrix
- Internationalization
- Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application
- Connect to a Server in Workspace ONE Mode
- Use Unauthenticated Access to Connect to Remote Applications
- Shortcut Key Combinations
- International Keyboards
- Screen Resolution
- H.264 Decoding
- Setting the Time Zone
- Using the Sidebar
- Use Multiple Monitors
- Using DPI Synchronization
- Sound
- Copying and Pasting Text
- Transferring Files Between the Client and a Remote Desktop
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Log Off or Disconnect
- Reset a Remote Desktop or Remote Applications
- Restart a Remote Desktop
- Index
The HTML Access Web client is launched and connects to the horizon.mycompany.com server. The login
box prompts the user for a user name, domain name, and password. After a successful login, the
Notepad application is launched.
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https://horizon.mycompany.com:7555/?desktopId=Primary%20Desktop
This URI has the same eect as the previous example, except that it uses the nondefault port of 7555 for
Connection Server. (The default port is 443.) Because a desktop identier is provided, the desktop is
launched even though the start-session action is not included in the URI.
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https://horizon.mycompany.com/?applicationId=Primary%20Application&desktopId=Primary
%20Desktop
This URI species both an application and a desktop. When you specify both an application and a
desktop, only the desktop is launched.
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https://horizon.mycompany.com/?desktopId=Primary%20Desktop&action=reset
The HTML Access Web client is launched and connects to the horizon.mycompany.com server. The login
box prompts the user for a user name, domain name, and password. After a successful login, the client
displays a dialog box that prompts the user to conrm the reset operation for Primary Desktop.
N This action is available only if the Horizon administrator has allowed end users to reset their
machines.
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https://horizon.mycompany.com/?My%20Notepad++?args=%22My%20new%20file.txt%22
Opens My Notepad++ on server horizon.mycompany.com and passes the argument My new file.txt in
the application launch command. The lename is enclosed in double quotes because it contains spaces.
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https://horizon.mycompany.com/?Notepad++%2012?args=a.txt%20b.txt
Opens Notepad++ 12 on server horizon.mycompany.com and passes the argument a.text b.txt in the
application launch command. Because the argument is not enclosed in double quotes, a space separates
the lenames and the two les are opened separately in Notepad++.
N Applications can dier in the way they use command-line arguments. For example, if you pass
the argument a.txt b.txt to WordPad, WordPad opens only one le, a.txt.
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https://horizon.mycompany.com/?desktopId=Primary%20Desktop&action=restart
The HTML Access Web client is launched and connects to the horizon.mycompany.com server. The login
box prompts the user for a user name, domain name, and password. After a successful login, the client
displays a dialog box that prompts the user to conrm the restart operation for Primary Desktop.
N This action is available only if the Horizon administrator has allowed end users to restart their
machines.
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https://horizon.mycompany.com/?
unauthenticatedAccessEnabled=true&unauthenticatedAccessAccount=anonymous_user1
The HTML Access Web client is launched and connects to the horizon.mycompany.com server using the
anonymous_user1 account.
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