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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 5 Client Management
View Client Command Line Options
ViewClienthasanumberofstartupoptionsthatcanbeinvokedwhenlaunchingthe
applicationfromacommandprompt.Optionsareprecededbyahyphen(-)ora
forwardslash(/),arecase‐insensitive,andcanbeabbreviateddowntotheirshortest
uniqueform.Forexample,todisplaythefullli
stofcommandsenterthefollowing:
"C:\Program Files\VMware\View Manager\Client\bin\wswc" /?
TolaunchViewClientinfullyscriptedmode—thatis,withallconnection,user,and
desktopcriteriaprovided—enterthefollowing:
"C:\Program Files\VMware\View Manager\Client\bin\wswc" -serverURL
<server> -userName <username> -password <password> -domainName
<domain> -desktopName <desktop>
Table 5‐2describesthecommandlineoptionsyoucanusewhenyoulaunchView
Client.
Table 5-2. View Client Command Line Options
Property Description
file <xxx> Textfilewithadditionalcommandlineparameter.Tosimplify
repetitivetests,typewswc /f test1.
nonInteractive Usedtosuppresserrormessageboxesinfullyscriptedstartup.
languageId <xxx> ProvideslocalizationsupportfordifferentlanguagesinView
Client.Ifaresourcelibraryisavailableyoucanspecifythe
WindowslanguageIDtouse.
ForUSEn
glish,enter0x409
desktopName <xxx> Desktopnamefortheselectdesktopdialogbox.
Note:Thisisthenameasyouseeitintheselectdesktopdialog
box.
serverURL <xxx> TheURLforViewConnectionServer.
userName <xxx> Theusernameoftheclientuser.
password <xxx> Thepasswordoftheclientuser.
domainName <xxx> Thedo
mainnameoftheclientuser.
screenFull Startthesessioninfull‐screenmode.Thispropertyrequiresthe
desktopNamepropertytobesupplied.
screenWindow Startthesessioninawindow.Thispropertyrequiresthe
desktopNamepropertytobesupplied.
screenMulti Startthesessioninfull‐screenmulti‐monitormode.This
propertyrequiresth
edesktopNamepropertytobesupplied.