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View Manager Administration Guide
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“A d o b e FlashBandwidthReduction”onpage 108
“ClientDeviceInformation”onpage 110
“EnablingHPRGSDisplayProtocol”onpage 112
View Client and View Portal
ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallthecomponentsrequiredtouseViewClientand
ViewPortal.Youmustbeloggedinasanadministratorontheclientsystemtocarryout
eitherofthesetasks.
ThefunctionalityofferedbyViewClientandViewPortalisderivedfromacommonset
of
locallyinstalledbasecomponents.UserswhohavealreadyinstalledViewClientwill
beinvitedtoinstallanadditionalActiveXcontrolontheirbrowserswhentheyuse
ViewPortalforthefirsttime.
Similarly,ViewPortaluserswhodonot haveViewClientinstalledwillbepromptedto
allowthebrowserto
automaticallyinstalltherequiredViewClientcomponentsthe
firsttimetheyconnectonline.
AnexpedientwayofinstallingtheViewClientapplicationistovisittheViewPortal
pageandallowthebrowsertoautomaticallyinstalltherequiredcomponentsonthe
clientsystem.However,ifyouchoosetodothisyou
mustbeawareofthefollowing:
VirtualPrintingandUSBsupportisnotprovidedbyViewPortal
WindowsStartMenuentriesforViewPortalarenotcreatedafterinstallation
IfyouinstallViewClientfromtheexecutable,USBsupportandvirtualprintingwillbe
offeredwithintheapplication,andStartMenuentrieswillbecreated.
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OTEFeaturesdifferaccordingtowhichViewClientyouuse.Thisguidedescribes
primarilyViewClientandViewPortalforMicrosoftWindows.Thefollowingtypesof
clientsarenotcoveredindetailinthisguide:
ViewPortalforLinux(experimental)andViewPortalforMacOSX
(experimental).
ViewClientforLinux,availableonlythroughcertifiedpartners.
Variousthirdpartyclients,availableonlythroughcertifiedpartners.
ViewOpenClient,whichsupportstheVMw arepartnercertificationprogram.
ViewOpenClientisnotanofficialViewclient,andisnotsupportedassuch.
NOTEViewPortaldoesnotsupportUSBredirection,regardlessofinstallationpath.