[FreeNX-kNX] Using freenx to connect to a Windows Desktopserver (aka Terminalserver)

[chris at ccburton.com]

freenx-knx-bounces at kde.org wrote on 06/12/2012 10:39:54:

> Hi Tobias,
> 
> while I haven't looked at the code, I'd guess that what it was *meant* 
> to do is set $windows_app to the value of the *output* of the 
> nxdesktop_helper script.

No,
it's just a wrapper to massage url style %20s etc
to actual characters
and
work around some legacy coding mess which actually stops
windows_app being set whatever you eneter in nxclient . . .

> 
> That would make sense in a way, say, running "iexplore.exe 
> http://custom-url-passed-from-client" or opening an office document that 

> has been downloaded on the Client in a Microsoft Office appication 
> running on the Terminal Server, assuming the file location is somehow 
> made available (and the path properly parsed) on the Terminal Server.

yup, that's what you should be able to do . . . .

> 
> I've seen such beasts in commercial Terminal Server/Citrix environments.

It will work on FreeNX if you have patched nxserver and nxnode scripts

The coding to  move away from nxdesktop  to a wrapped
rdesktop wasn't finished.


> 
> -Stefan
> 
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