Citrix: Batch file to open UNC path locally on workstation

Hi Everyone,

We have a client who have this application which only runs through command line, so I have written a batch file to ask for the user's input and then from that information it pushes it to the application, which then dumps the info to a shared location. To make this application more user friendly, they have requested that the application open a UNC path before input is requested (So that the user can copy files to the local server easily, where the app is hosted, so that they can be processed).

The attached code is what I have written... but the problem is that when it opens the UNC path, it does not actually run that command on the user's workstation, it runs it from the server, so the actual window is not his Explorer.exe, it's actually that of the Citrix Server publishing the apps. Therefore the user cannot Drag and Drop the files directly into this location.

My Question is, is there a way for a batch file to open a UNC path so that the workstation session can drag and drop into this UNC path? If not, is there a way that I can get around this or alternate method to acheiving this goal? (Is it possible for Citrix to map a network drive locally through a published app?)

The reason we have used psexec in this script is because the application needs to use .NET 3.5 (Windows 2003 minimum requirement) and we do not have any Windows 2003 TS Licenses yet, so still running Windows 2000 TS environment.

The second batch file on the Windows 2003 Server (Execute.bat) Simply uses the two variables against the exe of the application and outputs the data locally to that server.

Citrix Version: PS4
Published App Server: Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Application Server: Windows 2003 R2

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Stefano

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@echo Off
 
Set OBRPath=
Set OUserName=
 
Echo - ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Echo -                <Application Name>
Echo - ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Echo - You are currently connected to the Corporate Server
Echo - Opening OBJ File Share...
 
Start explorer.exe \\<SERVERNAME>\AuditPurposeTool\OBRFiles\
 
Echo - Please ensure files have been copied to the share before beginning
 
set /p OBRPath="Please Enter the Filename: "
set /p OUserName="Please Enter the User Name: "
 
cd C:\Admin\Bin\
 
Psexec \\<SERVERNAME> -i "C:\Program Files\OCL\AuditPurposeExporter\<SERVERNAME>\Execute.bat" %OBRPath% %OUserName%
 
Echo - Files Extracted, Opening Path...
 
Start explorer.exe \\<SERVERNAME>\AuditPurposeTool\Output\
 
Exit