Published app using native app
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I have a new app that I would like to deploy as seemlessly as possible to my users so therefore I would like to publish the app so there is no confusion between a fully blown published desktop and a users normal desktop. The question I have is the app in question can make use of the office suite ie reports can be auto generated to excel, stuff can be emailed and print to PDF etc etc.
Can a published app interact with locally installed on clients own desktop office 2010 or 2007 suite?
Thanks
I have a new app that I would like to deploy as seemlessly as possible to my users so therefore I would like to publish the app so there is no confusion between a fully blown published desktop and a users normal desktop. The question I have is the app in question can make use of the office suite ie reports can be auto generated to excel, stuff can be emailed and print to PDF etc etc.
Can a published app interact with locally installed on clients own desktop office 2010 or 2007 suite?
Thanks
Levi Gwyn
Published apps can only interact with limited local desktop functions such as printers, clipboard, mapped drives and I/O ports (USB, etc). I'm pretty sure a published app in Citrix can't call the local (client) copy of Adobe or Outlook for instance.
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Saving the files and then opening them using the local client apps is just a work-around; this doesn't mean that the published app interacted with the client apps.
A published app can't interact with client apps like office, email. .
A published app can't interact with client apps like office, email. .
Your published app will only be able to directly interact with the applications installed on the same server.
The answer is to install your ancillary apps (like Office) alongside your other app on the same server. It will do what you are looking for.
Coralon
The answer is to install your ancillary apps (like Office) alongside your other app on the same server. It will do what you are looking for.
Coralon
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So are we saying in order to remove confusion for my users I either
1) publish a full desktop and educate users that they have a local desktop which they have been used to for years but also this new desktop that has the new app and the same office suite.
Or
2) remove the locally installed office suite and publish single new app and office suite as published app from Xenapp
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1) publish a full desktop and educate users that they have a local desktop which they have been used to for years but also this new desktop that has the new app and the same office suite.
Or
2) remove the locally installed office suite and publish single new app and office suite as published app from Xenapp
Thanks
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