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4 Replies Last post: Jun 19, 2009 7:59 AM by fideba
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clientname as hostname

Jun 18, 2009 5:14 AM

Click to view fideba's profile Lurker fideba 4 posts since
Jun 17, 2009

/* sorry if this is a repost, but I can't seem to find my previous post on the forum */

I'm currently testing Thinapp in a Terminal Server environment.

Problem is that my Thinapp is dependent on the hostname of the PC it runs on. When running on Terminal Services, this means that every single Thinapp application sees the name of the Terminal Server as hostname.

Terminal Services knows the clientname (it's stored in the environment variable %CLIENTNAME%). Is there any way I can make the Thinapp application believe that his hostname is %CLIENTNAME% ? I can't use the VirtualComputerName in the Package.ini, because that sets a fixed computername for all clients. Basically, I need a way to dynamically change the VirtualComputerName.

Thanks,

Filip

Reply Re: clientname as hostname Jun 18, 2009 5:42 AM
Click to view ggeldorp's profile Expert ggeldorp 420 posts since
Feb 29, 2008
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In 4.0.3 (which will be released Real Soon Now) you'll be able to use environment variables in the VirtualComputerName, so you'll be able to set "VirtualComputerName=%CLIENTNAME%".
Reply Re: clientname as hostname Jun 18, 2009 7:31 AM
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Click to view fideba's profile Lurker fideba 4 posts since
Jun 17, 2009
Ah, perfect ! Any idea when "Real Soon" is ? :-)
Reply Re: clientname as hostname Jun 18, 2009 11:37 PM
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Click to view ggeldorp's profile Expert ggeldorp 420 posts since
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4.0.3 was released last night and can be downloaded from http://www.vmware.com/download/thinapp/
Reply Re: clientname as hostname Jun 19, 2009 7:59 AM
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Click to view fideba's profile Lurker fideba 4 posts since
Jun 17, 2009
And the VirtualComputerName functionality works perfectly in 4.0.3. Thanks !
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