Citrix Launcher Progress Update 1

Thu, 17 May 2012 23:19:12 +0000

After figuring out how to encode and decode the Citrix passwords my next step for the upcoming Citrix Launcher is experiment with config.xml and authenticating to the Citrix Web Interface.

I imported the NFuse.dtd from the Citrix Web Interface into Delphi with the XML Data Binding Wizard. The results in an NFuse Unit so I can easily create the XML data.

To create an authentication packet I use the following code:

Encoding and Decoding Citrix Passwords

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:55:02 +0000

I am working on a launcher tool for Citrix XenApp that can not only connect to a published application or published desktop but can also leverage Citrix Workspace Control to reconnect to disconnected and/or active sessions.

There doesn't seem to be any sdk that exposed the data we need so I am trying to reproduce what the Citrix online plugi-in does.

I used a HTTP monitoring tool to capture the traffic between the Online plug-in and the Web Interface. First the online plug-in will retrieve the config.xml from the server specified via the Change Server option:

Web Interface on Remko's Blog

Citrix Launcher Progress Update 1

Encoding and Decoding Citrix Passwords