- If user DOES NOT have ICA client installed, user sees ICA file as a text file. If I create a new line with an HREF link to the Macintosh-created version of the ICA file (which also is text-readable), and click on it from a WINDOWS PC. With client it goes into app, w/o client it shows the text. On a MACINTOSH (OS X), it always shows.
- Citrix Receiver for Mac OS X Citrix Receiver for Windows Citrix Receiver for Windows To install Citrix Receiver for Mac OS X 1. In a web browser, navigate to Citrix.com, hover over Downloads and then click Download Receiver. Click Download Receiver for Mac.
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By default, the OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) should automatically set how to open '.ica' files when trying to launch any resource via Citrix Workspace or Citrix Storefront via the Web Store if the Citrix Workspace App is installed properly. Confirm Citrix Workspace App is installed or use Citrix Workspace App for HTML5 ('Web Browser' option) instead.
Overview
BrioQuery does not have a desktop version for Mac OS X machines. Citrix is a PC emulator that allows you to run the PC versions of MIT's enterprise applications (BrioQuery, Coeus, Adonis, Roles, SumMIT) on your Mac OS X.
You must register for Citrix before you can install and use it.
Full instructions for installing Citrix are also on the Citrix home pageCertificates as well as provided below.
Note: To use Citrix, your Kerberos password cannot be more than three years old. If your password exceeds this age limit, you need to change your Kerberos password
Installing Citrix
Once you have registered for Citrix:
- Go to the MIT Citrix home page
Result: The Citrix Welcome page displays. - Click on ICA Client for Mac OS X systems under the 'Metaframe XP Message Center' heading.
Result: The Downloading MacICA_OSX_dmg.zip window displays. - Select Open using StuffIt Expander and click OK.
Result: The folder MacICA_OSX_dmg and the file MacICA_OSX_dmg.zip will appear on the desktop. - Double-click the MacICA_OSC_dmg folder.
Result: The folder will open. - Double-click MacICA_OSX.dmg (the one with the hard drive icon.)
Result: The Citrix ICA client folder will open,
and a Citrix ICA Client volume will be mounted on the desktop. - Drag the Citrix ICA Client folder icon from the open folder window on your desktop to the Applications folder in your hard drive:
Result: The Citrix ICA Client folder will now appear in your Applications folder. - Close all windows that have been opened during the Install process.
- Drag the following files/folders from your desktop (created during the Install) to the Trash:
- MacICA_OSX_dmg folder
- MacICA_OSX_dmg.zip
- Citrix ICA Client
Result: The files that are no longer required will be deleted.
- Open your browser, and go to the MIT Citrix home page.
Result: The Citrix Welcome page will appear; your username should be displayed in the Login box. - Click Login.
Result: The Citrix Applications page will appear. - Select one of the applications by double clicking on its icon (e.g., BrioQuery).
Note: You will only be able to access applications for which you are authorized.
Result: The first time you use Citrix, the Citrix Client Software License Agreement will appear. - Click Accept.
Result: A connection will be made to the Citrix Server. The Windows2000 Advanced Server Log on screen appears. - Enter your Kerberos username and password and click OK.
Result: The application you selected will open.
When you click on BrioQuery (or any other application) on the Citrix applications page, a temporary launch.ica file appears on your desktop which will disappear if you click on it or end your session. Citrix assumes that you will launch applications from the Citrix website. If you do not wish to go to the Citrix website each time you want to launch an application, you need to edit the temporary launch.ica file(s). To do this;
- Once you have the file on your desktop, hold down the Control key and click on the file with your mouse cursor.
- Go to Open With > Other...
- Navigate to the TextEdit.app which should be in your Applications folder and click Open.
- Once you have the launch.ica open, look for the line that has RemoveICAFile=yes and change the 'yes' to 'no'.
- Save the file and quit TextEdit.
You should now be able to double-click the .ica file and it should open the Citrix client, run as usual, and remain once you quit out. If you use Citrix for more than one application, you should rename the launch.ica for each when you download and edit it, e.g., 'Brio.ica,' 'Coeus.ica,' 'Roles.ica' etc. so that you will know which launcher to use for each application.
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Using Citrix
When using BrioQuery via Citrix on a Macintosh, you are actually using BrioQuery for Windows and not BrioQuery for the Mac. BrioQuery for Windows is the same as BrioQuery/Macintosh as far as features and commands, however there are some differences since you are accessing BrioQuery via Citrix. Below are some differences you will encounter:
Downloading BrioQuery Templates:
Since you'll be using BrioQuery 6 for Windows via Citrix, be sure to download the PC versions of BrioQuery templates from the Data Warehouse website. Both versions will work, but the formatting is different on the two platforms so font size and pagination may be different.
Changing the Window Size:
BrioQuery in the Citrix window cannot be maximized to the fill the screen by using the + sign in the upper left corner of the Citrix window or by using the Maximize button in the top right corner of the BrioQuery application window. If you want to make the window larger, do the following:
- Go to the MIT Citrix home page and log in.
In the Applications area under 'Citrix MetaFrame XP' click on the Tools icon:
Result: The Settings dialog box displays. - Under 'Connection Preferences: Window size' specify a custom size:
Note: We suggest that Mac OS X BrioQuery users set a custom size of 1024 x 768. - Click Submit.
Note: If the Submit button doesn't appear in the window, use the scroll bar on the right side to scroll to the bottom of the Settings window. - Back in the Applications area, click on the BrioQuery icon to open the BrioQuery application. After entering your user name and password, the Brio Intelligence welcome dialog box displays in which you choose either to create a new query or open an existing query.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Since you're running BrioQuery for Windows, make sure you use the BrioQuery (Windows) keyboard shortcuts rather than the BrioQuery (Macintosh) shortcuts. For example, to open a file, press control-O
Context-sensitive Menus
To access the BrioQuery context-sensitive menus, place your pointer on the item, then press option-click.
Opening and Saving Files
The Open and Save dialog boxes do not display the name of your local hard drive(s) but instead display drive letters and terms used in Windows (e.g., Local Disk [C:]). Your local desktop hard drive is the 'V' drive. One of the items in the popup list in the Open or Save dialog box (C$ on 'Client'[V:]) gives you access to your startup drive, where you can navigate to your desktop folder or any other folder. You'll need to store any BrioQuery files you download or create on your own computer via the C$ on 'Client'[V:] path in order to open them in BrioQuery via Citrix.
To open or save a file:
- Go to either File > Open... or File > Save As....
Result: A message displays, 'Program requires READ access to the 'C' drive which maps to the folder hdname:Users:user_folder (where hdname is the name of your hard drive and user_folder is the name of your account folder in the Users folder). Do you want to allow or deny READ access to this folder for the rest of the session?' - Click Allow.
Result: The Open or Save As dialog box displays. - Click on the arrow to the right of the Program folder and select C$ on 'Client'[V:] from the list to go to your local hard drive.
Result: The folders inside hdname:Users:user_folder display. - Save the file.
You can disable the Citrix Read/Write Allow/Deny boxes referenced above. To do this:
- Open the Citrix ICA Client folder in your Applications folder, and start the Citrix ICA Client Editor application.
- On the upper menu bar, select the Options menu and choose Default Settings.
Result: The Default Settings window will open. - Select the Drives and Devices tab. Look for the line with the 'C:' drive.
- Click the box in the Read column until it shows simply a pair of glasses, not a pair of glasses with a line through it or a question mark next to it.
- Do the same thing in the box in the Write column, clicking until it shows simply a pencil, not a pencil with a question mark next to it or an X through it.
- Click Save and exit the application.
Result: When you launch Citrix applications in the future, it will not give you the prompts about allowing read or write access.
Note: You can't freely navigate your hard drive through the Open or Save As dialog boxes so you may want to keep all BrioQuery files in one folder. You may want to create a subfolder specifically to store your BrioQuery files. Otherwise you will have to navigate through C$ on 'Client'[V:] for each document.
Printing
Before printing for the first time from within Citrix, from the Citrix File menu, make sure that Print with Dialog is turned on:
You need to go through some additional dialog boxes to print, unlike when you print using a Macintosh program on your local machine.
To print, In BrioQuery:
- Go to File > Print...
Result: The BrioQuery (Windows) dialog box displays. - Click OK.
Result: The Macintosh Print dialog box displays.
Note: If the Macintosh Page Setup dialog box displays, choose your printer from the Format for: popup list, then click OK. - From the Print popup list, choose your printer, then click Print.
Note: You may find that you cannot use 'advanced' page setup functions (changing from portrait to landscape, scaling). We've been told that an upcoming release will fix this limitation. Printing to your local printer with the full functionality of your printer's capabilities should be seamless with the upcoming release. In the meantime, there is a temporary fix available. You will need to register your printer on the Citrix server. To do this, send your request to [email protected] and include the following information:- The zone you are in,
- The make and model number of your printer,
- The printer's IP address (if your printer has a unique name that appears in your local printer list, rather than the generic model name, you can put your printer's name in the message rather than its IP address).
Note for Mac OS X users: You will find the Print Center application in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on your OS X. This replaces the OS 9 Chooser for setting up printers.
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What is Citrix Receiver?
Citrix Receiver is a client software that is used to remotely connect to Virtual Desktop applications. It is available for most any platform but these instructions are for Windows or Mac OS.
Click the appropriate platform if you are on a mobile device: iOS, or Android.
Features of the Citrix Receiver
The user experience when connected to a Virtual Desktop application is designed to be as similar as possible to using an application that is installed on your local computer. Among the local resources you will have access to in the remote session are:
- Your Home Drive (H:): The H: drive that is mapped when you log into any computer on campus will be accessible from Virtual Desktop. In fact, when opening or saving a document in a Virtual Desktop application, your Documents, Desktop and other Windows profile folders are stored in your Home Drive or your H: drive.
- Local drives. These include hard disk drives, thumb drives and most USB devices that are physically attached to your local computer. They typically appear in the remote session as 'Local Disk (C: on {computername}' where {computername} is the name of your local computer. For example, if you have a document saved on the hard drive of your computer, which is called 'MyLaptop', you can open it in a Virtual Desktop application by clicking File | Open and browsing to 'Local Disk (C: on MyLaptop)'.
- Network drives. Any network drives (other than your H: drive) that you get when you log into Windows when you're on campus will show up in Virtual Desktop sessions. Citrix Receiver also recreates any other manually-created network drive mappings that are connected on your client computer when you log in.
- Audio. Sound from the remote application will play on the speakers that are connected to the computer you are connecting from.
- Printers. Citrix Receiver automatically creates (redirects) printer objects for your local printers so you can print to your local printer from a remote Virtual Desktop application.
How Do I Install Citrix Receiver on Windows or Mac OS?
Note: The Virtual Desktop website is designed to detect whether you have a current version of Citrix Receiver installed. It is also configured to launch applications directly when you click on an application icon (as opposed to having to download a file and then open the file to launch an application). Unfortunately, recent changes in support in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have caused one or both of these features to stop functioning unless you are running the most current version of Citrix Receiver.
- If you experience any issues, especially with applications not launching automatically when you click an application icon, please upgrade to the newest version of Citrix Receiver by following the instructions below.
- If you get any errors during the installation, please uninstall any old versions of Citrix Receiver and try again.
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- To download the most current version of Citrix Receiver, browse to https://receiver.citrix.com. The webpage will automatically detect your platform and offer an appropriate download link for Citrix Receiver. As the above note says, you may wish to uninstall legacy clients from Windows before running the Citrix Receiver installer but this isn't always necessary.
- When the Citrix Receiver installer has downloaded, open it.
- Click Start and go through the installation wizard. After installation, you will be given the option to 'Add an Account'. This means you will be activating Citrix Receiver so you can open connections to Virtual Desktop applications without even having to open a browser. For more information, click here.
- Once installed, you should be able to launch connections to Virtual Desktop applications.
- Your browser may ask you to click Continue to confirm that Citrix Receiver is installed. Do so if prompted.
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Now you're ready to log into Virtual Desktop and launch applications. For instructions on how to log in and use the Virtual Desktop service, see this article.