Microsoft KB Archive/931576

= How to publish a SoftGrid-enabled application in Citrix MetaFrame =

Article ID: 931576

Article Last Modified on 3/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SoftGrid for Windows Desktops
 * Microsoft SoftGrid for Terminal Services

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INTRODUCTION
This article discusses how to publish a SoftGrid-enabled application in Citrix MetaFrame.



MORE INFORMATION
To publish a SoftGrid-enabled application in Citrix MetaFrame, follow these steps:
 * 1) Publish Sfttray.exe or publish Sftrun.exe.
 * 2) Publish the .OSD file.
 * 3) Publish the application name followed by a percent sign and then an asterisk (%*) or publish the application name and version followed by a percent sign and then an asterisk.

Note A percent sign and then an asterisk are required in order to pass parameters to the executable that is specified in the FILENAME attribute of the .OSD file.

To hide the SoftGrid Client from the notification area, use one of the following options.

In MetaFrame XP FR-2, you can publish the .OSD file instead of Sfttray.exe or Sftrun.exe. When the .OSD file runs, the .OSD file uses Sfttray.exe or Sftrun.exe, based on the executable that the .OSD file is configured to use.

Note By default, .OSD files are configured to use Sftrun.exe.

The following table describes several examples of how to publish SoftGrid-enabled applications.

Use the SOFTPKG NAME XML attribute and the VERSION XML attribute from the .OSD file. SOFTPKG NAME and VERSION are case sensitive. If you do not use the correct case, you will receive error code 04-00000A09.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

930631 SoftGrid Client &quot;Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx04-00000A09&quot;

If the .OSD file exists in the M:\SoftGrid directory on the SoftGrid Client system when you publish the SoftGrid-enabled application, the .OSD file is copied to the following folder:

%AllUsersProfile%\Documents\SoftGrid Client\OSD Cache

Note M:\SoftGrid is and example. M:\SoftGrid is not an actual path that the product uses.

The .OSD file is used to publish the SoftGrid-enabled application.

If the SoftGrid Client is configured to update when you log on, the .OSD file that the SoftGrid Management Console publishes is copied to the following folder:

%AllUsersProfile%\Documents\SoftGrid Client\OSD Cache

When the .OSD file is copied to this folder, it overwrites the earlier version of the .OSD file. If the new .OSD file differs from the earlier version of the .OSD file, the SoftGrid-enabled application may not be published.

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