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Archive for January, 2013

The case of the missing audio

Yesterday I was asked to investigate a problem with a presentation pc. Even though the volume was set maximal there was not audio output.

The machine was used to connect to a Citrix XenApp desktop and RES Workspace Extender was used to integrate local applications in the XenApp desktop.

The local sound volume control was published as a subscribed application so I launched that and verified that the volume was set to Maximum:

Volumeregeling

I decided to launch the local explorer shell and noticed that there were two volume control icons in the Traybar:

Volume Controls

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File:VMware ThinApp v4.0 icon.pngOne of the lesser known features of VMware ThinApp is that you can supply a Virtual Computer name.

This is documented as follows in the package.ini reference guide:

VirtualComputerName Parameter
The VirtualComputerName parameter determines whether to rename the computer name, to avoid naming conflicts between the capture process and the deployment process.

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Cannot redeclare class Snoopy

After installing a new Plugin in WordPress called Native Apps Builder I got the following error when I tried to go to the Plugin’s settings:

imageFatal error: Cannot redeclare class Snoopy in www/blog/wp-content/plugins/native-apps-builder/appsbuilderapi.php on line 34

This error is caused because a class named "Snoopy" is being declared twice. I figured that two plugins were incompatible with each other so I first needed to know which ones.

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  • WordPress and the Cookie Monster

    Cookie MonsterAs you are probably aware the EU has made legislation regarding the use of cookies on websites. This new legislation is active since May 2012.

    The Dutch government has also issued legislation in the Telecommunications LAW which states that you must ask the user for permissions before server out cooking. Unless these cookies are necessary for the correct technical working of the website or service. This leaves some grey areas but for instance using Google Analytics is a clear case of a situation where opt-in is required.

    Although I am not using Google Analytics I wanted to check what cookies my own blog was serving out and if it was necessary to ask for an opt-in.

     

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  • Change Tab Order in an Executable

    An application called Cardiology PACS was recently packaged for a Citrix XenApp environment. The functional tester reported a strange problem at the logon screen: after entering the username it was not possible to go to the password field with the TAB key.

    This was a strange observation since I cannot imagine XenApp interfering with tab stops. So what was going on?

    In the old situation the user was starting the application on his local pc. The application remembered the last username and pre-filled this, therefore the cursor was already in the Password field. The user simply entered his password and hit the Enter key:

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    On XenApp the Username field is not pre-filled because the last username is kept globally per machine. Therefore the user has to enter both the username and the password:

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    I tested the Tab key behavior in both situations and as I expected it didn’t work in both situations. This happens because the Tab Order has been messed up by the programmer (if you press Tab 9 times you do end up in the Username field).

    Because this is something that would annoy me if I were the user I decided to fix it.

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