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Using seamless windows for Windows applications

With seamless windows, the Windows application server manages the display of the application. This means an application's windows behave in the same way as an application running on a Windows application server, regardless of the user's desktop environment. The window can be resized, stacked, maximized and minimized. The Windows Start Menu and Taskbar do not display.

Note seamless windows are not suitable for displaying Windows desktop sessions: use a kiosk or independent window instead.

To use seamless windows:

• The application server must be a Windows 2000/2003 application server.
• The Sun Secure Global Desktop Enhancement Module for Windows must be installed on the application server.
• The Windows application object must be configured to:
  • use Microsoft RDP as the Windows protocol; and
  • Display Using (--displayusing) a seamless window.
• The user must use a client that supports seamless windows.

If any of the above conditions are not met, the Windows application displays in an independent window instead.

You can only use seamless windows with the browser-based webtop.

Notes

• If an application is launched in a seamless window, you can toggle between a seamless and independent window by pressing the SCROLL LOCK key.
• Applications that have non-rectangular windows, for example a media player with a customized skin, display in a rectangular window.
• On Windows client devices, seamless windows are not affected by the Cascade, Tile Windows Horizontally, or Tile Windows Vertically window commands.
• If a screen saver or the Windows Security dialog displays, the window automatically switches to an independent window. Unlocking the application automatically restores the window to a seamless window.
• If a seamless window application is resumed on a display that is a different size (larger or smaller) to the original session, the application is displayed in an independent window.
• Each application displaying in a seamless window has its own RDP connection.

Gnome 2.0.0 Desktop issue

Applications configured to display in seamless windows may not display correctly when accessed from a Gnome 2.0.0 Desktop. This is caused by an unpatched version of the Metacity Window Manager. The solution is to install the Gnome 2.0.0 Window Manager patch. Patch ID: 115780-03. Available from the SunSolve web site (http://sunsolve.sun.com)

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