Mobile for XenApp

POWERGADGETS MOBILEDEPLOYMENT GUIDEHow does PowerGadgets Mobile Work?
PowerGadgets Mobile leverages Citrix XenApp Server and its receivers for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile tolet you easily create, customize and access enterprise-grade dashboards. PowerGadgets Mobile consists of two main components: The PowerGadgets Mobile Creator and PowerGadgets Mobile for XenApp. In order to properly display the gadgets youcreate with PowerGadgets Mobile Creator, you will need to properly configure PowerGadgets Mobile server component: PowerGadgets Mobile for XenApp. This guide will help you properly configure PowerGadgets for XenApp as well as give you a few tipsand tricks to help you get the most out of PowerGadgets Mobile on each of the specific mobile platforms supported.

Create your Gadget Application withPOWERGADGETS MOBILE CREATOR
OROnce your PowerGadtest Mobile
application is properly deployed to yourCitrix XenApp, your clients will be able
to consume the gadget from any of thesupported platforms and devices.

Publish your gadget application
tion
using Citrix Access Management
ment Consoleand POWERGADGETS MOBILE FOR XENAPPMobile for XenApp
CONFIGURING POWERGADGETS XENAPPPowerGadgets Mobile for XenApp gadgets publishes
as an application in the Citrix Access Management
Console. Start by launching the Citrix Access
Management Console on your server (usually underStart>All Programs>Citrix>Management Consoles).
Just as with any other application, you need tonavigate to your Application folder and click
New>Publish application (under Common Tasks).

You will be prompted to give a name and a
description on the first screen of the wizard.

After selecting a name, make sure you select“Installed Application” under “Choose the type ofapplication to publish.”Mobile for XenApp
Next you need to locate the PowerGadgets Presenter (usually in
C:\Program Files\PowerGadgets for XenApp Server\) and the PGF filelocation. Add the PGF file name as a parameter to the PowerGadgets
Presenter and add that as the command line. Make sure to use quotes
if there are spaces on folders or file names.
For example: “C:\Program Files\PowerGadgets Mobile forXenApp\PowerGadgets.Presenter.exe” “C:\Gadgets\MyGadget.pgf”

The next screen will allow you to select on which server thegadget will be published.

After selecting the desired servers, you will select which users
are allowed to access the gadget.

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By default a gadget will have the PowerGadget icon. Thiscan be changed on this next screen.

It is recommended that you specify the size of the gadget
to match the display of the target mobile device. To do so,make sure to select Configure advanced application
settings now on this screen.

The appearance options will be on the last screen of thewizard. On the screenshot bellow the Custom size selected will
match the screen of an iPhone.

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RUNNING MULTIPLE GADGETS
Publishing your gadget as an application allows you to run more than one gadget at the same time.
While in most devices it is preferred to run one gadget at a time and use the slide or grid to display
multiple components, some devices have enough real estate to allow multiple instances ofPowerGadgets to run at a time. To achieve this, create a batch file (you may use any text editor andsave the text file as .bat) and make a list of the pgf file you wish to run. The parameters _size and_position allows you to design the look of your dashboard. Follow the format below:
start [PowerGadgetsPresenter] [PgfNameAndLocation] /_size:[Width],[Height] /_position:[Left],[Top]
Here’s an example:

start "c:\Program Files\PowerGadgets Mobile for XenApp\PowerGadgets.Presenter.exe" C:\Gadgets\HospitalAdmissions.pgf /_size:380,480 /_position:0,0
start "c:\Program Files\PowerGadgets Mobile for XenApp\PowerGadgets.Presenter.exe" C:\Gadgets\HospitalRevenue.pgf /_size:380,480 /_position:384,0
start "c:\Program Files\PowerGadgets Mobile for XenApp\PowerGadgets.Presenter.exe" C:\Gadgets\HospitalStaffReview.pgf /_size:380,480 /_position:0,505
start "c:\Program Files\PowerGadgets Mobile for XenApp\PowerGadgets.Presenter.exe" C:\Gadgets\CustomerService.pgf /_size:380,480 /_position:384,505

TIPS AND TRICKS
AndroidThe current version of Citrix Receiver for Android does not allow you to fit the remote desktop to the screen of the device yet. You may zoom in andout just like the Android’s web browser. The recommended setting for the Session Window Size is Full Screen.

iPhoneOn the home screen, make sure you got to Settings, Display Options, Session Resolution and change from Default to Fit Screen. The deployed
applications work better if Session Window Size is set to Custom (480x320) to match the screen of the device.

Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile Citrix Receiver application allows you to set the Session Resolution per application. Make sure to adjust to whichever resolution
works best for the gadget you are working with.

SAMPLESThe installer comes with a few samples to help you get started. You may deploy them as you would any other gadget; with the exception that since
the sample uses a Compact SQL Database, the corresponding file (.sdf) needs to stay on the same folder as the pgf file. Also, only one user isallowed to log in on the Compact SQL Database, so only one user can see the sample at a time.