Citrix: Retrieving the client name

[Viruland]

I have an application that is installed on one of our servers. Through a Citrix ICA Connection, users can access this program from their PC. Is there a way that I can extract the client name (= client PC Name).

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[mjk9564]

We use Citrix also. One thing to keep in mind is when the user is logging into the Citrix server they are logging onto windows so you can grab it normally. Here are two options to choose from:

    Public Function GetUserName() As String
        'Determine if Windows Authentication is being used
        If TypeOf My.User.CurrentPrincipal Is _
        Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal Then
            ' The application is using Windows authentication.
            ' The name format is DOMAIN\USERNAME.
            Dim strSplit() As String = Split(My.User.Name, "\")
            Dim strUserName As String = strSplit(1)
            Return strUserName
        Else
            ' The application is using custom authentication.
            Return My.User.Name
        End If
    End Function

OR

System.Environment.UserName

Hope this helps.

Matt

 

[Viruland]

Mat,

The code you gave me is for extracting the username, but I I want to know the clients PC Name, not the Client Name.

Kristof

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[mjk9564]

I see that is a little tougher. To get that you will have to use a Citrix object. You have probably found that you get the server name when you try and grab the machine name with System.Environment.MachineName. Try the Metaframecom object from this you should be able to get the session and PC Name.