I have created a C# application in C#.NET 2.0 and it starts excel via

oExcelApp = new Excel.ApplicationClass();

The application .exe files is executed in Citrix from a cmd file that
sets lots of env variables in advance. In Citrix, if I go to the excel
spreadsheet, these env variables are missing. However, if I start
excel by doing

Process.Start("excel.exe");

then these are there. I need the first to work, since I use excel + a c
++ xll to calculate some values from an external system and retrieve
those to my C# application.

Interestingly, from my PC, both keep the env variables, but in Citrix
only the second works. Unfortunately I cannot debug the Citrix app,
since it is run by IT and I can only send the msi to them, and then
reverse-engineer what is going on.

Any clues?

Thanks

Eurico

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 02:25:37 -0700 (PDT), eurico
<eurico.covas RemoveThis @hsbcgroup.com> wrote:

>I have created a C# application in C#.NET 2.0 and it starts excel via
>
>oExcelApp = new Excel.ApplicationClass();
>
>The application .exe files is executed in Citrix from a cmd file that
>sets lots of env variables in advance. In Citrix, if I go to the excel
>spreadsheet, these env variables are missing. However, if I start
>excel by doing
>
>Process.Start("excel.exe");
>
>then these are there. I need the first to work, since I use excel + a c
>++ xll to calculate some values from an external system and retrieve
>those to my C# application.
>
>Interestingly, from my PC, both keep the env variables, but in Citrix
>only the second works. Unfortunately I cannot debug the Citrix app,
>since it is run by IT and I can only send the msi to them, and then
>reverse-engineer what is going on.
>
>Any clues?
>
>Thanks
>
>Eurico

Eurico

if you connect to the Citrix server via RDP rather than ICA, does it
work then? If it still doesn't, then it's more than likely a Microsoft
issue rather than a Citrix issue. You'd get more response from a
Microsoft developer forum rather than a pure Citrix one.

Regards

Ken Z