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CTX667856 - How to Configure Netscape Web Browsers to Use the ICA Client for Macintosh for Launching ICA Files

This document was published at: http://support.citrix.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=CTX667856

Document ID: CTX667856, Created on: Jun 5, 2000, Updated: Apr 23, 2003

Products: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Microsoft NT 4.0 Server Terminal Server Edition, Citrix WinFrame 1.8

This document explains how to connect to a MetaFrame server using a launched ICA Web link from within a Netscape Web Browser via the ICA Client for Macintosh.
< P>Requirements

• Netscape Browser 4.0 and higher

• ICA Client for Macintosh

• Registered ICA mime type on the Web server.

• Netscape web browser that is configured to recognize ICA file extensions.

NOTE: Only ICA links that are created as launched ICA links can be accessed from a Macintosh. If links are created as embedded, a message will be displayed asking to download the Netscape plug-in.

Registering Mime Types with Netscape

To register application/x-ica as a Netscape Navigator MIME type:

1. Install the ICA Macintosh Client on the client device.

2. Start Netscape Navigator.

3. From the toolbar, select Edit > Preferences. Under Navigator, select Applications.

4. Click the New Type button.

5. In the Description field, type ICA file.

6. In the File field, type .ica.

7. In the MIME type field, type application/x-ica.

8. In the Application to field, type or browse to the location of the ICA Macintosh Client.

9. Click OK.