individual seamless application launcher from the host
Posted: 22. Sep 2010, 16:37
Hello, I have a Kubuntu 10.04 host with VB 3.2 and a WinXP guest. I would like to launch a guest app directly from the host.
With the guest already running, I can launch firefox with: "VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol execute "winxp" "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" --username foo --password bar
and even with VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol execute "winxp" "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" --username guest --password "" (verified by looking at the processes in WinXP)
Cool, but this is not quite what is desired to support a user scenario of an accessing individual seamless applications from the host.
With the guest already running, I can launch firefox with: "VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol execute "winxp" "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" --username foo --password bar
and even with VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol execute "winxp" "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" --username guest --password "" (verified by looking at the processes in WinXP)
Cool, but this is not quite what is desired to support a user scenario of an accessing individual seamless applications from the host.
- 1. need to start the guest vm (fine, use a bash script to first start the vm then execute the app - or can a single VBoxManage command do both?)
2. How do I get the application window to be drawn?