Recently I have been struggeling to successfully stream the Adobe Acrobat 9 via Citrix Application Streaming into Pooled Standard Mode XenDesktop Machines (or Hosted VDI Desktops as Citrix likes to call them).
The Adobe FlexNET Licensing Service was very uncooperative to say the least, so after countless tries I gave up on streaming Adobe Acrobat 9 and gave the newer Adobe Acrobat X a shot - with success! With Adobe Acrobat X there is no FlexNET Licensing Service anymore and the Licensing is handled somehow internally and not via a service.
Prerequisites:
Create a Transforms File (.mst) for Adobe Acrobat X:
- Customize your Adobe Acrobat X Installation via the Adobe Customization Wizard X.
- Disable Update Functionality
- Disable Registration and EULA Prompts
- Disable Acrobat.com Functions
- ...
Save your Customizations as a Transforms (.mst) file and place it in the folder where the AcroStan.msi is located. In the following Screenshots you can see the Steps and Customizations I choose to create the .mst file. I choose to name the Transforms file Streaming.mst.
Create the Adobe Acrobat X Profile Package:
All the following Screenshots are taken from a German Streaming Profiler although all Menu Items should be the same in the English Version of the Streaming Profiler. If you have questions or problems understanding the Screenshots, feel free to leave a comment.
PLEASE NOTE: If you named and/or placed your .mst file other than Streaming.mst (and next to the AcroStan.msi) you have to adjust the command line parameter accordingly.
NOTE: You have to choose a Printer Name that exists on your Target Device(s) (every Printer will work - doesn't matter what Driver/Printer it is) where you want to stream the Adobe Acrobat X to. If there is no Printer with the exact same Name (like in the Default Key) on the Target Device the Adobe Acrobat Distiller will fail when trying to convert Microsoft Office Documents into PDF Files. I choose the XPS Document Writer because it is on every XenDesktop I wanted to stream the Acrobat X to. You can find more Infos in an offical Citrix Blogpost here.
Done! You can now save and then publish the Profile.