topic Re: Decforms web connect in Operating System - OpenVMS

Decforms web connect

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:11:29 GMT

Anyone using this product in a production environment ? Remarks about it ?

Wim

Re: Decforms web connect

Ian Miller. — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:48:27 GMT

for those who are wondering what it is
"HP DECforms Web Connector is a layered software product that provides transparent Web access to interactive applications, running on OpenVMS systems, where HP DECforms for OpenVMS was used to implement the forms-based user interface."

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/WebConnector/

Re: Decforms web connect

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:51:30 GMT

Or use this link to find out the details.
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/documentation/PDF/df_web_conn_admin.pdf

(Voila, back on top of the stack)

Wim

Re: Decforms web connect

Bennett_2 — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:10:10 GMT

Runs great with Apache on OpenVMS. I find that alot of web "forms" interfaces have there limitations. Alot of DECforms power comes thru the web interface no problem with 0 mod's/rebuilds to existing .EXE.

Good product (best kept secret IMHO)

Chip

Re: Decforms web connect

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:16:58 GMT

Chip,

With Apache ??? All apache must do is download a file ?

Wim

Re: Decforms web connect

Bennett_2 — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:29:19 GMT

The web server could be Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server) although I prefer to use an OpenVMS solution.

Once the user opens the url and you choose an application an applet is loaded to the users machine. Its the java component that
is refered to as the display manager. See section 1.2.1 of http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/WebConnector/web_conn_admin.pdf

for more..

Chip

Re: Decforms web connect

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:11:59 GMT

Something else on the same subject.

I would like to run an exe on VMS with interaction to a IE user on PC. So, the program ask things and displays things. So, there is a 1-1 relation between each window on PC and a program/process on VMS.

Any pointers to info of how to make such a thing ? I use WASD on VMS.

Wim