Decforms web connect

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

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

Wim

[Ian Miller.]

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/

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

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

[Bennett_2]

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

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Chip,

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

Wim

[Bennett_2]

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

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

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