Running BBj Thin Client from an Applet
In BBj 15.0 and higher, Thin Client applets are deprecated.
Description
The BASIS BBj Thin Client allows a user to run a remote program on their
machine. The user can either do this through a Web browser or as a stand-alone
client.
How to Run Thin Client From an Applet
BASIS provides a Thin Client applet for the purpose of running BBj applications
in a Web browser. Within the html code of the Web page, the following
applet tag needs to be put in:
<APPLET CODE = "com.basis.bbj.client.bbjapplet.BBjApplet"
WIDTH = 650 HEIGHT = 475 >
<PARAM NAME = CODE VALUE = "com.basis.bbj.client.bbjapplet.BBjApplet"
>
<PARAM NAME="cache_archive" VALUE="BBjThinClient.jar,ThirdParty.jar">
<PARAM NAME="cache_option" VALUE="Plugin">
<PARAM NAME="cache_version" VALUE="1.0.0.1,1.0.0.1">
<PARAM NAME="type" VALUE="application/x-java-applet;version=1.3">
<PARAM NAME = "AppServerPort" VALUE = "port_number" >
<PARAM NAME = "BBjProgram" VALUE = "program_name">
<PARAM NAME = "BBjConfig" VALUE ="config_file">
</APPLET> |
Within the applet tag, the following five parameters may be set (*indicates
those that are required):
AppServerPort* – The port on which AppServer is running.
BBjProgram* – The program, located on the server that is to
be run.
BBjConfig – The configuration file, on the server, which is
to be used.
WorkingDirectory – This applet parameter provides the same functionality
as the -WD parameter to the BBj executable.
BBj will attempt to change to the specified directory before loading
or running the program.
TerminalAlias – This applet parameter specifies the terminal
alias in the config.bbx to use for
channel zero. It is equivalent to the "-t"
option to the BBj executable.
NOTE: To ensure the cache is updated with the new jars, increment the
cache version of the external jar script or html file.
The following can be added to set the look and feel of an applet:
<PARAM NAME = "LookAndFeel"
VALUE = "VPRO5">
Example
This is the applet tag necessary to run BASIS's CUI Web Demo:
<APPLET CODE = "com.basis.bbj.bbjapplet.BBjApplet"
WIDTH = 650 HEIGHT = 475 >
<PARAM NAME = CODE VALUE = "com.basis.bbj.bbjapplet.BBjApplet"
>
<PARAM NAME="cache_archive" VALUE="BBjThinClient.jar,ThirdParty.jar">
<PARAM NAME="cache_option" VALUE="Plugin">
<PARAM NAME="cache_version" VALUE="1.0.0.1,1.0.0.1">
<PARAM NAME="type" VALUE="application/x-java-applet;version=1.3">
<PARAM NAME = "AppServerPort" VALUE ="2003">
<PARAM NAME = "BBjProgram" VALUE ="sample1.bbj">
<PARAM NAME = "BBjConfig" VALUE ="config.min">
</APPLET> |
For further examples, look at Sample1Index.html
in the demos/cuiweb directory and ec.html in the demos/ecommerce
directory.
Prototype Web Demo Example
Listed below is prototype example for running a BBj program in a Web
browser. The sample is installed as <bbj
install>/lib/prototype.html. Set the values for the following
parameters for customized implementation:
Parameter | Description |
w | Specifies
frame width. |
h | Specifies
frame height. |
App | Specifies
application name for Title Bar and Header. |
Cfg | Specifies
the config file name. |
LookAndFeel |
|
Prog | Specifies program
name. |
After the protptype.html file has been
edited to run an application, it must be saved in the lib
directory as <bbj install>/lib/<myapp>.html,
where <myapp> is the name supplied
for the new .html file. To test the application,
click on the .html file in Windows Explorer
or open the file in a browser.
To see a working example of this type of browser application, view sample1Index.html in the <bbj
install.>/lib directory.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
[App]
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="white">
<center>
<h1>[App]</h1>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
var _info = navigator.userAgent; var _ns = false;
var _ie = (_info.indexOf("MSIE") > 0 && _info.indexOf("Win") > 0 && _info.indexOf("Windows 3.1") < 0);
//--></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1"><!--
var _ns = (navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") >= 0 && ((_info.indexOf("Win") > 0 && _info.indexOf("Win16") < 0 && java.lang.System.getProperty("os.version").indexOf("3.5") < 0) || (_info.indexOf("Sun") > 0) || (_info.indexOf("Linux") > 0)) && (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("5.") != 0));
//--></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
if (_ie == true) document.writeln('<OBJECT classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" WIDTH=[w] HEIGHT=[h] codebase="http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/autodl/jinstall-1_4_0-win.cab#Version=1,4,0,mn"><NOEMBED><XMP>');
else if (_ns == true) document.writeln('<EMBED type="application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4"
java_CODE ="com.basis.bbj.client.bbjapplet.BBjApplet"
cache_option="Plugin" cache_archive="BBjThinClient.jar,ThirdParty.jar"cache_version="1.0.0.1,1.0.0.1"
WIDTH=[w] HEIGHT=[h] AppServerPort="2003" BBjProgram=[Prog]
BBjConfig=[Cfg] SecureConnection="false" pluginspage="http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.4/plugin-install.html"><NOEMBED><XMP>');
//--></SCRIPT>
<APPLET CODE = "com.basis.bbj.client.bbjapplet.BBjApplet"
WIDTH=[w] HEIGHT=[h] ></XMP>
<PARAM NAME = CODE VALUE = "com.basis.bbj.client.bbjapplet.BBjApplet">
<PARAM NAME="cache_archive" VALUE="BBjThinClient.jar,ThirdParty.jar.">
<PARAM NAME="cache_option" VALUE="Plugin">
<PARAM NAME="cache_version" VALUE="1.0.0.1,1.0.0.1">
<PARAM NAME="type" VALUE="application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4">
<PARAM NAME = "AppServerPort" VALUE ="2003">
<PARAM NAME = "BBjProgram" VALUE =[Prog]>
<PARAM NAME = "BBjConfig" VALUE =[Cfg]>
<PARAM NAME = "SecureConnection" VALUE ="false">
</APPLET>
</NOEMBED></EMBED></OBJECT>
</center>
</BODY>
</HTML> |