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Running the WebClient Application Assembler
The WebClient Application Assembler is a Progress PRO*Tool and is part of your Progress development environment. Before you run the WebClient Application Assembler, you should read the design chapters in this guide and make your decisions about how you want to deliver and install the application on your end users’ machines. When you run the WebClient Application Assembler, you are presented with a number of screens in which you provide information about your application install based on the design decisions you make.
Input Files Required for the WebClient Application Assembler
Before you run the WebClient Application Assembler to define your application and its components, You must have a root directory for your application and it must contain:
- All files that comprise the application (
.r
files,.pl
files, image files, and so on).- All files that require special install processing (System Tasks) for your application. This includes third-party files such as ActiveX controls, system
.dll
files, image files for shortcuts, and an initialization file.In addition to the above items, the following must be true:
- All files placed in the components must reside under the Application Root Directory: the directory you specify in the General Tab of the WebClient Application Assembler.
- The application’s directory structure under the Application Root Directory on the development machine must be the same as the directory structure you want to use on the end users’ machine under the directory where the application is installed.
Follow these steps to run the WebClient Application Assembler:
- Choose PRO*Tools from the Tools menu.
The PRO*Tools menu bar opens.
- From the menu bar, choose WebClient Application Assembler.
The WebClient Assembler, shown in Figure 7–1, opens.
Figure 7–1: WebClient Application Assembler
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Using the WebClient Application Assembler, you can perform the following tasks:
The WebClient Application Assembler includes the following tabs that you use to provide information about your application, and to generate your deployment files, including the application configuration file:
This section describes the functionality of the WebClient Application Assembler. For detailed information about the options in the tabs and dialog boxes, see the online Help system.
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