WebSpeed
Developer’s Guide


Specifying a WebSpeed Broker

Before you can begin to develop Web objects, you must specify a WebSpeed Broker in the AppBuilder. The WebSpeed Broker must be connected to the same database that is connected to the AppBuilder (or the database must have the same schema as the database that is connected to the AppBuilder).

For information on configuring and starting WebSpeed Brokers, see the WebSpeed Installation and Configuration Guide . Also, Getting Started with WebSpeed contains a detailed example of starting a WebSpeed Broker connected to the sample Sports2000 database.

To specify a WebSpeed Broker in the AppBuilder, do the following:

  1. Select Options Preferences from the AppBuilder main window.
  2. Select the WebSpeed tab.
  3. Enter the URL of the WebSpeed Broker in the Broker URL field.
  4. Choose the Test button to verify the connection. (Be sure that you specify the path of your default browser’s executable file before testing.)
  5. Choose the OK command button.

The following shows the general syntax for specifying a Broker URL:

http://host_name[:port]/scripts_dir/messenger/WService=broker 

host_name

Specifies the name of the machine that is running the Web server.

port

Specifies the port number of the Web Server. The port number is optional if the Web Server uses the default port number, which is 80. For example, if a Web Server’s port number is 88, the initial part of the URL might be specified as http://myhost:88.

scripts_dir

Specifies the Web server scripts directory for a CGI or ISAPI Messenger. Omit this component if you using an NSAPI Messenger.

messenger

Specifies the messenger name. For a CGI Messenger, you add the filename (or pathname relative to the scripts directory) of your CGI Messenger script. For an ISAPI Messenger, you add the filename (or pathname relative to the scripts directory) of the DLL (wsisa.dll). For an NSAPI Messenger, you add the filename of the DLL (wsnsa.dll).

broker

Specifies the WebSpeed broker name.

Click on the Test button to verify the connection. However, be sure that you specify the path of your default browser’s executable file before running a test of the connection.


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