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Example 6
Creating a component
Creating a DataServer

 

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Running the applet

 

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RView 1.0 has been tested on the following platforms:

OS Browser Comments
Windows95
Windows98
WindowsNT
Internet Explorer 4
Internet Explorer 5
Netscape Communicator 4.5
OK
Mac OS  8.5 Internet Explorer 4.5 MRJ 2.1.1 required
Mac OS 8.5 Netscape Communicator Does not work
Linux
HP-UX 10
Netscape Communicator 4.5 OK but Netscape has some instability
SunOS Netscape Communicator 4.5 Some windows do not repaint correctly. Resize them to force the repaint.

Installing the package

To install this package, just unzip it somewhere in your Web server tree structure.
If you want to be able to save configurations on the Web server from the Java applet, you must put the content of the bin folder somewhere so that they can be executed as cgi-bin. In this folder you will find the three following scripts which are given as examples:

  • Rv_add is a csh script used to add a new configuration to the configuration list. In this script, the path to the configuration list is set to ../SYNOPTICS/DESC/ConfigList.txt. You may have to change it.
  • RV_save is a perl script used to save a configuration file on the server. You may also have to change the path to the files.
  • RV_set is a csh script used to modify, from the applet, the content of the file Values.txt. It is relevant only if you use the HTTP based protocol to read and write the variables' values. You may have to change the path to the file Values.txt. This script also uses the cgiparse program.

You may also have to change the path to those scripts in the HTML files given as examples (test_http.html, etc.). In these files, the scripts are assumed to be in /cgi-bin.

You can of course run the program without using any of those scripts. You just won't be able to save configurations.

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author: F.Momal - CERN - LHC division - IAS group