Working With Server Applications

In this section:

When you open Applications, a query is made to the server to retrieve a list of applications found under its Application directory (APPROOT). These are not necessarily the applications seen by the server when a request is processed, but instead the list of available applications that the server can find if asked to do so.

The available applications are listed as follows: baseapp, employee, ibinccen, and ibisamp.

The available applications image

In the browser, the available options on the Applications node include: New Application, Open/Close, and Refresh. In Developer Studio, the Applications and Web Applications nodes include the options: Explore, Open, and New Application.

When you open an application, a request is issued to the server to get the list of files in the application.

In the browser, files are sorted into categories of a specific type. In Developer Studio you have the option to view files in a list or in virtual folders. See Viewing Application Files in Virtual Folders in Developer Studio for more information.

Note: In the Data Servers environment, you cannot save an application that contains a comma in the name.


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Working With Procedures in Application Files in the Data Servers Component

How to:

You can run a procedure from an application file located in the Data Servers component. Both Developer Studio and the Managed Reporting Applet use self-service amper auto-prompting.

The following image shows the HPUXTEST data server that has the Application node expanded with an opened employee application which has six sub folders, Data, GIF Images, HTML Forms, Other, Procedures, and WebFOCUS StyleSheets.

The HPUXTEST data server

As shown in the following image of Developer Studio, the files appear in the Explorer table along with their file type and size.

The Explorer Table



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Procedure: How to Open a New Application

  1. Expand Data Servers or Web Applications.
  2. Expand a server, for example, EDASERVE.
  3. Right-click Applications and select New Application.
  4. Type the name of your new application, for example, newbaseapp, and click OK.

Important: Web Applications are only available in the full Developer Studio.



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Procedure: How to Create a New Data File, Synonym, Procedure, HTML File, or StyleSheet

  1. Expand Data Servers.
  2. Expand a server, for example, EDASERVE.
  3. Expand Applications.
  4. If you are working in:
    • Developer Studio, right-click an application, for example baseapp, and select New then Data File, Synonym, Procedure, HTML File, or WebFOCUS StyleSheet.

      Note: When the virtual folder view is selected, options to create new files are available at the virtual folder level.

    • The browser, open the application and right-click the folder you want to create a new item in. For example, right-click Data to create a synonym.


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Procedure: How to View the Properties of an Application

  1. Expand Data Servers or Web Applications.
  2. Expand a server, for example, EDASERVE.
  3. Expand Applications.
  4. Right-click an application, for example baseapp, and select Properties.

    The following image shows the baseapp Properties dialog box which has a General tab window containing a single Name text box.

    The baseapp Properties dialog box

Important: Web Applications are only available in the full Developer Studio edition.



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Procedure: How to Create a New Folder in Web Applications

  1. Open Web Applications.
  2. Right-click an application and select New Folder.
  3. Assign a meaningful name and press Enter.

WebFOCUS