Deploying WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Applications for Server (Thin Client)

The WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server Transform utility processes the source HTML page and generates two output documents. One is a copy of the original page with the ActiveX objects replaced by image tags and corresponding behaviors (this is an HTM file). The second document is an XML manifest that describes the data sources and visual properties of the views in the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery perspective to the server during application initialization.

Once an HTML page has been created, transformed, and deployed, you cannot modify it again in the HTML Composer. To make changes to the deployed page, you must retrieve and edit the original file, or a backup of that file. Then you must redeploy the modified file to overwrite the previous one.

Procedure: How to Deploy WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Applications for Server (Thin Client)

From the HTML Composer, select Save as thin client from the File menu.

The Specify Name dialog box opens.
Enter a name and click Open.
Tip: Entering the same name as the current file will overwrite that file. To retain a copy of the current file, supply a different name for the deployed file.
If the file does not yet exist, you are prompted to create the file. Click Yes.
Go to the Developer Studio Explorer window and select the application project. In order to deploy the thin-client files, your project needs to be able to see them. To do this, you must add the XML and TXT file extensions to your project.
To add these file extensions to your project:
1. Right-click the application project and select Properties.
2. Click the Edit Filters tab.
3. Click the Add New File Type Filter(s) button. The New Filter dialog box opens.
4. Scroll to XML, select it, and click OK.
5. Click the Add New File Type Filter(s) button again, select TXT, and click OK.
6. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
Click the Binoculars button to display all files in your project path. Find the XML file and the HTM files for your project. This is the name you used when you saved the file as thin client from the HTML Composer.
Select and then right-click both files, and choose Add to Project from the menu.
From the deploy drop-down list select New Deploy Scenario.
The New Scenario Wizard opens. For complete details on how to use the New Scenario Wizard, see the Creating Reporting Applications With Developer Studio manual or click Help from the wizard to view the online documentation.

You do not need to specify a starting object to deploy thin-client files.
Run the Deploy Scenario.
On the machine where the WebFOCUS Client and the Visual Discovery Server (ADVIZOR Server) are installed, copy the HTM and XML files to the following directory:
drive:\Program Files\ADVIZOR Server
Execute the thin-client Web page by entering the following in your browser
```
http://server/ASI/htmpagename.htm
```
where:
server
Is the name of the Web server hosting the thin-client page.
htmpagename
Is the name of the thin-client HTM file.