Before you can use AcuConnect to access remote applications, you must perform three main tasks. You must:
1. Prepare your application. This involves separating the client and server components of the application, embedding a CALL into the client component, and creating a runtime configuration file for the server component, if desired.
2. Prepare the server. This involves installing the remote application and configuration file, installing AcuConnect (along with its prelinked runtime), creating the server configuration file, and establishing system security.
3. Prepare the client(s). This involves installing the COBOL client programs, installing the ACUCOBOL-GT runtime (standard or AcuServer-enabled), and creating the client configuration file.
Once you have done the necessary preparations, accessing remote applications is easy:
1. Start the AcuConnect daemon on the server.
2. Execute the client program.
If you have prepared your application, server, and client(s) properly, the remote application is accessed automatically.
When it comes time to modify your application distribution, all you have to do is modify the client configuration file.