Programmer's Guide to the Internet Version 4.3

Table of Contents

Introduction
Introduction Purpose/Scope of Book What You Need To Know What You Don't Need To Know Overview of Terms Product Integration Technical Support Choosing a Deployment Method
Choosing a Deployment Method Advantages, Disadvantages Other Considerations Blending the Acucorp Family Recommendations Using AcuServer to Access Remote Data
Using AcuServer to Access Remote Data Client/Server Architecture Internet Architecture What is AcuServer? Defining Remote Pathnames Security Using the GT Runtime as an Internet Helper Application
What Are Helper Applications and Viewers? What are Helper Applications and Viewers? How to Use the Helper Application/Viewer Method How to Use the Helper Application/Viewer Method Preparing your GT Application Preparing your GT Application Configuring the Runtime for a Helper Application Packaging your Application and Resources Packaging your Application and Resources Using cblutil with helper applications Using COPY RESOURCE with helper applications Creating a Link to your COBOL Object Creating a Link to your COBOL Object The User's Task The User's Task Installing the Runtime Defining the Runtime as a Helper Application or Viewer Netscape Navigator 3.x Internet Explorer Launching the Application Security Helper Application Security Issues Using the GT Web Plug-in
What is a Plug-in What Is a Plug-in? How to Use the Plug-in How to Use the Plug-in Preparing your GT Application for the Plug-in Preparing your GT Application for the Plug-in To Prepare Your Application for Use in a Non-distributed Environment To Prepare Your Application for Use in a Distributed Environment Coding for the Plug-in Coding for the Plug-in W$BROWSERINFO W$STATUS IS-PLUGIN W$GETURL Other Coding Considerations Configuring the Runtime for the Plug-in Configuring the Runtime for the Plug-in Using Runtime Options Linking C Routines into the Plug-in Runtime Linking C Routines into the Plug-in Runtime Packaging your Application and Resources for the Plug-in Packaging your Application and Resources for the Plug-in Using cblutil with the Plug-in Using COPY RESOURCE with the Plug-in Including your COBOL application in the Web site Including your COBOL application in the Web site Using the <EMBED> Tag Using the Anchor Tags <A></A> Configuring the Web Server Software Configuring the Web Server Software O'Reilly WebSite NT IIS 4.0 Apache Web Server Netscape FastTrack The User's Job The User's Job Installing the Plug-in To Install the Plug-in Manually To Edit the Authorization File (optional) Launching the Application with the Plug-in Troubleshooting Licensing Considerations Licensing Considerations Plug-In Security Plug-in Security Using AcuConnect to Launch Remote Applications
Using AcuConnect to Launch Remote Applications Prepare Your Application Preparing Your Application Creating Separate Client and Server Components Embedding COBOL CALLs Defining Remote Application Path Defining Remote Application Path CODE-PREFIX Variable Code Name Aliases Using CGI to Execute Applications on the Web
How to Use CGI to Execute Applications on a Web Server How to Use CGI to Execute Applications on a Web Server Creating an HTML Interface Creating an HTML Interface Writing a CGI Program Writing a CGI Program What is CGI? Functions of a CGI Program Functions of a CGI Program Reading CGI Variables Reading CGI Variables Using the ACCEPT Verb Using the C$GETCGI Routine Processing the User's Request Processing the User's Request Generating HTML Output Generating HTML Output Using the DISPLAY Statement Caching HTML Output Suppressing HTML Headers CGI Guidelines CGI Guidelines Sample CGI Programs Oscars Sample Hello User Sample Substituting a URL Sample Creating a Link to your CGI Program Creating a Link to your CGI program The FORM Tag Using the FORM Tag The METHOD Attribute The ACTION Attribute FORM Components The INPUT Tag The TYPE Attribute Single-line Entry Fields Multiple-line Entry Fields Check Boxes and Radio Buttons List Boxes Submit and Reset Buttons Hidden Fields Configuring the Web Server Configuring the Web Server "-f" Runtime Option A_CGI Environment Variable Setting up a Web Site
Setting up a Web Site Designing Your Site Finding a Host or Building a Web Server Selecting Web Server Software Authoring your HTML documents Creating a Link to COBOL Programs Posting your HTML Documents Promoting your Site Registering a Domain Name Other ACUCOBOL-GT Internet Features
Other ACUCOBOL-GT Internet Features WEB-BROWSER Control To add Web browsing to your COBOL applications To display HTML pages distributed with your application To include graphical and multimedia files in your applications To invoke e-mail, telnet, and FTP services from your applications To display Windows objects such as folders and files Sample Web Browser Program References
References Internet Partners
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