The ACUCOBOL-GT Thin Client works in an Internet environment as well as a local-area or wide-area network environment. When end users invoke the ACUCOBOL-GT Thin Client in an Internet environment, they simply enter the server name, and, optionally, the port number of the server they are accessing over the Internet.
For example:
acuthin bigserver.acucorp.com:5633 myprog1 10 20 30
Note that clients must have a live Internet connection when they execute this command, and the server name that they enter must be resolvable by the Internet name server used by their service provider. (The Internet name server then resolves the name with its IP address.)
If the server name is not exposed to Internet name servers, end users can enter the explicit IP address on the ACUCOBOL-GT Thin Client command line as in the following example:
acuthin 128.110.121.42:5633 myprog1 10 20 30
If the server is in a Virtual Private Network (VPN), the user must connect to the network before entering the acuthin command.
If you include your application on a Web site, end users can launch your program from their browsers rather than typing command line syntax. When they visit your Web site and click a link, the ACUCOBOL-GT Thin Client runtime is automatically invoked on their machine, initiating thin client communication with the server. Refer to section 7.4 for more information on setting up your Web server this way.