How do I setup an APPX/NET client?

The APPX/Net Client can be installed and run on a Windows desktop computer. An APPX/Net Client session uses APPX/Net to connect to a remote APPX Server to access all data files.

The only file that needs to be installed on the desktop computer is the APPX/Windows executable (appx.exe). This is the same executable file that is needed when configuring a Windows desktop computer to use the APPX/Win32 Client.

The following three environment variables must be set.

APPXPATH=<dir> APPX_DATA_SERVER=<hostname>:<port> APPX_UID=<user>:<password>

where:

<dir> is the desktop directory where the APPX/Net client will create Em's and other temporary files that may be needed.

<hostname> is the hostname or IP address of the server where APPX is installed and where an APPX Connection Manager (appxdsvc/appxd) is running.

<port> is the TCP/IP port number that the APPX Connection Manager is listening on for login requests.

<user> is the user ID that is to be validated by the Connection Manager and which will be used for the APPX session.

<password> is the password that will be validated by the Connection Manager

Windows PC's can run an APPX/Net Client by setting the appropriate environment variables and then running appx.exe (without the -c command line switch). This can be done in a batch (.bat) file or from a Command Prompt. An APPX/Net client is a "thick client" that actually runs the APPX session on the desktop computer but performs all file I/O through an APPX/Net connection to an APPX FMS Server session runing on the server where APPX is installed.

Example where:

<dir>=c:\appxnet
<hostname>=myappxserver
<port>=8060
<userid>=joe
<password>=please


set APPXPATH=c:\appxnet
set APPX_DATA_SERVER=myappxserver:8060
set APPX_UID=joe:please
c:\appxnet\appx.exe