APPX HTML Client

This page gives an overview of the technology used by the HTML client and installation instructions.

APPX HTML Client

Overview

The Appx HTML client consists of three modules:

Web Server Files. These are the javascipt libraries and style sheets that make up the HTML client. These must be installed in your web server's document directory. These files are platform independant.
APPX Server connector. This is a small javascript library that connects the web server to the actual Appx engine. There is a Server Connector for each platform on which Appx runs.
Local Connector. This is small executable file that provides additional support to the HTML client. When running in a web browser, there are more stringent security restrictions in place, so certain operations are not allowed (i.e., open a document on the users desktop, upload/download a file to/from the users' desktop, etc). The Local Connector allows these operations to run as seamlessly as they do on the normal Appx Desktop Client. There is a connector for each desktop platform. These are installed in the web server document folder and will be uploaded to the browser on demand.

Note that Appx does not have to be running on the same server as your web server, and the APPX Server Connector does not have be on the same server as either Appx or your web server. This gives you maxium flexibility in configuring your installation.

Once the HTML client is working, you can connect to any Appx 5.4+ server, just as you can with the Appx Desktop Client.

Requirements

You will need a web server, either Linux or Windows based. If you are going to use the Apache web server, it must be version 2.4 or higher. We have tested IIS on Win 7 with success, earlier versions of IIS have not been tested.

The web server does not have to be on the same server as Appx.