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UNIX
Via FTP
UNIX
via Shell
Windows NT/XP
MIXED UNIX/WINDOWS
Cirix or Terminal
Server
Basically there are four ways to deploy according to the
operating system in use.
The software has five basic components -
RBD_find
RBD_prepare
RBD_designer
RBD_preview
RBD_freepreview
RBD_Find & RBD_prepare normally reside on a
server - can be on the application server or another server (or
client!) that the application server can see. RBD_find is used
to locate the template used for the particular document that is
being printed. It then passes that template to RBD_prepare which
merges the print output from the application with the template
and compresses and sends the data to RBD_previewer.
RBD_previewer normally would sit on a client. This client
has access to all the printers that you would want to use and must
be a Win32 machine- doesn't matter which flavour (although Win95
is getting a little old). RBD_previewer receives the print job,
uncompresses it and then passes it to the nominated printer via
Windows printing.
RBD_designer is the template designer and sits on any Windows
client. The templates created get saved on the host that has RBD_find
& RBD_prepare.
RBD_freepreview is the free preview tool for viewing reports
So the four ways to deploy are:
1. On a Unix network - 2 options
a)RBD_find & RBD_Prepare sit on the Unix host. RBD_previewer
sits on a windows client. The free NuVu FTP server sits on the
windows client with RBD_previewer installed. This allows transport
of files between Unix and Windows. No need for Samba or Vision
FS. RBD_designer can be on any Windows client. Available from
version 2.17
b)RBD_find & RBD_Prepare sit on the Unix host. RBD_previewer
sits on a windows client. You also need (for Unix only) a third
party product called RSH from www.denicomp.com (or similar) This
is to allow shell commands issued from the host to the client
to be recognised. RBD_designer can be on any Windows client. You
would need Samba or Vision FS installed on the network to allow
the Unix and Windows machines to see each other.
2. On an NT/XP network - same as 1 but no need for RSH
or Samba/Vision FS
3. On a Citrix network - everything
resides on the Citrix host. Only requirement is that the Citrix
host has access to the application
4. On a Windows network - can be
all on the client. Again NuVu just needs access to the application
although we are expecting a client networking scenario here where
the print output from the application is created at the client.
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