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Hansa 7.2 Web Client?

Dil Hayre

2015-11-24

Dear Support,

Does Hansa 7.2 have a web client? If so, is it easy to setup?

Kind regards
Dil

Martins Ebersteins

2015-11-24

Dear Dil,

Depends on your server set-up, but the 7.2 version itself has a web-client.

If it is set up properly on your server, you should be able to access it by typing in your browser:
IP:WEBPort/webclient
Where:
IP = IP address of your server;
WEBPort = WEB Port set on your server

Best regards,
Eberstein Business Solutions.

Dil Hayre

2015-11-25

Created byMartins Ebersteins22:38 24 Nov 2015

Dear Dil, Depends on your server set-up, but the 7.2 version itself has a web-client. If it is set up properly on your server, you should be able to access it by typing in your browser: IP:WEBPort/webclient Where: IP = IP address of your server; WEBPort

Dear EBS,

Thank you for coming back to me so quickly. I tried that format and variations to that command but that didnt work.

Could you guide me on how to check where the settings are and if I can check it is setup properly?

Kind regards
Dil

Martins Ebersteins

2015-11-25

Created byDil Hayre11:16 25 Nov 2015

Dear EBS, Thank you for coming back to me so quickly. I tried that format and variations to that command but that didnt work. Could you guide me on how to check where the settings are and if I can check it is setup properly? Kind regards Dil

Dear Dil,

You should ensure that the WEB port is specified in the Technics -> Registers -> Program mode -> WEB Port field.
It is also possible that the WEB-port is specified on your server in the parameters.txt file e.g. It will override the system setting.
Anyhow, the first step is to ensure that the WEB-port is specified.

Then you should ensure that on your server you actually have a folder where the web-client is stored. It should be in your HansaWorld root folder under the webclient folder.

Then you could try to connect to it by using your browser and the address noted above. If it is not working, it would be helpful to know, what is actually displayed in your browser (e.g. file not found or website not found / server not reachable).

Checking can you actually reach that IP and port from your computer also makes sense (does the telnet command in command console make any sense to you?).

Best Regards,
Eberstein Business Solutions.

Dil Hayre

2015-11-25

Dear Martins,

Thank you for your comprehensive reply. I have used telnet in the past. For the moment, I will check the other bits and come back to you.

The IP and port I used is the same as the one configured for our windows client. Would that be the case or would the webclient use a different port?

Kind regards
Dil

Martins Ebersteins

2015-11-26

Created byDil Hayre18:56 25 Nov 2015

Dear Martins, Thank you for your comprehensive reply. I have used telnet in the past. For the moment, I will check the other bits and come back to you. The IP and port I used is the same as the one configured for our windows client. Would that be the ca

Dear Dil,

WEB-port has to be different from the "regular" HansaWorld communication port.

Best regards,
Eberstein Business Solutions.

Paul Timms

2015-11-26

Hi Dil

I believe the URL should be IP:WebPort/startwebclient

If you have a parameters.txt file on the server, it may have the webport specified in there which will override the one in Program Mode.

Regards

Paul

Dil Hayre

2015-11-26

Hi Paul,

Thank you for the update on the URL, that has helped to get to the next step. I have a web port specified as 8080 in the Technics>Program Mode section.

With your URL suggestion I get a box in the main IE page saying "Starting Web Client". In the URL line it has "waitforwebclient" with the time increasing. I let that go up to 60secs then closed IE.

Does that give us a clue about the setup?

Regards
Dil

Paul Timms

2015-11-27

Hi Dil

If you have access to the server, it should have created a new folder called webclients, and inside there will be one or more folders with a long string of characters as the folder name. In here is a webclient slave, which runs and then listens on a particular port. The port will increment by one each time a webclient is started. If you look at the contents of hansa.log in that folder, it will tell you the port it's listening on, and maybe some info about any errors.

Is your server on the same network as your client? Or if not, is it running NAT behind a firewall with only the main Hansa port and webport redirected?

Regards

Paul

Dil Hayre

2015-11-30

Hi Paul,

The server is on the same network and although I do have access to the server I think this would be a good time to pass this information on to my colleague who helps with development. Our Hansa server is on Linux and he knows how to navigate that OS.

I will come back to you on this after liaising with him.

Many thnaks.
Dil

Dil Hayre

2016-01-20

Hi Paul,

Sorry there has been a delay in updating this. I would like to get the web client up and running if possible. Our developer couldnt see a Hansa.log file in that directory. I think the log file is only at the top level.

Separate question, same subject. Does the web client give you all the functions of the windows client?

Kind regards
Dil

Paul Timms

2016-01-25

Hi Dil

Each web client "slave" folder will also create a hansa.log, if it is able to run. It sounds like yours isn't getting that far though. Either that or the individual web client folders are automatically being removed after a certain time.

If it worked, I think it would give you almost all the functions of the Windows client. I couldn't tell you what might be missing, if anything.

Regards

Paul

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