How to Deploy PASSPORT WEB TO HOST to Users
PASSPORT WEB TO HOST
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I have completed installing and configuring PASSPORT WEB TO HOST on my web server. How can I deploy it to my user’s community?
The standard method of launching a session
is to use the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST Launch Web site. The URL for this Web
site is:
http://YourWebSite/pec/
This URL displays an edit box where you enter
a session profile name and press the enter key or the submit button. The
mainframe session is launched in a separate browser window. There
are several other methods that can be used to integrate the WEB TO HOST
into your intranet or extranet. These include making links for various
host sessions, or providing a URL that specifies the exact ASP file that
is used to launch a specific session. This URL could then be published
to your favorites list, or used to create a shortcut on your Windows desktop.
An example URL would be:
http://YourWebSite/pec/Ecomes.asp?sessionprofile=3270dsp/Sessions/mysession
Any links or shortcuts that are created to start a PASSPORT WEB TO HOST session should point to the ASP file and not the ZWH file that is opened by the ASP. For example, the end result of starting a session is http://server/pecadmin/eClient/Ecomes.zwh?sessionprofile=3270dsp/Sessions/profilename. If this URL is saved as a Favorite or a desktop shortcut is created pointing to this location, a first time user will not download the ActiveX control and will get an error. Also, if a new version of PASSPORT WEB TO HOST is installed on the server, existing users will not download the new version. By simply modifying the URL to point to Ecomes.asp rather than Ecomes.zwh, this can be avoided. The ASP file does a version check before opening the ZWH configuration file.
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