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    New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

    OK, I built my app using the local WAS to debug and now have the Enterprise version of WAS running on LAN server. I have successfully published the app on the LAN server. I can start the WAS from the "Program Files" directory on the server, configure it to the server, and specify the default a5w page. When I double click the a5w page, I get a "Application Server Started" and a green dot in my windows tray, but nothing on the browser. If I start the a5w page in IE, I only see the results of the html code up to the <%a5 tag, but nothing further. The manuals don't seem to address the simple fundamentals of running your app in a browser. Help!

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    Re: New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

    Try "Publish and Open" instead... You wouldn't browse to somebody's website by downloading their website files and opening them locally,would you?

    You can direct your browser to the URL of the LAN server (or IP address/defaultpage.a5w), otherwise it tries to open the .a5w page locally on your PC!

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      Re: New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

      Maybe my problem is more fundamental. My understanding is that when I got done publishing a web project that anyone could run it via the enterprise version of the A5 Web App Server (which we bought in addition to A5V9 Platinum). Are you telling me that a user must have an A5V9 license or a Run Engine License just to run a Web Project?

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        Re: New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

        Originally posted by AAVasaris View Post
        Maybe my problem is more fundamental. My understanding is that when I got done publishing a web project that anyone could run it via the enterprise version of the A5 Web App Server (which we bought in addition to A5V9 Platinum). Are you telling me that a user must have an A5V9 license or a Run Engine License just to run a Web Project?
        Not at all but if you don't know what to type in your browser to view the website on the server, publishing with the "publish and open" option tends to open the default page, which you can then bookmark.

        By the sound of it what you were doing was trying to run the .a5w files by double-clicking on them, or opening them from within IE (by going to file->open), which tries to open them locally on your PC, rather than served up by the web app server. Just opening the .a5w page won't work, you have to use the full URL (or IP address/server name), e.g. http://www.yourdomain.com/Project or http://111.111.111.1/Project or http://myLanServer/Project
        Last edited by NoeticCC; 07-02-2008, 12:46 PM.

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          Re: New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

          I'm not a A5 guru. I do know a bit about things network related.

          1. Go to the LAN server and try using IE to open the page.
          2. What kind of LAN sever do you have? Is IIS loaded?
          3. What port are you using? The default is 80. Did you use it?
          4. You said that you successfully loaded the web site onto the server. When you can't access files, look at permissions.
          5. Firewall??

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            Re: New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

            Thanks for the response. Having checke permissions and after activating the server with the license number (sometimes we miss the simple things), the server seems to be working and accessible. The next problem we are facing is how the server resolves its paths using the various "roots" and aliases. I have found this part of Alpha5 marginally documented, but I'm learning through a lot of testing and continual reading. The server seems to start the web pages OK, but only finds one of the users, even though all have been established and it can't find the data (dbf) files. The answer seems to lie in WAS settings and publishing settings for directories and aliases. Still frustrating.

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              Re: New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

              Originally posted by GregoryCW View Post
              I'm not a A5 guru. I do know a bit about things network related.

              1. Go to the LAN server and try using IE to open the page.
              Good point, what the original poster was doing from THEIR PC (browsing to the published files and trying to open the .a5w page locally) won't work as it tries running the file on their PC, but on the server this should work.

              What Operating System does the server have?

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                Re: New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

                Here's my data structure: I map locally to T:\ which looks like http://alpha5.cai-eng.com as a URL.
                Document Root for the WAS is T:\A5Webroot (I have enabled the security framework) and running nicely on Port 8080.

                My Publishing Profile called CAI-A5_Server has:
                Webroot = T:\A5Webroot
                Target Folder = Default.WebProject (which I think resolves as T:\A5Webroot\Default.WebProject

                Folder for data files = T:\A5DataRoot

                Base URL = http://alpha5.cai-eng.com

                Under Aliases: [PathAlias.ADB_Path] = A5DataRoot for the CAI-A5-Server profile.

                When I look at my T:\ drive I find my webproject stuff in T:\alpha5\A5Webroot\Default.WebProject and my dbf files in T:\alpha5\A5DataRoot.

                The security works for me, then to my after login page which has a data grid in it that shows:

                Error 3 - Error loading [PathAlias.ADB_Path]\parcels.dbf: The system cannot find the path specified. \[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\parcels.dbf

                The file is located at http://alpha5.cai-eng.com/A5DataRoot/parcels.dbf (I think) which in the local context is T:\alpha5\A5DataRoo\parcels.dbf

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                  Re: New App - Move to LAN Server - Can't start in browser

                  Originally posted by AAVasaris View Post
                  Thanks for the response. ... The answer seems to lie in WAS settings and publishing settings for directories and aliases. Still frustrating.
                  I'm going through the learning curve myself. I have some of the pieces in places - others to come.

                  The complexity comes in two parts: the ability to support multiple web sites on one server and the separation of data from programs (protecting the data).

                  The alpha site has a number of training videos and programs - many free, that touches on these setup issues. I'm sorry that I can't point you to the specific document that discusses this issue but I know that I've seen info during my visits.

                  Greg

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