1. Easy ActiveX Access to Pathway Servers
TIC Server Object Gateway

2. TIC Server Object Gateway
Easy-to-use, object-oriented tool for creating client/server Pathway applications
Provides Pathway access to any application supporting ActiveX Controls
Compatible with a wide range of popular desktop development tools
Creates clients without requiring extensive Pathway development expertise
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3. TIC Server Object Gateway
Himalaya NonStop Server
SOG development environment
object manager
Designer
ActiveX controls
Dictionaries
&
Pathway servers
SOG runtime
application
application
user
ActiveX controls
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4. TIC Server Object Gateway
Sharable, reusable objects
Enables developers to generate ActiveX objects (known as Service Objects) for use in client applications
Service Objects encapsulate, in reusable code, various Pathway transaction services that can be executed from the client side
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Allows developers to access server-based DDL (Data Definition Language) dictionaries and use DDL structures to create the Service Objects
Combines service Objects into SOG application objects. SOG applications group the Service Objects that need to work within the same TMF transaction
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Maintains reusable Service Objects in a centralized database. There they can be accessed by multiple developers using a range of desktop tools to build numerous applications
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7. TIC Server Object Gateway
Features
Requires no changes to existing Pathway servers
Manages TMF transaction invocations
Provides automatic data conversion
Allows communication with multiple Pathway environments on multiple Himalaya servers
Supports Unsolicited Messages
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Features continued
Provides highly resilient TCP/IP connections that are highly scalable
Has security option for each send to a server
Creates code fragments for Visual Basic, Visual C++ and PowerBuilder
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Features continued
Provides migration path for Pathway Open Environment Toolkit (POET) applications
POET host data migration tool included
Includes tools to ease client application deployment
Provides a support utility to simplify gateway configuration and administration and to validate proper installation
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10. TIC Server Object Gateway
SOG Application Entities
Applications
Comprised of 1 or more service objects
Manage link to NSK host
Manage TMF transactions
Watch for Unsolicited Messages
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Service Objects
Comprised of a request and reply elementary fields
Manage sends to Pathway servers
Elementary fields
Are ActiveX properties - Get and Set them
Data conversion is done for each
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12. TIC Server Object Gateway
No need to deal with cumbersome API calls
API example (i.e., using POET)
PoetCreateDCPathwayLink( commw, NULL, “SogExamVC”, “C:\\dc\addc.dc” )
PoetWTSendToService (commw, “AddContVC”, SendData, SendLength, ReceiveData, ReciveLength, &Error)
ActiveX methods and properties
m_SogConnect.CreateLink(“SogExamVC”, &success)
m_pSogLink->EstablishLink()
m_pSogLink->CreateServiceObject("AddContVC", "", &success)
m_ pAddContact ->SetReq_request_type(900)
m_pAddContact->Send()
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13. TIC Server Object Gateway
Architecture
Client Application
NonStop Server PC
Pathway Servers
COM
PWSvrLnk-Server
SogConnect
SogGateway
TCP\IP
Sogdb-server
SOG Application Type Library
SOG Application Data Conversion File
SOG Host Database
Application Pathway Server Information
Service Object Information
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14. TIC Server Object Gateway
Web usage issues
Standard Web usage of SOG
NT Server
CGI or ASP
SOG
NT Server Microsoft IIS
CGI or ASP
SOG
Browser
SogConnect ActiveX control and DLLs installed once
User PC
Browser
Web enable Pathway applications easily with Microsoft IIS and SOG
SOG
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