/* * READ.ME of the Alaska Web Application Adaptor Version 1.31 * for Window NT and Windows 9x * * International Edition * * Date: 02/01/2000 * */ ________________ 1.0 Installation 1.1 Procedure When you have downloaded the Web Application Adaptor (WAA) as a ZIP archive, unpack the archive in a temporary directory and start the SETUP program. If you have received WAA on CD-ROM, insert the CD in your CD-ROM drive and start the SETUP program from the WAA1W32 directory. Note for Xbase++ users: Select "Custom installation" (see 1.2 below) The WAA development kit is installed by default on drive C: with the following directory structure: \ALASKA\WAA1W32 |---APACHE Apache HTTP server | |---OS2 OS/2 version | |---W32 Windows 9x and Windows NT version | |---BOOK WAA documentation | |---GATEWAY Gateway between the HTTP server and WAA | |---OS2 OS/2 version | |---W32 Windows 9x and Windows NT version | |---ISAPI Gateway for MS Internet Information Server | |---SAMPLES Example applications | |---SERVER Web Application Adaptor (WAA) (and Xbase++ runtime, when installed) When the installation program has finished, the file WAA1SRV.EXE is located in the ..\SERVER directory. This file is the WAA server and it needs a connection to your HTTP server. The connection is provided by a gateway which is available for both OS/2 and Windows platforms. How to install and configure the gateway depends on the HTTP server you are using. Please refer to the online documentation for further configuration steps. 1.2 You have Xbase++ installed Select "Custom Installation" and unselect the checkbox for the Xbase++ runtime libraries. It is not recommended to install the Xbase++ runtime environment twice. 1.3 You do not have Xbase++ installed The setup program of the Alaska WAA does not change any environment variable nor will any component of the system be replaced. If you install the Xbase++ runtime files they will reside in the SERVER directory. The package contains only those Xbase++ runtime files needed by the WAA. 1.4 What's new in this version ? WAA 1.31 -------- Session management is fixed. Under very special circumstances, the session management of WAA 1.30 showed an erroneous behavior. Session data of a client A stored via oContext:setCargo() sometimes becomes visible to a client B. This imposes a data security risk for Web applications and, as a consequence, the session management is completely revised. If you have deployed Web applications using persistent sessions, we recommend to delete the following files of your WAA installation after updating to version 1.31: ..\WAA1W32\SERVER\WAA1SRV.DBF ..\WAA1W32\SERVER\WAA1SRV.FPT ..\WAA1W32\SERVER\WAA1SRV.CDX If missing, these files are automatically created by WAA1SRV.EXE when oContext:openSession() is called. WAA 1.30 -------- Most of the common HTTP servers are supported by WAA version 1.3. New features of WAA allow for maintaining a persistent session via the Internet, the definition of user-defined HTML classes and other details such as displaying framesets or sending e-mail from a Web application. Please refer to the chapter "Read me first" in the WAA online help for a full explanation. ____________________________ 2. Support and contact info 2.1 Technical support Technical support is available for every registered user of Alaska Software products. If you are not a registered user you can also make support requests but it may be handled at a lower priority compared to others and thus a response will not be guaranteed by Alaska Software in this case. To get in contact with our Technical Support use one of the contacts listed in 2.2. 2.2 How to contact Alaska You can use one of the following possibilities: Customers in Europe, Middle East, Africa use: support@de.alaska-software.com CompuServe Forum: GO ALASKA FAX: (+49) 6196 / 957 222 Phone: (+49) 6196 / 957 20 Mail: Alaska Software GmbH Hauptstrasse 71-79 65760 Eschborn Germany Customers in America, Asia, Pacific, Australia use: support@us.alaska-software.com CompuServe Forum: GO ALASKA FAX: (+1) 970-242-7557 Phone: (+1) 970-242-1084 Mail: Alaska Software, Inc. 744 Horizon Court Suite 360 Grand Junction CO 81506 U.S.A. 2.3 News groups The Alaska Software news server address is: news.alaska-software.com A variety of Xbase++ related news groups are hosted by Alaska Software on this server and you are invited to visit our news groups regularly. The news groups provide access to a tremendous amount of technical know how and experience that is shared between Xbase++ users world wide. __________________ 3. Miscellaneous 3.1 Trademark and copyright * Alaska Xbase++, Alaska XbToolsIII, DMLB and XBP are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Alaska Software GmbH. * OS/2 is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation. * Windows NT, Windows 95 and Windows 98 are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. WITH BEST REGARDS Your Xbase++ Team...