AFP Engage! User's Guide

Introduction

AFP Engage!, a key component in Open Door's mission to "provide Internet solutions that are as easy to use as the Macintosh itself," is a client-side application which simplifies browsing, selection and access to AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP) servers in Internet and intranet environments. AFP Engage! helps restore the ease-of-use which would otherwise be lost as Macintosh networks migrate from AppleTalk to Internet protocols. With AFP Engage! access to AppleShare, personal file sharing and other AFP servers on IP networks is as easy as on AppleTalk.

AFP Engage! provides two key ease-of-use features:

• Dynamic server browsing - When used in concert with Open Door's ShareWay IP 2.0 (or other servers which register with Apple's new Service Location Protocol implementation in Mac OS 8.5), AFP Engage! acts just like the AppleTalk Chooser, but for IP-based servers. AFP Engage! provides a list of servers on your IP intranet which are available, and enables you to simply double-click the desired server.
  
  
• AFP URL processing - AFP Engage! works in concert with your Web browser, email reader or other Internet application to enable it to understand and process AFP URLs. A good example of the use of AFP URLs is Open Door's AppleShare-based Info-Mac shareware mirror, which is at the URL afp://afp.opendoor.com/info-mac/. With AFP Engage! installed, users can simply click on this URL to have the server automatically mounted on their desktop.

What's New In AFP Engage! 2.0

• Chooser-like point-and-click access to ShareWay IP 2.0 servers - Dynamically find, display and initiate access to ShareWay IP 2.0 servers on your intranet through a Chooser-like point-and-click user interface (requires Mac OS 8.5).
  
  
• Internet Control Panel support - New to Mac OS 8.5, the Internet Control Panel provides, among other things, a simple way of specifying AFP helper apps. AFP Engage! can register with the Internet Control Panel with one simple menu command.

Table of Contents

Getting Started	System Requirements Installation Licensing Browsing AFP Servers Processing AFP URLs
Using AFP Engage!	Accessing AFP Servers The "Browse AFP Servers" Window AFP URL Links Using AFP Engage! With Eudora Direct Entry of AFP URLs Apple Events From Other Applications Preferences
AFP URLs	AFP Over TCP/IP AFP Over AppleTalk
How AFP Engage! Works	As an AFP Server Browser As an AFP URL Processor
Troubleshooting	AFP Server Browsing AFP URL Processing