AFP Engage! User's Guide

Getting Started

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

• AFP server browsing - dynamically browse for ShareWay IP-targeted servers on your intranet
• AFP URL processing - initiate access to AFP servers through AFP URLs

This chapter discusses getting started with each key feature. Using AFP Engage! is discussed more fully in the next chapter.

System Requirements

As an AFP Server Browser

• Mac OS 8.5
• 1 MB application RAM
• AppleShare Client 3.8 or later

As an AFP URL Processor

• Mac OS version 7.5 or later
• 1 MB application RAM
• Open Transport 1.1.2 or later
• AppleShare Client 3.7 or later (previous versions may work for AppleTalk URLs)
• Netscape 2.0 or later and/or Microsoft Explorer 3.0 or later
• Internet Config 1.3 or later (if desired), or the Mac OS 8.5 Internet Control Panel

Installation

Place AFP Engage! at any convenient location on the hard drive of client machines which will be accessing AFP servers. If you intend to use AFP Engage! as an AFP server browser, both client and ShareWay machines must be running Mac OS 8.5 and the extension "SLPPlugin" must be in the System folder's Extensions folder.

Licensing

A single-user license to AFP Engage! is included with each copy of ShareWay IP 2.0 purchased. This copy of AFP Engage! may be installed on only one client machine. Additional copies of AFP Engage! must be purchased directly from Open Door Networks for use on additional client machines. Volume and site licenses are available.

Browsing AFP Servers

The easiest way to initiate access to AFP Servers is through the "Browse AFP Servers" window. ShareWay IP and client machines must be running Mac OS 8.5, and must be on the same intranet. AFP Engage! can dynamically find and display servers targeted by ShareWay IP 2.0, displaying them by target server name. Initiating access to such a server is as easy as double-clicking a server name in the list.

Processing AFP URLs

By registering AFP Engage! as an AFP Helper, you can click on AFP URLs in HTML documents to initiate access to AFP servers. When AFP Engage! is first launched, it automatically registers with whatever Web browser is running.

Eudora 3.0 and later will also process AFP URLs. The first time an AFP URL is clicked in a Eudora document, Eudora will ask you to specify a helper app. Choose AFP Engage!.

See AFP URL Links and Using AFP Engage! with Eudora for details.

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