Developing and deploying a DataWindow plug-in

What you do

There are four main tasks involved in displaying a PSR in the DataWindow plug-in.

StepsTo display a PSR in the DataWindow plug-in:

  1. Save a PSR file.

  2. Create an HTML page that embeds the DataWindow plug-in.

  3. Configure the Web server by registering the appropriate content type (MIME type) and copying the HTML page and PSR files to appropriate directories.

  4. On all client workstations, install the DataWindow plug-in DLL.

Resulting components

When everything is set up, the various computers will have the components listed in Table 32-2.

Table 32-2: Server and client configuration for DataWindow plug-in

Computer

Component

Server

MIME type application/data window registered for the file extension PSR

HTML page with an Embed element for the PSR

PSR file

Client

DataWindow plug-in DLL in the browser’s Plugins directory and supporting DLLs

What’s next

The rest of this chapter describes the four steps for displaying a PSR in the DataWindow plug-in: