You can connect the Direct Connect client applications, such as Winforms and Client Framework to the AB Suite runtime system running on a different machine in the same domain.
To connect the Direct Connect client applications to the AB Suite system running on a remote machine, perform the following:
Share the folder where you have stored the configuration file on the network.
Modify the following tags in the configuration file:
<RuntimeServer> – Set this tag to the machine name where the runtime system is deployed. This can also be the IP address of the server.
For example, <RuntimeServer>ustr-erl2-9999</RuntimeServer>
<DownloadServerUrl> – Set this tag to the location where the DLLs that implement the client forms are located.
For example,
If you want to connect the Winforms to the AB Suite runtime system on a different machine, you must modify the <DownloadServerUrl> tag in the Winform config file (for example, Ispec.xml) as follows:
<DownloadServerURI>\\<IP Address of Remote Runtime System>\<SharedFolderName>\<configuration name>\<segment name>\Interfaces\Winforms\ Core\Bin </DownloadServerURI>
If you want to connect the WPF Client to the AB Suite Client Framework runtime system on a different machine, you must modify the <DownloadServerUrl> tag in the WPF Client config file (for example, <TechnologyFolderName>_Config.rtxml) as follows:
<DownloadServerURI>\\<IP Address of Remote Runtime System>\<Visual Studio Projects Folder>\<Solution name>\Access Layer API Deploy</ DownloadServerURI>
Notes:
A default Winform config file, Ispec.xml, is generated when you build the AB Suite application in the following location:
<package installation directory>\<configuration name>\<segment name>\Core\Bin\Ispec.xml
A default WPF Client configuration file, <TechnologyFolderName>_Config.rtxml, is generated when you build the AB Suite Client Framework application in the following location:
<Visual Studio Projects Folder>\<solution name>\Access Layer API Deploy\<TechnologyFolderName>_Config.rtxml
You can copy the configuration files to a different location on the system and customize it as per your requirement.
Ensure that the standalone Client Framework or Winform Client is installed on the client machine.
Create a shortcut of the executable file on the desktop of the client machine.
Note: When a 32-bit standalone Client Framework or Winform Client is installed, the executable file is located in the following path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Unisys\AB Suite 7.0\BinWhen a 64-bit standalone Client Framework or Winform Client is installed, the executable file is located in the following path: C:\Program Files\Unisys\AB Suite 7.0\Bin
Right-click the shortcut, and select Properties.
The Properties dialog box appears.
In the Target box, enter the IP address of the client machine and the location of the configuration file.
For example, <IP Address of Client Machine>\ C:\Users\appadminuser\Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Projects\<app name>\Access Layer API Deploy\WPF_Config.rtxml
Click OK.
When you run the executable file, it reads the configuration file specified in the Target box to set up the connection parameters required to connect to the runtime system.