VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide
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CHAPTER 1
Getting Started
VISTA is an electronic report management application that allows you to quickly view long reports
without wasting the paper and time it takes to print them. You can use it to skim through any report
and search for specific text faster than you can page through a paper printout. There are two
enhanced versions of VISTA VISTA Plus for MPE and VISTA Plus for Windows MPE. Like
VISTA, VISTA Plus for MPE uses a character-mode interface. VISTA Plus for Windows MPE uses
a Windows interface. Features that are available only with the two VISTA Plus products are
identified in this guide as VISTA Plus features.
VISTA
The character-mode version of VISTA can be installed and run on any
MPE host; it is a module of NBSpool. Administrator functions and user
functions, such as viewing reports, can be performed from the same
host. Administrator functions are coverd in this guide; user functions
are coverd in the VISTA Plus for MPE User’s Guide.
VISTA Plus for MPE
The enhanced character-mode version of VISTA can be installed and
run on any MPE host; it is a module of NBSpool. Administrator
functions and user functions, such as viewing reports, can be performed
from the same host. Administrator functions are discussed in this guide;
user functions are discussed in the VISTA Plus for MPE User’s Guide.
If you purchase VISTA Plus for Windows MPE, VISTA Plus for MPE
acts as the server for all the Windows clients; only administrator
functions are performed from the machine where VISTA Plus for MPE
is installed. See below.
VISTA Plus for
Windows MPE
The Windows version of VISTA is installed and run on one or more
PCs. It is used in conjunction with VISTA Plus for MPE. The Windows
application is referred to as the client; the VISTA Plus for MPE
application is referred to as the server. User functions are performed
with the client; administrator functions are performed with the server.
User functions for the VISTA Plus for Windows MPE client, such as
viewing reports, are discussed in the VISTA Plus for Windows MPE
User’s Guide; administrator functions for the VISTA Plus server are
discussed in this guide.