Installation guide

Chapter 1: Introduction
10 FlashCONNECT Administrator’s Guide
• Uses familiar Pick BASIC programming subroutines to get you up and running
quickly.
• Creates static and active (or dynamic) Web pages from database queries.
• Supports Secure Socket Server Layers.
• Enhances Web server performance with FlashCONNECT Java Components.
Before installing FlashCONNECT, think about the features you want to use and how
you want to use this product. The Java Runtime Environment must be installed on
your computer in order to use FlashCONNECT’s Java components with:
• FCServlet to use the Java servlet interface.
• The mvDesigner interface to provide a graphical user interface between D3,
mvBase, and the mvDesigner server.
FlashCONNECT installs on a Web server or mvDesigner server, and connects the Web
or mvDesigner servers to one or more database servers. Your Web applications,
whether static or dynamic, allow you to determine the type of user interaction you
require.
These applications can be distributed across several systems through optional server
pool connections—that also allows for load balancing and tighter control of resource
allocation. Additionally, creating virtual directories allows these applications and
servers to communicate across multiple platforms regardless of which directory is
specified in the URL or link, or which type of Web server the Web application is
running on.
The following topics provide detailed information about FlashCONNECT:
• Architecture provides an illustration of the FlashCONNECT components.
• Selecting a Web Server provides Web server configuration information.
• FlashCONNECT Application Types to determine which application suits your
requirements.
• Interactive Multiuser Web Applications to learn more about FlashCONNECT’s
session tracking model.
• Using Virtual Directories to learn how FlashCONNECT uses virtual directories.
• FlashCONNECT Sessions describes session tracking.
NOTE—If you do not want to use FCServlet or mvDesigner, the Java Runtime
Environment is not needed.