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Basic foilset NetMeeting SubSystem -- TANGO Interactive Training

Given by Bart Winnowicz at NPAC Training on Dec 11 and 12 1997. Foils prepared Jan 8 1998
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Windows 95/NT (NT with service pack 3)
Microsoft NetMeeting 2.1 run-time installed
Tango plugin installed (there is no stand-alone version of Sharing Agent)

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1 Tango PC Sharing Agent 1.0
2 Sharing Agent 1.0 Requirements
3 Sharing Agent 1.0 Installation
4 Sharing Agent 1.0 Environment
5 Sharing Agent Behavior

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Foil 1 Tango PC Sharing Agent 1.0

From NetMeeting SubSystem -- TANGO Interactive Training NPAC Training -- Dec 11 and 12 1997. *
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Allows to share Windows 95/NT applications
Currently 4 applications supported:
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visual C++
Merges NPAC Tango and Microsoft NetMeeting collaboration environments
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Foil 2 Sharing Agent 1.0 Requirements

From NetMeeting SubSystem -- TANGO Interactive Training NPAC Training -- Dec 11 and 12 1997. *
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Windows 95/NT (NT with service pack 3)
Microsoft NetMeeting 2.1 run-time installed
Tango plugin installed (there is no stand-alone version of Sharing Agent)
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared Jan 8 1998

Foil 3 Sharing Agent 1.0 Installation

From NetMeeting SubSystem -- TANGO Interactive Training NPAC Training -- Dec 11 and 12 1997. *
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Download self-extracting file from:
http://trurl.npac.syr.edu/bart/instSh10.exe
Double-click on the file
Wizard will guide you through installation process
Default directory for Sharing Agent software is
  • C:\Program Files\NPAC\SharAgnt
Tango plugin's applications.conf file is automatically updated
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Foil 4 Sharing Agent 1.0 Environment

From NetMeeting SubSystem -- TANGO Interactive Training NPAC Training -- Dec 11 and 12 1997. *
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NetMeeting user information must be configured
  • When launching NetMeeting application for the first time, user information wizard will guide you through user information configuration process
For Windows NT only, NetMeeting must have applications sharing enabled
  • If it was not enabled yet, `Enable Sharing' button can be found in NetMeeting application menu command lists
Sharing Agent cannot run if NetMeeting application is running
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Foil 5 Sharing Agent Behavior

From NetMeeting SubSystem -- TANGO Interactive Training NPAC Training -- Dec 11 and 12 1997. *
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`Microsoft Applications' folder in CA is Sharing Agent entry point
Joining a session may take ~30s
Sharing Agent supports most of Tango session functionality
  • currently no Grant/Become Master
Collaborative and non-collaborative mode
  • slave enters collaborative mode by double-clicking shared application
  • in collaborative mode users share ONE mouse
  • leaving a session is the only way of de-collaborating
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