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Installing on Unix
Installing on NT/95
Installing on Unix

  1. Uncompress the distribution in the directory where you want to install
    webflow by typing

    gunzip webflow.tar.gz

    Untar the distribution by typing

    tar -xvf webflow.tar

    The directory path where the webflow distribtion has been unpacked is hereby
    refered to as the $WEBFLOW_HOME

  2. Make sure that you have read the README file in the distribution and
    installed the Java Web Server as given in the file.

  3. Add the path $WEBFLOW_HOME to the CLASSPATH environment variable.

  4. Go to the Java Server administration page and add the following servlets
    by clicking on the 'Servlets' icon

    Servlet Name Servlet Class Arguments
    connectionmanager webflow.backend.ConnectionManager
      
    modulemanager webflow.backend.ModuleManager
      
    sessionmanager webflow.backend.SessionManager ModuleFileURL=http://hostname:port/webflow/modules.txt
    where "hostname" and "port" are the hostname and port number of your Java Web Server

  5. Go to 'Servlet Aliases' option under 'Setup' in the Java Server Administration
    page and add the following

    Alias Servlet Invoked
    /cm.txt connectionmanager
    /mm.txt modulemanager
    /sm.txt sessionmanager

  6. Modify the 'modules.txt' and the 'top.html' files under the webflow ditribution
    to reflect the changes in the port numbers and the hostname.

  7. Now restart the Java Web Server and open the URL http://hostname:port/webflow/doc/demo.html to run the demo.

Installing on Windows NT/95

  1. Untar the distribution by double-clicking on the tar file and install the distribution under the 'classes' directory of the Java Web Server.

  2. Make sure that you have read the Windows part of the README file in the distribution and
    installed the Java Web Server as given in the file.

  3. Go to the Java Server administration page and add the following servlets
    by clicking on the 'Servlets' icon

    Servlet Name Servlet Class Arguments
    connectionmanager webflow.backend.ConnectionManager
      
    modulemanager webflow.backend.ModuleManager
      
    sessionmanager webflow.backend.SessionManager ModuleFileURL=http://hostname:port/webflow/modules.txt
    where "hostname" and "port" are the hostname and port number of your Java Web Server

  4. Go to 'Servlet Aliases' option under 'Setup' in the Java Server Administration
    page and add the following

    Alias Servlet Invoked
    /cm.txt connectionmanager
    /mm.txt modulemanager
    /sm.txt sessionmanager

  5. Modify the 'modules.txt' and the 'top.html' files under the webflow ditribution
    to reflect the changes in the port numbers and the hostname.

  6. Now restart the Java Web Server and open the URL http://hostname:port/webflow/doc/demo.html to run the demo.

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