Category: ZIM:X Connectivity

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Using Per User Entity Sets

Even though per user entity sets are private and only seen by the user that created them, they can still be available to an ODBC Driver connection by means of the Dynamic Creation of a Data Source, which informs the work path that contains the per user entity sets. When the third party software connects…
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Page Templates

fbarbosafbarbosa112003-01-24T16:51:00Z2003-01-24T16:53:00Z32711549ZIM Technologies12319029.3821 Page Templates ZimWeb includes page template support. This allows you to combine parameters from Zim with the page (web page, etc.) delivered to the client. Template file format A page template is just a regular page (HTML etc.), with parameter placeholders to indicate where each parameter to be supplied by the Zim application…
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ZimWeb Commands

The output from the Zim Server agent is sent to ZimWeb and then to the client (web browser, cellphone, tablet, etc.). However, there are various commands that can be used to control how the Zim application output is processed, and how ZimWeb behaves. ZimWeb expects that the Zim application will output a series of ZimWeb…
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ZimWeb Features

ZimWeb requires a TEMPLATE parameter. It is not optional (see Parameter Template can be Specified for this Procedure). Ability to Handle POST and GET Requests ZimWeb can accept parameters via either a POST request or a GET request (with the parameters in the URL, which means you can bookmark a ZimWeb request or add a…
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Installing and Configuring ZimWeb

Installation Here are some additional details about installing ZimWeb. The ZimWeb package ZimWeb is packaged as a WAR (Web Application Archive) file containing the following files: Package Contents example/index.htm Home page for the ZimWeb Example Application. WEB-INF/example/template/*.htm Page templates for the ZimWeb Example Application. WEB-INF/example/xslt/*.xsl XSLT style sheets for the ZimWeb Example Application. WEB-INF/web.xml/ Configuration…
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creating secure zim web applications

fbarbosafbarbosa182003-01-27T14:37:00Z2003-01-27T14:45:00Z12721552ZIM Technologies12319059.3821 Creating Secure ZimWeb Applications Some key guidelines for creating secure ZimWeb applications include:- Secure access to the ZimWeb Administration servlet so that unpriviledged users cannot access it. The installation instructions for Tomcat (See Installation) show how to reserve it for a given user name and password. Ensure that the client DEBUG facility is…
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SQL Errors

Execution Error Conditions The execution environment of a Zim client-server application involves products from more than one vendor. This can introduce the potential for additional error situations. For example, if the parameters to the connect command are not specified correctly for the particular installation of the SQL server being used, then the connect command fails…
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Zim Applications’ Input Parameters

  Input parameters are those parameters supplied as input to the Zim application. Parameters tend to work in the same way as the ZimCGI, except that: The TEMPLATE parameter is required, except where a default parameter template has been specifed for a procedure. There are more parameters with reserved meanings – namely PATHINFO, STYLE, PAGETEMPLATE…
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Zim on Windows

Zim Client-Server uses the SQLCPI variable to find the SAM module and the utilities used to import and export objects. Under Windows, the SQLCPI variable is set in the Windows registry and is set to the directory where the SAM software is installed. When running Zim on Windows, ensure that the registry variable SQLCPI  is…
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Zim on UNIX

In addition to installing Zim and modifying your UNIX operating environment to accommodate the Zim software, you must also set the environment variable “SQLCPI” to represent the directory for SAM files. To define SQLCPI, enter the following command if you are running the Bourne or Korn shells: SQLCPI=/usr/zim; export SQLCPI where zim is the directory…
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