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Web-to-Host Wizard architecture

The Web-to-Host Wizard creates a hierarchical file structure. The site folder is at the top level. It contains one or more launch folders, that contain launch pages, that contain the code necessary to start the BlueZone sessions.

When you start the Web-to-Host Wizard for the first time, there are no configured sites, launch folders, or sessions.

How the Web-to-Host Wizard works

The following steps provide a high-level overview of the Web-to-Host Wizard order of operation.

  1. Create a site.

    For example, on a Microsoft IIS web server, if you created a site named MySite, a folder is created in the following location:

    C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MySite\

    Refer to Sites for more information.

  2. Create a launch folder.

    When you create a launch folder, the Wizard creates the launch folder in the site folder. For example, if you create a launch folder named MyLaunchFolder in the MySite site, a folder is created in the following location:

    C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MySite\MyLaunchFolder\

    When a launch folder is created, the Wizard copies all of the files from the site \template folder to the launch folder.

    Refer to Launch folders for more information.

  3. Add sessions.

    When you add a session, the Wizard modifies the object tag in the launch_x page or the page.json file that works in conjunction with the launch_jws page. There are two types of launch pages:

    • launch_x.htm

      Launch page used for ActiveX browsers, such as Internet Explorer.

    • launch_jws.htm

      Launch page used for browsers that do not support ActiveX, such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox.

    The Wizard uses the values you supplied and converts them to parameters that are written to the launch pages.

    In the ActiveX launch page (launch_x.htm) the Wizard modifies the existing object tag, which contains all of the parameters and values necessary to start the emulation sessions that have been configured on this web page.

    In the Java Web Start launch page (launch_jws.htm) or the BlueZone Web Start launch page (launch_bws.htm), the Wizard modifies the existing page.json file, which contains all of the parameters and values necessary to start the BlueZone emulation client sessions that are configured in the Wizard.

    Refer to Sessions for more information.

  • Sites
    When you use the Wizard, it creates a site folder that contains several subfolders with the files necessary to serve up the BlueZone emulation clients. These files are shared among all of the launch folders in the site.
  • Launch folders
    The launch folders are located in the site folder. When you use the Wizard to create a launch folder, it creates a folder that contains several HTML files, called launch pages, which contain data necessary to launch the BlueZone emulation client sessions. The launch folder also contains several configuration files.
  • Sessions
    When you use the Wizard to create a session, you are actually modifying the object tag in the launch_x.htm page and the JSON code that is used by the launch_jws.htm pages. The launch pages are located in the launch folder.
Parent topic: Web-to-Host Wizard overview