Content Manager OnDemand Web Enablement Kit

The Content Manager OnDemand Web Enablement Kit is an optional feature of Content Manager OnDemand that allows people in an organization to use a Web browser to access data stored in a Content Manager OnDemand system.

For example, you can provide some people with the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a Web page that permits them to log on to an OnDemand server and choose a folder to open; you can provide other people with the URL of a Web page that permits them to search a specific folder. ODWEK verifies that the user has permission to use the Content Manager OnDemand server, has permission to use the folder, and has permission to view the data stored in an application group. After the user submits a search, ODWEK displays a Web page that contains a list of the documents that match the query. The user selects a document to view and ODWEK sends the document to the browser.

ODWEK contains several components:
  • The Web server program. The server program uses standard Content Manager OnDemand interfaces and protocols to access data stored in an OnDemand server. No additional code is needed on the Content Manager OnDemand server to support ODWEK. You can use one of the following Web server programs to control ODWEK:
    • CGI program. The CGI program runs on an IBM® i system that is running the IBM HTTP Server.
    • Java servlet. The servlet runs on a Java-enabled HTTP server with a Java application server, such as the IBM WebSphere® Application Server.
  • The AFP Web Viewer. The AFP Web Viewer lets users search, retrieve, view, navigate, and print AFP documents from a Web browser. Each person in your organization that plans to use the AFP Web Viewer to view AFP documents must install it on their workstation.
  • The Image Web Viewer. The Image Web Viewer lets users search, retrieve, view, navigate, and print BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, and TIFF documents from a Web browser. Each person in your organization that plans to use the Image Web Viewer to view documents might need to install it on their workstation. This is required when you want to view the image within the browser window, rather than allowing a default workstation application to launch for viewing.
  • The Line Data Java applet. The Line Data applet lets users view line data documents from a Web browser.
  • The AFP2HTML Java applet. The AFP2HTML applet lets users view the output generated by the IBM Content Manager OnDemand Advanced Function Presentation Transformations. The IBM Content Manager OnDemand Advanced Function Presentation Transformations converts AFP documents and resources into HTML files that can be displayed with the AFP2HTML applet. If you plan to use the AFP2HTML applet, then you must obtain the Advanced Function Presentation Transformations from IBM and install and configure it on the Web server. See your IBM representative for more information about the IBM Content Manager OnDemand Advanced Function Presentation Transformations.