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Uniface Anywhere scalability on serversAuthor: adrian.gosbell@synapse-i.jp (Adrian Gosbell) Several questions from the Uniface Anywhere webinars held in February 2016 was asking about the scalability of Uniface Anywhere Number of clients per server: This is a 'how long is a piece of string' question, but we found that generally an 'off the shelf' server can run 30+ clients, but there are a lot of dependencies to consider so it is important to benchmark and/or use the multi-server deployment option. Server OS: Resource use seems to be better on newer versions of Windows Server, but application deployment architecture also needs to be considered. Application Use: Concurrent users who are doing ‘heads-down-data-entry’ into the one or two forms, are going to be using the Uniface Anywhere server in a different way to users who are opening and closing lots of C/S forms.  Application and Deployment architecture: Having the Uniface Anywhere server also pr

It was twenty years ago todayAuthor: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) "It was twenty years ago today, ..." well on April 1st 1993 I started with Uniface GmbH, the fresh founded german subsidiary of Uniface International. As Leader of the helpdesk, I built up the infrastructure, the processes and knowledge. Worked as a Qualified Consultant / Qualified Senior Consultant in most cases finding concepts to make uniface work as our customers expect. Since 2003 beeing thrown in the freelancer market trying to make my bread and butter with my experiences, focused on the uniface issues. 20 long years with the product uniface, exchanging help and ideas on the uniface listserver as well as on T.U.R.F. more than 1,100 posts on uniface.info a lot of help for the community (free of charge) years working for and as the dITo initiative Looks like I will turn my attention more on T.U.R.F. again for the times to come.

A forum specific to the thin client technology, Uniface Anywhere (formerly Uniface JTi)

Uniface Anywhere and IPV6Author: adrian.gosbell@synapse-i.jp (Adrian Gosbell) We recently had a question about Uniface Anywhere and IPV6 compliancy. To confirm, the product has been IPV6 compliant since version 3.2. 

Newbie question about Uniface AnywhereAuthor: tomas.hogvag@abilita.fi (thogvag) Hello, We are currently testing Uniface Anywhere. I have a question regarding network connectivity needed for web deployment. It is stated in the manual that the Uniface Anywhere server listens on TCP port 491 by default. In one use case we have a client that would need to run our software from a mobile internet connection (3G) that has a dynamic ip-adress. (the clients ip adress changes frequently) Is it sufficient for the client to have access to the webserver (port 80) to run the application or does the client need access to the Anywhere server on port 491. My thinking is that we would have a dedicated Anywhere server in the internal net. And a web server (IIS) in DMZ or outside the firewall. And then open port 491 between web server and Anywhere server. Is this scenario possible? Ie. the only thing the client would need is an internet connection. best regards, Tomas

Uniface Anywhere 4.8.2.22195 is available for downloadAuthor: nico.peereboom@uniface.com (Nico Peereboom) Uniface product management is pleased to announce that Uniface Anywhere (formerly Uniface JTi) 4.8.2.22195 is available for download on Uniface Download: https://download.uniface.com/downloads/UnifaceAnywhere/v4/ With this release of Uniface Anywhere support has been added for: Windows Update KB3070102 Windows Update KB3000850 Windows Update KB3057839 In addition to the extra support there are a number of product fixes in this release, please see the Readme and Release Notes available in the download directory for more information.   Please note that you must have a user account to access Uniface Anywhere on the Uniface Downloads site. To receive an account, you will have to register first. User accounts are currently NOT linked to other Uniface sites such as Uniface.info.

Does Uniface Anywhere provide 'web based access' for Uniface client server applications? Author: adrian.gosbell@synapse-i.jp (Adrian Gosbell) A question from the Uniface Anywhere webinars held in February 2016 was if Uniface Anywhere provides 'web based access' for Uniface client server applications without the need to create a web-facing application.  This in the case, and was the original reason we provided the Uniface Anywhere solution (the Uniface JTi), as a quick way way to deploy existing client server apps to the web.  It is a good solution for the following scenarios: quickly deploying client server apps to the web without reworking the app  Deploying Uniface client server apps to non-Windows clients Zero-admin deployment - rather than install the Uniface client on each individual Windows client, it only needs to be installed in one place, on the Uniface Anywhere server. Each remote client session accesses exactly the same software inst

Microsoft update incompatibilitiesAuthor: jraymond@empowersis.com (jraymond) I just found that Uniface Anywhere 4.8.2.22382 is not compatible with Microsoft update KB3126593, KB3126587 and KB3122648. Uninstalling those patches allows Uniface Anywhere to start.

Uniface Anywhere support for Mac OS X El CapitanAuthor: nico.peereboom@uniface.com (Nico Peereboom) We recently found that the Uniface JTi and Uniface Anywhere Clients stop working when users upgrade to the most recent release of OS X El Capitan. We have expedited a fix for the issue and modified the client to store its shared libraries in the /usr/local/lib directory. A version 4.8 Uniface Anywhere client that supports OS X El Capitan is available for download from the downloads site here: https://download.uniface.com/downloads/UnifaceAnywhere/v4/ This client is compatible with Uniface Anywhere 4.8 and Uniface JTi 4.7 hosts. New Mac OS-X client: V4macUAClient-B22223-P01.exe Installation instructions: V4macUAClient-B22223-P01.txt Unfortunately this new client was not in time to be included in the current available Uniface Anywhere Host 4.8.2.22195 build. The Uniface Anywhere Support Team

Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug and Uniface JTiAuthor: nico.peereboom@uniface.com (Nico Peereboom) Uniface B.V. statement about Heartbleed OpenSSL bug with respect to Uniface JTi: - All supported versions of Uniface JTi for windows are NOT vulnerable.  

Anywhere on LinuxAuthor: tomas.hogvag@abilita.fi (thogvag) Hi, Does any one have experience of running the Anywhere client on Linux? We have tested the Anywhere Linux client (Debian version) The applications start up fast but there seems a problem when moving windows inside the Uniface application. It is very slow and choppy when you drag a window with the mouse pointer. Any tips on resolving this? best regards Tomas

Uniface Anywhere Application Publiching Service Wont startAuthor: tomas.hogvag@abilita.fi (thogvag) Hi, We have a windows 2012 R2 server with Uniface anywhere 5 installed (Patched with V5x64UAHost-KB3168965-C02) Suddenly the Anywhere service won't start on the server. The event viewer log does not give any clues except the error number: 3687  The server was patched today with the latest Microsoft updates, the following updates where installed: - KB3188128 - KB3138910 - KB3013538 - KB3076949 - KB3124280 - KB3138962 - KB3115858 - KB3109560 - KB3184943 - KB3175024 - KB3185319 - KB3178539 - KB3182373 - KB3185911 - KB3174644 - KB3184122 - KB3177186   Can there be some incompatibilities with any of these windows updates?   best regards Tomas

noteworthyAuthor: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) Just found the following from the press http://www.freep.com/article/20140108/BUSINESS06/301080105/Compuware-sells-business-units-Changepoint-Professional-Services-Uniface-Marlin-Equity-Partners

Uniface Anywhere 5.0.0.22406 is available for downloadAuthor: nico.peereboom@uniface.com (Nico Peereboom) Uniface Product Management is pleased to announce that Uniface Anywhere 5.0.0.22406 is available for download on the Uniface Download site: https://download.uniface.com/downloads/UnifaceAnywhere/v5/ With this release of Uniface Anywhere support has been added for: Windows Desktop Support High Resolution Device Support Windows Themes  Improved Audio Support Client Log Files  Automatic Reconnect  Connection Monitoring  Non-admin Installers for Windows Client and Browser Add-ons Microsoft Windows 10 Client Support In addition to the product enhancements and extra support there are a number of product fixes, please see the ReadMe and Release Notes available in the download directory for additional information. Please note that you must have a user account

We’re thinking about running a structs webex, it’s going to be a bit ‘techie’. Is there interest?Author: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) Think it would be better to have a nice little tutorial with some basic code provided as export file to get more experiences. Perhaps backed up by a youtube video. I attended Berry Kuijers great webex in january (thats where I got $dbgstruct from), but it's a bit hard to pick up all the important issues presented in the demos to make up own experiments.

where can we download Patch X301 ?Author: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) The frontline Patches and Service Packs Planned Delivery Schedule says the patch X301 is delivered, but the link points to a directory where the patch can NOT be found. It's not the first time that this happens, so it looks like a QA problem for me.

relay: You can get the slides for the january webcasts of berry kuijer here:Author: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) because comments on blogs do not show up on the "what's new" screen Just some information duplicated here Christy Hillebrink on February 5, 2013 at 7:25 am said: You can get the slides for the first webcast here: http://www.slideshare.net/Uniface/20130124-gui and for the second one here: http://www.slideshare.net/Uniface/uniface-web

9.6 is GA, but when/how can I get it ?Author: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) I assue that when CPWR announces a GA relase date, we, the customers, can have the product in hand the same day. As expressed in my last post here, I would like to make my first experiences over the weekend. I asked my local CPWR representative 2 weeks ago for a copy. Last time (9.5), CPWR generated a frontline order for that on my behalf so I saw it under my calls. I have not seen a call on friday, so I ordered a 9.6 myself via frontline 20121207 around half past 9. I checked it today; this call ist still on "new" and I have not got any mail from CPWR with my download link so far. So my question to the community: have others got a 9.6 GA already and how have you ordered it. ################################################################################## Well, at least I could download the 9601X101 helpfile from frontline, so i can read the helpfile ##########################################

dIToLoV: example for use of new "popup page" Author: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) 9.6. offers a new window type "popup". See the use of this option with a list-of-values functionality implemented as popup menu and popup page for the keyboard-only users. The document is posted on the download section here. An "extended version" including the 9.6. export file can be downloaded from www.uli-merkel.de and a screencast will be posted there shortly.

Logon.html (JavaScript) and Uniface Command line parametersAuthor: nico.peereboom@uniface.com (Nico Peereboom) The supplied Uniface Anywhere example webpages (http://ua-host/uanywhere/..) to start the UA Client has changed with the introduction of version 5.0.0, to use JavaScript. The supplied example webpages are browser aware and will start (when possible) the correct UA-Client for the used client environment. All relevant application startup parameters for the client are now located in one html file called “logon.html”. These parameters are in the form of: // controlArgs.set([variable]);   When making use of these arguments be aware of the following: The relevant line needs to be uncommented by removing the // in front of the argument that is required. Special characters (like <space>, <_>, <?> etc.) used in values, needs to be escaped for interpretation by the browser. To automatically escape characters, Javascript has the funct

uniface university, good LUCK for a successful startAuthor: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) In iCU2011 there was an promise "Uniface University" should start in June 2011. What is the status on that issue, because I have not seen any info on uniface.info or frontline. I would like to see what is the improvement from the former eLearning "Uniface Academy". Uli

Different application sets for different usersAuthor: tomas.hogvag@abilita.fi (thogvag) Hi, We have an Anywhere server where we need to deploy applications for two different organizations. In this case each organization will have its own username ie. org1, org2. We want to publish the applications so that when org1 logs in to Anywhere he does not see the applications that belong to org2 and vice versa. What would be the best way to accomplish this? best regards, Tomas

Mobile client support with Uniface Anywhere Author: adrian.gosbell@synapse-i.jp (Adrian Gosbell)  A question from the Uniface Anywhere webinars held in February 2016 was mobile client support.  There is a mobile client available for the GoGlobal product, which is the unbranded version of Uniface Anywhere.  It's available to download from the Apple Store and Google Play, and it connects to the Uniface Anywhere server, and from the initial tests we've done, it works with Uniface clients.  Note we have not verified this fully and it's not supported by us.  If there is a need for a fully branded and supported mobile client, contact us via your account manager. If there is the business need then we're very open to doing it. 

Anywhere sessionsAuthor: tomas.hogvag@abilita.fi (thogvag) Hi, I have a question regarding sessions in Uniface Anywhere. Under what circumstances does the client start a new session on the host? We are using the Windows client and have a startup shortcut "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Uniface\\Uniface Anywhere Client\\Client\\ua-client.exe" -h server -c -u username -p password - When I close the program window, it says the session and programs will remain active on the server - when I restart the connection from the same machine with the same startup Icon, a new session starts on the server This causes the printers to get a new name (a (2) added on the printer queue name) and they don't work from our application We have tried to get around this by limiting the sessions to 1 per user on the host and telling the customer not to close the program window instead use File - Sign out if they close the program window. What's puzzling is that this behaviour seems to be different on our

Larry Adkins wish: $entinfo($entname,"fieldlist")Author: ulrichmerkel@web.de (ulrich-merkel) Larrys Use Case I have a global proc that fills in auditing information into fields that exist in every database table upon write. I want to add another audit field into database tables but it will take some time to implement. If I had this new topic, I could check for the existence of this new field before trying to write to it. ****************************** Hi Larry, based on the JAVA reflection, there is a dITo concept to include repository infos like the db-fields of an entity into included procs. This goes for entities as well as components and have includes for the defines trigger like painted entities as well as routines like the dito_entinfo which will be best placed in the collection operations or the dito_componentinfo which may return even the component comment etc.