Installation Instructions for the OracleAS Desktop Integration
Portlet
OracleAS Portal Integration Solutions
OracleAS Desktop
Integration Portlet - Installation Instructions
| Last Updated: |
May 2005 |
| Status: |
Beta |
Contents
Introduction
File Structure
Deploying
the Provider
Publishing
the Desktop Integration Portlet
Introduction
The Oracle Application Server (OracleAS)
Desktop Integration Portlet provides an easy way of
accessing your desktop shortcuts from within your OracleAS Portal Page.
"NOTE: The OracleAS Desktop
Integration Portlet does not integrate a remote desktop like
'PCAnywhere' or 'Remote PC'. The OracleAS Desktop Integration Portlet
provides integration with the PC on which it is being viewed."
The OracleAS Desktop
Integration Portlet is known to work against the
following versions of OracleAS and Microsoft Window:
| OracleAS Portal version |
9.0.2.x, 9.0.4.x, 10.1.2.x
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Microsoft Windows Editions
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Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
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Please see the Release
Notes for further information on which
browsers and JPDK versions the OracleAS Desktop Integration Portlet has
been tested
against.
For recent updates to these
installation instructions
and other
OracleAS Portal documentation, please refer to the Oracle Technology
Network (OTN)
Portal Center.
You can find valuable information related to the OracleAS Desktop
Integration Portlet in the 'Portal - Portal Development Kit' Discussion
Forum on OTN.
"NOTE: The OracleAS Desktop
Integration Portlet is a sample released for test, evaluation, and
education
purposes. It is
not supported through formal Oracle Support mechanisms. We are,
however, very
interested in receiving your feedback. Please post any
suggestions,
questions, or issues to the 'Portal - Portal Development Kit' Discussion
Forum on OTN. We will respond as quickly as possible."
File Structure
The installation files for the OracleAS Desktop Integration Portlet are
in a zip file with the
following file structure:
OracleASDesktopIntegrationPortlet.zip
|
|->
dip.ear
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The
enterprise archive that needs to be deployed on to your OC4J container.
This archive contains the OracleAS Desktop Integration Portlet provider
|
|->
installation.html
|
This
installation instruction document
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|->
release.notes.html
|
Details
about the compatibility matrix for the OracleAS Desktop Integration
Portlet
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|->
faq.html
|
The
"Frequently Asked Questions" document. This document addresses commonly
faced issues by the clients post-deployment.
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Deploying
the OracleAS
Desktop Integration Portlet
Publishing
the OracleAS
Desktop Integration Portlet
Registering
the Portlet Provider
- Login to OracleAS Portal using an account that has build
privileges. If your home page is not the Build/Administer
page, click on the Builder link in the
top right corner of the screen. Click on the Administer
tab if that is not the active tab.
- Under the Portlets tab, click
on Register a Provider
within the portlet called Remote Providers.
- Fill out provider information for the OracleAS Desktop
Integration Portlet:
- Name:
OracleAS_Desktop_Integration_Portlet
- Display Name: OracleAS Desktop
Integration Portlet
- Timeout: 100
- Timeout Message: OracleAS Desktop
Integration Portlet Provider
Timed
Out
- Implementation Style: Web
- Click on the Next button to enter the Web Provider
specific
information
- Enter the Web Provider location/URL
- URL: http://your_oc4j_hostname:port/dip/providers/dip
- Scroll down to the User/Session Information section and
specify
the login frequency as Once Per Session.
- Click on the Finish button to complete the
registration
Note: When registering a new provider with OracleAS Portal, only
the user who registered the provider has privileges to see the
provider/portlets. If necessary, go to the Folder with the name of the
provider within the Portlet
Repository content area and update the provider privileges as required.
Adding
the OracleAS Desktop Integration Portlet to a Portal Page
You are now ready to add the OracleAS Desktop Integration Portlet to a
page.
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