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Sav Z Server 0.3 Web DBMS 99/09
Copyright (c) 1997-99 Sav


Tools

Requirements

Minimal

Product may be used as desktop DBMS. In so doing only Z Interpreter and Z Navigator tools are available.

Additional to desktop DBMS

Z Server may run as standalone web data server. Web browser must be started on the same computer.

Additional to standalone web data server

Z Server will run in WWW under the control of a web server that supports Java servlet API.

Files

Lib/SavZS.jar

Java classes: part of Visual Cafe's symbeans.jar © Symantec http://www.VisualCafe.com, Sav Processor 2.3 and Sav Z 1.3 © Sav http://sites.netscape.net/savtechno/

Doc/ Documentation in html format
Ex/ Examples, Z scripts (*.z), Z databases (*.ass), Z table data (*.tab)
Lib/servlet.properties
ZServer.html
ZServer.gif
Auxiliary files of Z Server
ZInterpreter.bat
ZNavigator.bat
SServer.bat
Batches for starting Z tools in Windows (Scripts for UNIX contain the same parameters)

Installing

Unpack SavZS.zip in SavZS directory. Copy SavZS.jar from the <SavZS>/Lib in the <JRE>/1.2/lib/ext extensions directory of the Java 2 runtime environment.
If need, convert batches (*.bat files for win32) to scripts (for UNIX).

Adapt ZServer.html, set your net computer name in place of localhost.

http://localhost:8080/servlet/zserver

Starting

Z Interpreter (ZInterpreter.bat)

java Sav.Z.Interpreter.Entry [<DBPath>[.ass]]

Z Navigator (ZNavigator.bat)

java Sav.Z.Navigator.VClass [<DBPath>[.ass]]

Z Server (SServer.bat + ZServer.html)

1. Configure Z Server. See Sav Z Web Data Server: Web Developer’s Guide.
2. Start web server or servlet runner

servletrunner -s <servlet properties file> -r <data root directory>

3. Open ZServer.html from web browser.

Notes

This copy is non-expired demo. It is slower than the commercial registered product more than 2 times. There is limitation for the Interpreter's windows: text length may be no more than 20K. Debugging of the Z Server was most detail for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.5.


This program can be registered through RegNet.

Serguei Savouchkine, Technopoles-M
savtechno@netscape.net