PowerHouse Web Setup????
mjohns@accubanc.com
mjohns@accubanc.com
Tue, 15 May 2001 08:31:57 -0500
is anyone else on the list receiving the same messages more than once.
"Deskin, Bob" <Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM> on 05/15/2001 08:07:18 AM
To: "'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'" <powerh-l@lists.swau.edu>
cc: (bcc: Margaret Johns/Contractor/Dallas/AccuBanc)
Subject: RE: PowerHouse Web Setup????
Joe, Art, and everyone...
Things are only obvious if they're okay or if you already know them.
File permissions seem to be an issue, but not all the time. Just one more
thing to check.
I've found that most configuration issues in PH Web are "obvious". I have a
PowerPoint presentation I did for our annual kickoff meetings that I'd be
more than happy to e-mail to anyone who's interested. I'm sure it doesn't
cover everything, but it's better than nothing (he said modestly). I will be
adding more configuration information into the documentation for the next
release.
If you're interested in the presentation, send me an e-mail - don't reply
all. The presentation's about 150K zipped.
Bob Deskin
PowerHouse Web Product Manager, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA
-----Original Message-----
From: Boyle, Joe [mailto:Joe.Boyle@cognos.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 4:37 AM
To: 'abahrs@denkor.com'; 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
Subject: RE: PowerHouse Web Setup????
Hi Art, Bob, everyone,
I'm sorry to state the obvious but just in case - you have actually copied
the phcgi.exe from the install directory on the HP server to the directory
'C:\InetPub\wwwroot\cgi-bin' on the NT box ?
Also, you will very likely have to change the security access of the
phcgi.dat file to 'everyone', as I seem to recall that the 404 error cannot
find the phcgi.dat script, see below for details.
If the PH Web Administrator or the IIS web server is on Windows 2000, the
phcgi.dat file will be saved with limited permissions when a Save Changes is
done in the PH Web Administrator. To resolve, change the permissions on the
phcgi.dat file in the cgi-bin directory, opening it to Everyone with Full
Control, after changes have been saved in the PH Web Administrator.
You may wish to download some of the PHweb docs for MPE from the Cognos web
site at the URL below,
http://support.cognos.com/supported/support/support_library/phweb/phweb22doc
.html
Some PHweb docs available are listed below,
2.29D2 Readme (MPEiX)
Release notes and how to install PowerHouse Web for MPEiX updated for
2.29D2.
PH Web Getting Started (MPEiX)
How to install PowerHouse Web 2.29 for MPEiX.
PowerHouse Web Guide
Revised manual intended for PowerHouse programmers who wish to create web
applications.
regards,
Joe Boyle.
-----Original Message-----
From: Edis, Bob [mailto:bob.edis@fleetpride.com]
Sent: 15 May 2001 00:18
To: 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
Subject: RE: PowerHouse Web Setup????
Art
I am referring to the IIS administrator. To get there on the NT web server
box:
1. Start->Programs->Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack->Microsoft Internet
Information Server->Internet service Manager
2. Expand your web site folder; you should see a folder called 'cgi-bin'.
This is a virtual directory.
3. Select this folder, right click and select properties.
4. Under 'Local Path:' you should see something like
'C:\InetPub\wwwroot\cgi-bin'. C:\InetPub\wwwroot is where we put a HTML
menu pages that refer to the PH Web screens. E.g. dw_menu.htm is a simple
HTML page containing references like <a
href="/cgi-bin/phcgi.exe?PH_QKC=dw_lu_part_list&PH_HTML=dw_lu_part_list.htm&
PH_APP=DataWare_App">. You *could* build this menu page using Qdesign but
it must be copied to the wwwroot directory. We reference the menu in the
web browser as //cogdev-02/dw_menu.htm. The '//cogdev-02' is the name of
the IIS web server machine.
Regards,
Blue
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Bahrs [mailto:abahrs@denkor.com]
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 6:13 PM
To: Edis, Bob; 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
Subject: Re: PowerHouse Web Setup????
Hi Blue :)
Ok... You mentioned something I haven't checked (mainly 'cause I really
don't understand it) .... ie "Have the virtual directories been
declared/exist in the IIS Console?"
Um... which directories are your referring to? I have set up the
administrator and the PH web server stuff on our 928 as per all the books
and guidelines I have.... btw.... the books and docs I got with the demo kit
are very good!
Art "losing what *little* hair I have left ! hehe" Bahrs
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edis, Bob" <bob.edis@fleetpride.com>
To: "'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'" <powerh-l@lists.swau.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 1:42 PM
Subject: RE: PowerHouse Web Setup????
> G'day Art
>
> Are you declaring a specific path for the QKC and HTML files in the screen
> source?
> What do you have in the default HTML and QKC directory sections of PH Web
> Administrator?
> Have the virtual directories been declared/exist in the IIS Console?
> Are you trying to access the screen page directly or through a basic HTML
> menu page?
>
> We found we have to put the initial page in the wwwroot directory on the
web
> server machine and have this page call the web screen which is located on
a
> different box.
> We also use the default QKC and HTML directory sections of the PH Web
Admin
> tool for the PH Web server rather than explicit path names in the source
> code.
>
> Regards,
> Blue
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Bahrs [mailto:abahrs@denkor.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:57 PM
> To: Power House ListServ
> Subject: PowerHouse Web Setup????
>
>
> Hi All :)
> Ok... Dumb Question time.... I am trying to bring up PowerHouse Web
Demo
> on a HP e3000 s928 using IIS on a NT server and have the Dispatcher and PH
> WebServer running on the HP 3k 928.... IIS is running on the NT box.... I
> have created a test HTML Quick Screen via QDesign 8.29 D3...
>
> The page is not being found (the infamous error 404 ...) so... I
checked
> the NT server has proper entries in DNS for the 928 and can ping the
928....
> the 928 has proper entries in the hosts.net.sys file for the NT server and
> can ping the NT server by IP address...
>
> I am new to most of this ... so be nice to me :) but hey... if you got
the
> answer a little friendly abuse would, of course, not be out of line :)
hehe
>
> Art "Waiting for return call from Cognos... but fishing for all info!
hehe"
> Bahrs
>
>
>
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