PowerHouse Web Setup????

Wed, 16 May 2001 07:41:39 +1000

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>"Deskin, Bob" <Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM> on 05/15/2001 08:07:18 AM
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>To:   "'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'" <powerh-l@lists.swau.edu>
>cc:    (bcc: Margaret Johns/Contractor/Dallas/AccuBanc)
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>Subject:  RE: PowerHouse Web Setup????
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>Joe, Art, and everyone...
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>Things are only obvious if they're okay or if you already know them.
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>File permissions seem to be an issue, but not all the time. Just one more
>thing to check.
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>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.
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>If you're interested in the presentation, send me an e-mail - don't reply
>all. The presentation's about 150K zipped.
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>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
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>-----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????
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>Hi Art, Bob, everyone,
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>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 ?
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>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.
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>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.
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>You may wish to download some of the PHweb docs for MPE from the Cognos web
>site at the URL below,
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>http://support.cognos.com/supported/support/support_library/phweb/phweb22doc
>.html
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>Some PHweb docs available are listed below,
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>2.29D2 Readme (MPEiX)
>Release notes and how to install PowerHouse Web for MPEiX updated for
>2.29D2.
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>PH Web Getting Started (MPEiX)
>How to install PowerHouse Web 2.29 for MPEiX.
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>PowerHouse Web Guide
>Revised manual intended for PowerHouse programmers who wish to create web
>applications.
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>regards,
>Joe Boyle.
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>-----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????
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>Art
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>I am referring to the IIS administrator.  To get there on the NT web server
>box:
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>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.
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>Regards,
>Blue
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>-----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????
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>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?"
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>   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!
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>Art "losing what *little* hair I have left ! hehe" Bahrs
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>----- 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????
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>> G'day Art
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
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>> Regards,
>> Blue
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>> -----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????
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>> 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...
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>>    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...
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>>  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
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>> Art "Waiting for return call from Cognos... but fishing for all info!
>hehe"
>> Bahrs
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