[WEB4LIB] Cd Launch from Web Browser

[Christopher Stewart]

Yes, use Citrix Metaframe and NT Terminal Server. This allows for you to move
beyond the restrictions of the LAN (easy to launch application in a browser so
long as the software is still on the desktop, right? ) and serve PC/LAN
applications from within a Web browser, independent of having search software
installed on the desktop. Using Citrix and NT, you can serve up any
desktop/client-server application over the Web. windows sessions run entirely
on the server, making this a server-based solution. The desktop OS (Windows
NT) appears in the browser window. Full print re-direction is offered. We use
this set-up to deliver DOS and Windows based CDs to IIT library users all over
the world. All they need is a current browser.

btw: Cirtix Metaframe was designed for thin-client networks.

Good luck.

--
Christopher Stewart
Associate Director for Network Services
Paul V. Galvin Library
Illinois Institute of Technology
www.gl.iit.edu







"Sarah L. Neises" wrote:

> I'm new to this list and I would like some help with a launching CD's from
> a web browser (we're using Netscape 4.05). We are currently using Carl
> Everybody's Menu to provide integrated access to our telnet catalog,
> CD-ROMs and web resources. We're moving to a web catalog next December,
> and are thinking about getting rid of Carl for a variety of reasons. Most
> of our CD's are launched right now through Carl using a UNC address for
> each CD that looks something like this:
> \\polk1\software\spirs\winspirs.exe i: Each CD is mapped to a different
> drive letter. They are not standard paths, e.g.
> c:\progra~1\newsba~2\newsbank.exe We are in a Windows 95/Novell Netware
> environment. Any pearls of wisdom about the latest and greatest ways to
> launch CD's from a browser? I'd even be curious about ways to launch CD's
> with "normal" paths. Searched through the archives, but couldn't find what
> I was looking for, or maybe I missed it. TIA- Sarah
>
> Sarah Neises
> Polk Library
> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
> neises at uwosh.edu
> http://www.uwosh.edu/library/