Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Developing AppServer Applications

Connecting to AppServers Using a URL

A 4GL client or Open Client can connect to an AppServer or application service using a URL that specifies a private network (intranet) connection or a Web (Internet) connection. In a 4GL client, you specify this URL using the -URL connection parameter of the server handle CONNECT( ) method. For more information, see Chapter 3, " Programming Progress 4GL Client Applications." In an Open Client, you specify this URL using the appropriate AppObject connect method for your Open Client type. For more information, see OpenEdge Development: Open Client Introduction and Programming .

You can also use the same URL syntax described in this appendix to connect a 4GL client to a OpenEdge Adapter for SonicMQ BrokerConnect using one of the 4GL-JMS API message service connection procedures. In the following sections, wherever “AppServer” is mentioned, you can substitute “OpenEdge Adapter for SonicMQ BrokerConnect (BrokerConnect),” except in the actual protocol specification of the URL syntax or where otherwise indicated. For more information on connecting to message services using the OpenEdge Adapter for SonicMQ, see OpenEdge Development: Messaging and ESB .

This appendix describes how to code a URL for an intranet or the Internet in the following sections:

Connecting over an intranet
Connecting over the Internet