Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
WebClient Applications

WebClient files and software

The following files and software support your WebClient application deployment:

Application — The application to be deployed via WebClient.
WebClient Executable (prowc.exe) — The WebClient main executable, responsible for running the application on the user’s machine.
WebClient Initializer (prowcini.exe) — The program responsible for coordinating the installation and execution of a WebClient application. The Initializer is installed with WebClient.
WebClient Application Assembler (prowcappmgr.exe) — A utility used to define the application to WebClient and to package the front end of the application for downloading.
WebClient Deployment Packager (contained within prowcappmgr.exe) — A utility used to modify the deployment configuration for an application.
WebClient Application Manager (prowcam.exe) — A utility for customizing and troubleshooting your WebClient applications on the end user’s machine. It is typically used when the end user talks with your technical support staff.
Application Configuration (.prowcapp) file — The configuration file created by the WebClient Application Assembler and downloaded to the end user’s machine at the initial download and each time the end user starts the application. This file provides WebClient with all the information it needs to know about the application.
WebClient Project (.wcp) file — The file that contains the WebClient application install definition for the latest version of an application.
Note: In Windows Explorer, if you double-click on a project file, the WebClient Application Assembler starts and opens that project definition.
Microsoft Cabinet (.cab) files — Files into which the procedure files, image files, etc., that make up the front end of the application are placed to prepare them for downloading to the end user’s machine.
Microsoft Authenticode™ Technology — The software that creates and validates digital signatures.
Test-certificate generator (maketestcert.bat) — A batch file that simplifies creating test public-key certificates used for testing digitally signed applications.