Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
WebClient Applications

Additional attribute

Table 6–3 lists an additional attribute of the CODEBASE-LOCATOR handle.

Table 6–3: Additional attribute of the CODEBASE-LOCATOR handle

Name	Data type	Description
SERVER	Handle	Handle to the AppServer that WebClient should use to perform the next application-component download. Initialized to the unknown (?) value.

Note: This attribute is read-write.

At startup, WebClient initializes SERVER to the unknown (?) value.

The main purpose of this is to use the same AppServer connection for accessing business logic as for downloading as-needed components. To do this, the application sets the SERVER attribute once the AppServer connection is established.

If SERVER is not set by the application, then, after WebClient downloads the first as-needed component, WebClient sets SERVER to the value of the AppServer’s handle if all of the following are true:

The server’s TYPE is “AppServer.”
KEEP-CONNECTION-OPEN is TRUE.
At least one as-needed component remains to be downloaded.