1. Michael Turton
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  3. Friday, 6 August 2021 14:54 PM UTC

Hi I have an PB 2019 thick client application (called menu) that shows a login screen - once the user logs in they are then presented with a screen on which there are three buttons that once clicked open three separate application exes.  The menu application is therefore a launchpad for access to the other applications.    

I have deployed these to PowerServer Web 2020 via the Toolkit and they work fine when run individually (albeit with unsupported features to fix).  My question is how would I go about recreating the "launchpad" for the web based apps?   Is there some kind of  Open(URL) functionality that would launch the desired application?  Or would all 3 separate apps need to be rolled up into the menu one so it is all one big application on the Web?

Thanks,

Michael

 

mike S Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Friday, 6 August 2021 15:25 PM UTC
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you can call your app using a url with parameters, just like any other web page.

You might want to have your 'main' application an actual web page and then have it open up your powerserver 'subapps'.  that technique was discussed in past elevate conferences by Fili of sizes and colors fame, although theirs was a bit different in that it was just their one main app getting called with different parameters.  there may be a video of that presentation available or a write up if you go to the conferences.

 

 

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Chris Pollach @Appeon Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Friday, 6 August 2021 15:33 PM UTC
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Hi Michael;

  Have a look PB's "INET" object class and then use the HyperlinkToURL() command to launch secondary Web Apps.  HTH

Regards ... Chris

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Michael Turton Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Friday, 6 August 2021 15:36 PM UTC
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Thanks for the rapid response Mike.   

 
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Michael Turton Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Friday, 6 August 2021 15:37 PM UTC
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Thanks Chris.  

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