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TUF23: TRIM User Forum
2010

Changing the Economics of IM



Ravinesh Lal

HP TRIM Web Client Project Lead

Software Engineer

(
Thanks to Helen Barnes
)

TRIM User Forum 2010

HP TRIM Web Client

Under the Hood

Note:
This is a technical presentation and will
cover paradigms such as:

•

JSON and

•

RESTful

Web Services.

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HP TRIM Web Client




–
What is it ?

–
Installation

–
Configuration

–
Design Goals

–
Browser Support

–
Architecture Overview

–
Tips and Tricks

–
Customization Demo

–
Q&A

Agenda


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A zero
-
footprint web client


HP TRIM Web Client
–

What is it?

–
No installation for clients

•
Browser based

•
Rich user interface

–

Ease of deployment

•
Install it on a web server

•
Central place for updates


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Installation


HP TRIM Web Client
–

What is it?

–
TRIM Workgroup needs to be installed and configured

–
Runs on web sever

•
IIS 6
–

(
largest market
)

•
IIS 7
–

(
Easy to configure, performance better
)

•
IIS 7.5
–

(
Latest
)

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Installation


HP TRIM Web Client
–

What is it? (Cont.)

–
As a virtual Directory
-

Default

–
As a Web Site


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Configuration


HP TRIM Web Client
–

What is it?

–
Web.config

file

•
Located under the root Installation folder in a subfolder called Web Client

–
Settings






TRIM

Property

Config

Key

Example

Dataset ID

HPTRIMDatabaseID

45

Workgroup

Server

HPTRIMWorkgroupServerName

localhost

WebServerWorkPath

HPTRIMWebServerWorkPath

c:
\
HP

TRIM
\
Server
Path

SiteRoot

(
Not a
property
)

HPTRIMSiteRoot

\
HPTRIMWebClie
nt

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Design Goals


HP TRIM Web Client
–

Why is it so?

–
Common look and feel to the desktop client

•
User Preference when customizing columns and view pane

–
Seamless Integration with the desktop client

•
Adding record properties at runtime (
no need to generate templates
)

•
Customize records at runtime (
adding/removing fields
)

–
Localisation
–

Language Support

•
Implemented as a language.js HTTP Handler (
System.Web.IHttpHandler
)

−
English (International)

−
English (United States)

−
Dutch

−
French

−
German

−
Spanish

−
Italian



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Design Goals


HP TRIM Web Client
–

Why is it so? (Cont.)

–
DOD 501 Version 3 Certification

•
Proven web server (IIS)
–

(
largest Market penetration
)

•
Security

•
Performance

•
Logging (W3C)

–
SharePoint Web UI Controls

•
A set of consistent web controls

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Browser Compatibility


HP TRIM Web Client

–

IE 7.0

–

IE 8.0

–

Firefox 3.0+

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Architecture Overview


HP TRIM Web Client

•

Controls + Web Service = Web Client


•

Built Using ASP. Net Application

•

Platform running under IIS 6 & 7


•

Session Management

•

Authentication

•

Logging





WCF

Web Service

(Restful)

Client

Controls

ASP. Net
Platform

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HP TRIM Web Client
-

Architecture Overview(Cont.)

System Architecure Diagram


•

Build using ExtJS Framework


•

JavaScript


•

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)


•

Highly Modular Component

ASP. Net
Platform

WCF Web
Service

(
RESTful
)

AJAX
Request

JSON/XML
Response

Client Controls

ExtJS
Framework

Java Script

Cascading
Style Sheets

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Tips and Tricks
–

Replacing the Debug JavaScript file for Diagnostics


HP TRIM Web Client

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Tips and Tricks
–

Changing the Banner


HP TRIM Web Client

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Tips and Tricks
–

Server Handler


HP TRIM Web Client

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Demo


HP TRIM Web Client

–

Start HP TRIM Web Client

1.

Add/Remove fields

2.
Add/Remove fields dynamically using the view pane

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Wrap
-
up


HP TRIM Web Client

–
What is it ?

•
Zero
-
foot print web client

–
Installation

•
Installs using a standalone MSI

–
Configuration

•
Make changes to the
web.config

file

–
Design Goals

•
One
-
to
-
one mapping between the desktop and the web client

•
Common need for web controls

•
DOD 501 Version 3 requirement

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Wrap
-
up


HP TRIM Web Client (Cont.)

–
Browser Support

•
IE 7, IE 8, FF 3.0+

–
Architecture Overview

•
Controls + WCF Web Service = Web Client

•
Runs on the
ASP.Net

Platform

–
Tips and Tricks

•
Change the production
javascript

file with the debug

•
Change the banner

•
Server Handler to see detailed information about the server

–
Customization Demo

•
How to dynamically add/remove fields and properties of a Record
Type

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