Remote location of connection data

The files which describe the connection, *.TPX files, can be centrally located and administered. The combined functionality of OLE and HTML locate and supply the connection information to the TinyTERM Emulator.

For example, consider a web page containing the following line of HTML code:

<P><A HREF="file://some_server/connections/ns000.TPX">Connect to machine foo_server with connection settings specified on some_server</A></P>

The tpx file at \\some_server\\connections\\ns000.TPX would contain the settings necessary connect to a server named 'foo_server' and possibly have the 'auto connect' and 'auto login' features configured to go directly to a specified account.

When viewed on an appropriate browser, the page would display the URL link:

Connect to machine foo_server with connection settings specified on some_server

Assuming the computer displaying the page has the TinyTERM Emulator and a supported browser installed, clicking on the URL link in the browser will start the emulator with the connection settings specified in //some_server/connections/ns000.TPX. The emulator runs within the browser, using OLE in-place activation, as if the user had browsed to another HTML page.

The connection information is supplied to any the TinyTERM Emulator user that clicks on this HTML link in their browser. Any web server that can supply data via the HREF tag of the HTML /a command can serve the *.TPX file.