RemoteWare ActiveX Controls Reference Manual

42 Pages·2003·0.4 MB·English

RemoteWare
ActiveX Controls
R e f e r e n c e M a n u a l
Ver s io n 4 . 1 S er v i ce P a c k 1 A
RemoteWare ActiveX Controls Reference Manual
Version 4.1 Service Pack 1A
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Contents
USING THIS GUIDE
About this guide................................................................................................................. v
Use Adobe Acrobat to view guide online.......................................................................... v
Using RemoteWare online Help...................................................................................... vi
RemoteWare Support Services........................................................................................ vii
What’s in this guide......................................................................................................... viii
Related publications.......................................................................................................... ix
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE CONTROLS
About the Controls...................................................................................................... 12
Variable Type Notations............................................................................................... 13
CHAPTER 2: REMOTEWARE CLIENT CONTROL
Using RemoteWare Client Control................................................................................. 16
RemoteWare Client Control Properties..................................................................... 16
RemoteWare Client Control Events............................................................................... 21
RemoteWare Client Control Methods........................................................................ 22
CHAPTER 3: REMOTEWARE DIRECTORY CONTROL
Using RemoteWare Directory Control........................................................................... 26
RemoteWare Directory Control Properties............................................................... 26
RemoteWare Directory Control Events......................................................................... 28
RemoteWare Directory Control Methods...................................................................... 28
CHAPTER 4: REMOTEWARE LOG CONTROL
Using RemoteWare Log Control.................................................................................... 34
RemoteWare Log Control Properties......................................................................... 34
RemoteWare Log Control Events............................................................................... 35
RemoteWare Log Control Methods........................................................................... 35
CHAPTER 5: REMOTEWARE ACTIVEX CONTROLS
About the Controls........................................................................................................... 38
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Using RemoteWare Client Interface Control................................................................. 39
Adding RemoteWare Client Interface Control to a Web page...................................... 40
Using the Control in a Browser................................................................................... 41
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Using This Guide
This guide introduces you to RemoteWare, a remote systems management tool
specifically designed to distribute software and perform inventory scans for remote and
fixed-site users. It contains conceptual overviews to help you use the software.
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Using RemoteWare online Help
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Using This Guide vii
RemoteWare Support Services
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What’s in this guide
This guide includes the following:
Table 1. Chapters in this guide
Chapter Title Description
Chapter 1 Introducing the Controls Briefly describes the different controls.
Also describes the variable type notations
used in this manual.
Chapter 2 RemoteWare Client Control Describes the RemoteWare Client
Control in detail, including all
properties, events, and methods.
Chapter 3 RemoteWare Directory Control Describes the RemoteWare Directory
Control in detail, including all
properties, events, and methods.
Chapter 4 RemoteWare Log Control Describes the RemoteWare Log Control
in detail, including all properties, events,
and methods.
Chapter 5 Other RemoteWare ActiveX Describes other RemoteWare ActiveX
Controls Controls in detail, including how to add
each control to a Web page and how each
control operates in a browser.
Using This Guide ix
Related publications
In addition to this manual, the following related manuals are available in printed format
from your RemoteWare representative. They are also available in electronic format on
the RemoteWare CD-ROM.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Server Administrator’s Guide. Explains how to operate and maintain a
RemoteWare system. It takes a task-oriented approach to describing features.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Server Reference Guide. Contains a detailed description of every
application, facility, window, menu, and control present in the RemoteWare Server.
Use this book when you want to know what something does, how it is used, or why it
behaves as it does.
Electronic documentation
The following documents are available on the RemoteWare CD. Unless otherwise
specified, all documents reside in the \Documents directory. All electronic documents
require the Adobe® Acrobat® reader to view and print PDF files. Install the reader
from the RemoteWare CD using the \Acroread\ar32e301.exe file.
Administrator guides
(cid:127) RemoteWare Inventory Manager Administrator’s Guide. Explains how to use
Inventory Manager for centralized monitoring and reporting of hardware and
software resources on RemoteWare Clients. Instructions include how to create
Inventory Manager Profiles that control the operating and scheduling of Client
inventory scans, and how to assign those Profiles to Clients. The guide also
describes how to view and interpret the centrally stored resource information for
each Client.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Multicast System Administrator’s Guide. Explains how to use
RemoteWare Multicast. Multicast allows administrators to distribute files to a large
number of RemoteWare Clients with a single communication session from the
Server. It contains fundamental information necessary to use the software,
including a conceptual overview and highly interactive walkthroughs.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Software Manager Administrator’s Guide. Explains how to use
Software Manager to efficiently and securely distribute, install, and manage
software for enterprise system users. Includes how to create and define software
package contents and then assign that package to a RemoteWare Client.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Subscriber Administrator’s Guide. Shows how to build and deploy lists
of files and applications to the Client. It also explains how to use the Subscriber
Lists at the RemoteWare Client.
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(cid:127) RemoteWare Workshop Developer’s Guide. Explains how to use RemoteWare
Workshop to create and publish customized desktop-style Workshop applications.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Workshop Programmer’s Guide. Describes optional programmatic
extensions that enhance Workshop environments.
(cid:127) Summit BasicScript Reference Manual and Summit BasicScript User’s Guide
provide information on the options and structure for RemoteWare scripting. These
documents are available in the \Document\Development Tool Administrator
Guides\Summit BasicScript Documentation directory on the RemoteWare CD.
(cid:127) User’s Guide/VirusScan for Windows 3.1®, 95, and NT. Helps the Windows Client
user understand the functionality in McAfee VirusScan for Windows 3.1, Windows
95, and Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
(cid:127) pcAnywhere™. Assists you in using pcAnywhere with RemoteWare Remote
Control.
Client guides
(cid:127) RemoteWare 32-Bit Windows Client User’s Guide. Helps the 32-bit Windows Client
user install, set up, and understand the functionality in the RemoteWare Client.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Windows 3.x Client User’s Guide. Helps the 16-bit Client user install,
learn, and take advantage of all the features available in the RemoteWare Windows
3.x Client software.
(cid:127) RemoteWare OS/2 Client User’s Guide. Presents the features, setup procedures,
available options, and connection methods for the OS/2 Client software.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Text-Based Clients User’s Guide. Explains how to use the UNIX, VMS,
4690 and DOS Clients to communicate with the RemoteWare Server.
(cid:127) RemoteWare Software Manager Client User’s Guide. Describes how Client users
can subscribe to Software Manager packages and then communicate with a
RemoteWare Server to receive those packages.