How to setup a WebClient install across a LAN With No Web Server

How to Use Progress 9.1x WebClient Across a LAN with No Web Server
How to use WebClient with No Web Server
How to setup Webclient using a File Server
How to setup Webclient using an Intranet
How to setup WebClient to run from a local drive

To change an existing Webclient Application to deploy across a LAN:

1. Generate a new version of the Webclient with File references 
2. Modify the Appservtt.d file ( If using and AppServer).
3. Obtain the web_image folder from the Progress Installation media. 
4. Modify the bootstrap.htm file 
5. Modify the webclient.htm file

1. Generate a new version of the Webclient with File references

URL references need to be replaced with File References.

In this Article's examples H: is the mapped drive that the clients will access. 

Edit the WebClient project file (.wcp file) in the WebClient Application Assembler:
 
a. Under the General tab change the Configuration File URL: to point to the directory location of the prowcapc file on the File Server. Do not include the filename. 
  b. Under the Component tab change the Codebase URL: to the directory location of the .cab files on the File Server. 
  c. Under the WebClient tab change the WebClient Install URL:
  d. Generate a New Version of the WebClient Application to update the *.prowcapc file.

The PATHs specified in each of the text boxes above must be accessible from the end-user machine.

2. Modify the Appservtt.d file( If using an AppServer)

Edit the appsrvtt.d created in the Output directory of the Generated application.  
   
3. Obtain the web_image folder from the Progress Installation media. 

The Progress installation media provides WebClient image files for an Intranet deployment under WebInstall\WebClient\web_image. This is the image that is used to perform Intranet installations

Copy all the files contained in the web_image folder to the file server that will host the installation. The drive where the files reside must be a mapped drive or UNC path. The URL will reference the mapped drive (FILE://M/directory path)
 
4. Modify the bootstrap.htm file 

Modify the bootstrap.htm file on the File Server to point the URL location to the *.prowcapc and Webclient.htm file using directory pathing. 

• document.location.href tag is directed to the *.prowcapc file located on the File server.  
• window.location tag points to the webclient.htm file located on the file server:

5. Modify the webclient.htm file

Edit the webclient.htm located on the File Server to ensure that the install is done as a File Server install.
 
a. On versions prior to OE 11.x - Under the function StartInstall (), uncomment the following line:  
b. Change the ProwcappURL to point to the *.prowcapc file located on the file server.  
   
c. Comment out the OBJECTID line that is used for an InterNET install by adding backslashes "//" to the beginning of the line  

PowerShell Script:

Start-Process -FilePath 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Progress Software\WebClient\prowcini.exe' -ArgumentList H:\MyApp.prowcapc

$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell;
$wshell.AppActivate('Myapp')
Sleep 1
$wshell.SendKeys('~')