Products - Java SWT Client

The Casabac SWT Client is a stand alone GUI client that is installed locally ONE time. The client is a generic client that renders layout descriptions made available by a corresponding Casabac GUI Server. The client does not technically depend from the application that provides the layout descriptions - this means: upgrading the application does not mena a necessity to upgrade the local client installation.

The client is based on the Eclipse SWT library and runs on any platform which is supported by Java/Eclipse (Windows, Linux, Mac, many others). The client connects to the Casabac GUI Server using http as protocol - both for loading layout definitions and for transfering data back and forth.

The client is a generic rich client, i.e. like a web browser it loads layout definitions (XML files) from the server, renders the screens accordingly and communicates data changes of a screen to the server (and back). The client can serve multiple applications on mulitple application servers.

The installation of the client can be done in the following ways:

• Direct Installation + automated upgrades:
  
  The client software is installed one time. Afterwards the software checks regularly for updates on a so called update server. The update server can be one server inside your Intranet or can be the Casabac Update Server.
   
• Web Start Installation:
  
  Web Start ist a Java Technology to locally install and run Java programs.
   
• Installation as Eclipse Plugin:
  
  The client can be installed as Eclipse plugin. This makes it possible to use the client in the Eclipse rich client platform environment and in the Eclispe development environment.