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errors or omissions.

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All rights reserved. Reproduction of this publication in part or whole
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FlashCONNECT(R)
Omnis(R)

Other product and service names are trademarks of their respective 
owners.

Version 09/23/02

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mvDesigner allows you to develop Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for 
D3 applications. The mvDesigner IDE enables building a GUI that uses 
D3 business rules. While the application is developed, the Integrated 
Development Environment (IDE) also provides the run-time environment 
for testing and debugging the application.

mvDesigner must be installed with FlashCONNECT, a Web-enabling 
middleware package, as it requires the use of the FlashCONNECT 
Socket Server connections.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
     FlashCONNECT 3.0 Programmer's Guide
     Documentation Files
     mvDesigner Client Upgrade Process
     Web Client Installation on Windows 32bit Platforms

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FLASHCONNECT 3.0 PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE

The code in Chapter 4, Enabling and Using Automated Transactions, 
provides EXAMPLES of code that is necessary if you want to provide
credit card functionality. Each credit card processor will require
different functionality. This chapter will be revised in a 
future version.

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DOCUMENTATION FILES

To open an index.htm file, double-click the file in any of the 
documentation folders to launch the online help.

To open a .pdf file (portable document format) which are 
viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, double-click the file. Acrobat is 
provided free by Adobe Systems, which is located on our Web site at:
http://www.rainingdata.com/support/documentation/index.html

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MVDESIGNER CLIENT UPGRADE PROCESS

To retain your Enterprise Browser set up (servers configured and so
on), copy the mvd_cfg.df1 file from the mvDesigner folder of your
existing installation before an mvDesigner upgrade. To retain your
mvDesigner configuration (window set up, general properties, and 
serial number), copy omnis.cfg from the Studio folder. If the
files are not copied, you are prompted for the details when 
mvDesigner is first run. Libraries automatically upgrade when
they are first opened. 

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WEB CLIENT INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS 32BIT PLATFORMS

Installation programs for the Omnis Web Client are located in the 
\Win32\webclient\ folder.

Internet Explorer users install omwebie.exe
Netscape users install omwebns.exe

The omwebie.exe and omwebns.exe files contain all files and 
components that are used by the Web Client. These are provided 
to enable developers to create custom Web Client installation 
if required.