Overview of ViewApp objects

The ViewApp object is used to incorporate InTouch OMI applications into an overall system defined by an Application Server Galaxy. The Application Server system manages

• check-in and check-out for multiple users

• security restrictions on who can deploy ViewApps and when the ViewApp can be deployed

• backup and restore

• deployment and undeployment.

To create an InTouch OMI application:

1. Derive a ViewApp template from the standard "$ViewApp" template, then open and configure it. Opening a ViewApp object launches the ViewApp Editor.

2. Derive an instance from the configured ViewApp template.

3. Assign the ViewApp object to a ViewEngine.

You can assign multiple ViewApp objects to the same ViewEngine object to run multiple InTouch OMI view applications available on a node.

To run an InTouch OMI application on an Application Server platform:

• Create and assign a ViewEngine object to a platform.

• Create an instance of the ViewApp object from the template that defines the InTouch OMI application.

• Assign the ViewApp object to the ViewEngine object.

• Deploy the ViewEngine object and the ViewApp objects assigned to the ViewEngine object.

• Open the InTouch OMI Application Manager to select the ViewApp and run it.