Re: BPCS C/S in a Citrix environment

[Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It may be BPCS version specific, but in addition to the data area that 
corresponds to Pop-Up Menu Option-1 to control *JOBD choices for the 
*WorkStation mainly used for what printer by user, there are BPCS batches 
in which several users can be doing say JIT600 or ORD500 at the same time, 
and the way BPCS keeps straight which input from which user is by that 
unique Work Station identity and a few letters in front, which means your 
Work Station names need to be no more than 7-8 characters in length, 
because otherwise BPCS will construct something with 2-3 letters in front, 
then 1st 7-8 characters of Work Station names which may end in unique 
digits that got stripped off.  This batch naming ends up in data areas and 
file members.

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> Peter
>
> To alleviate your concerns with the IP Address I would recommend that you 
> switch your Citrix environment to a VPN environment.  A VPN environment 
> would permit each client to have their own IP address via DHCP settings of 
> the ISP.
>
> Andrew
>
> >
> > From: "Peter Heeren" <pheeren@thetford.nl>
> > Date: 2003/01/27 Mon AM 04:48:20 EST
> > To: bpcs-l@midrange.com
> > CC: Ger Peeters <gpeeters@thetford.nl>
> > Subject: BPCS C/S in a Citrix environment
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > We are on BPCS 6.1.01 Client Server. We are planning to run BPCS in a
> > Citrix environment.
> > SSA do not support BPCS Running with Citrix or Terminal Services.
> >
> > Does anyone of you have experience with BPCS in a Citrix environment.
> >
> > In a 'normal' client installation our BPCS clients get an unique
> > IP-address. This corresponds with a job unique Workstation data area on the
> > server. This  data area holds the job routings, like job description,
> > printer etc. In a Citrix Environment all the jobs get one and the same
> > IP-address.
> >
> > Problem area's to cover;
> > - Workstation setting (JobQ, printer etc.)
> > - Local Client settings in ODO.CFG
> > - Local User container
> > - Default filters in inquiry and maintenance programs, like for example
> > Order Entry
> >
> > All kind of information concerning this environment is welcome.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Peter Heeren
> > Thetford BV
> >
> >
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