DCOM is a distributed version of COM which allow COM clients and servers to be on different machines. This means that your ActiveX-based Slink-e programs do not have to be running on the same machine that the Slink-e is plugged into. This document outlines the steps you need to take in order to get DCOM set up for SlinkX. DCOM is relatively new, and was not provided at the time Windows 95 was released. In order to use DCOM in Win95, you must download and install DCOM95 and its's configuration utility dcomcnfg from the Microsoft web site. If you are serious about using DCOM, you really should be using NT4.0 or later.
Once you have DCOM running on you system, you will need to take the following steps:
Make sure the SlinkX control is fully installed and functional when running locally | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Run the dcomcnfg utility (some of the options show here are not
available in the Win95 version): On the Default Properties tab (server and client):
On the Applications tab (server and client):
On the Nirvis.SlinkeClient Properties Location tab (server only):
On the Nirvis.SlinkeClient Properties Location tab (client only):
On the Nirvis.SlinkeClient Properties Security tab (server and client):
On the Nirvis.SlinkeClient Properties Identity tab (server):
Apply all changes and close the configuration utility | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Log in to both the server and client machines and try running a SlinkX application on the client. You should see slinkeserv appear on the server desktop. |