Remote Basic ActiveX Control

The Remote Basic ActiveX Control is a component that can be used in Visual Basic programs running on a PC to run Remote Basic subroutines on a Reality database.

Prerequisites

• Refer to the Reality Release Information for details of which versions of Windows are supported.

• PCSNI software V2.3.1 Rev C or later.

Installation

1. Start the installation program as described for Windows in the section Starting the installation.

2. Select Remote Basic ActiveX Control from the Core Reality Software menu.

3. The default location is C:\Program Files\NorthgateIS\Reality Remote Basic ActiveX Interface; you can override this if required.

Set-up after installation

To call a Remote Basic subroutine, you must establish a connection to an account on a Reality database - you will need to use a user-id that has been set up as follows.

Log on to the SYSMAN account and run SSM. Then do the following:

1. Use SSM Option 3 to create a security profile to be used with the Remote Basic server. It is recommended that this profile should have Remote Basic (option 23) set to R (restricted); you must also specify a file in which the subroutines that can be called remotely are listed. For more information on security for external access, refer to the Reality Online Documentation.

2. Use SSM Option 2 to set up a user-id that will be used to access Remote Basic subroutine. Set the Status (option 13) to E (enabled) and the Type (option 14) to S or * (so that it can be used as a server). Note that on a UNIX host a corresponding UNIX user-id must also exist, and it is the password for the UNIX user-id that must be used when establishing a connection.

3. Use SSM Option 3 to configure the security profile associated with the user-id you have created, setting Alt Server Profiles (option 8) to specify that the Remote Basic server (RBSRVR) should use the security profile you created in step 1.