- Open Client and PROIV Client Comparisons

Open Client and PROIV Client Comparisons

This section compares the PROIV Client and PROIV Open Client, and highlights their differences and similarities:

PROIV Client session properties include connection information and interface display properties and are stored on the user's computer in the PIV file.
Open Client's service settings include connection information and interface display properties, but are held on the server, not the user's computer
The connection information (e.g. kernel server name & port) is defined by the Open Client Administration when a new service is defined, and is held in an XML file.
The display properties are mostly held in files on the server and referenced using the Resource Paths setting in the Open Client Service Settings.
PROIV Client and PROIV Open Client Session Properties Mapping shows how the PROIV Client Session Properties map onto the Open Client properties.

In the PROIV Client, application images are held on the user's computer.
In the Open Client, images are held on the Open Client Server.
In the Open Client, the Resource Paths option in the Open Client Service Settings defines the folders (on the server) that are used to search for application images.
Images are collected by the browser for Open Client when they are required.

In the PROIV Client, ActiveX controls are loaded and run on the user's computer.
The Open Client does not use ActiveX controls. Instead, the functionality has been duplicated using JavaScript objects in the browser.
Open Client installs with JavaScript objects that duplicate the ActiveX controls that are installed with the PROIV Client.
ActiveX controls written by developers must be re-implemented as JavaScript objects.
Open Client does not support the Javascript equivalents of dynamic ActiveX controls.

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