The OpenROAD eClient enables you to deploy and run OpenROAD runtime and OpenROAD applications on Microsoft Windows client workstations equipped with only Microsoft Internet Explorer. The eClient is a digitally signed, self-contained control that contains a packaged version of OpenROAD runtime. When the eClient is placed on a web server and referenced using OBJECT tags on an HTML web page, a client machine running Internet Explorer can automatically download and install the runtime, and run user applications.

After users download an eClient application using Internet Explorer, they can launch the application independently of the web browser using a Start menu shortcut, or command prompt command.

The eClient application accesses the OpenROAD Server to perform all database access. If an Ingres Net Client is already installed, an OpenROAD application accesses the database directly.

For more information about system requirements and operating system support for the eClient, see the readme.

Before you can launch an eClient application, you must do the following: