The Embedthis Appweb Server install distribution for Windows is
published in one formats
The distribution image contains the binary distribution,
documentation and samples in the one package. During installation
you will have the option of installing the full package or
portions of the distribution.
Installing the EXE Image
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Login with administrator privileges.
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Run winzip and extract the
contents of the Zipped EXE install image
(appweb-VERSION-BUILD-WIN-i3886.exe.zip) to a folder of your
choosing.
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Select Run from the Start menu and browse to
the location holding the EXE install image
(appweb-VERSION-BUILD-WIN-i386.exe) and select it.
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Click OK.
Removing Appweb
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Login with administrator privileges
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Run the Add / Remove Programs applet from the
control panel.
- Select the Embedthis Appweb Server and choose
remove.
Silent
Installation
If you need to do batch or unattended
installations, you can install Appweb silently. Use the /silent
switch to suppress questions and /verysilent to suppress all
visual output.
Running Appweb
The Appweb program may be run manually or it may be configured
to start automatically as a windows service. Appweb is configured
by default to listen on port 7777. To test that it is serving
pages, point your browser at http://localhost:7777. To tailor the
Embedthis Appweb configuration, including the default port, you
may wish to edit the appweb.conf configuration file.
Running Appweb as a Windows ApplicationTo run
Appweb manually you will need to first stop it running a a
service. To do this, right click on the Appweb icon in the system
tray (usually bottom left of the screen) and select Stop. Alternatively, select Services from the
Administrative Programs group in the system Control panel. Scroll
down for Embedthis Appweb and double click. Then select Stop to
stop the Appweb Service. Once the service is stopped, you can
start Appweb manually.
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Display the contents of Programs > Embedthis
Appweb under the Start menu.
- Select Embedthis Appweb. The application will be
started and its icon will appear in the status area of the
Windows taskbar.
Running Appweb from the Console
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Select Run from the Start menu and
type:
c:\appweb\appweb -l stdout:2
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Click OK
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A command.com window will appear
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To exit the application, close the window
Running Appweb as a Windows Service
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Login with administrator privileges.
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Select Run from the Start menu and browse to
the Appweb installation directory and select
appweb.exe
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Type in the Open field:
{Installation Directory}\appweb.exe -c -i "-d -c"
This will install Appweb as a service. When Appweb is started
by the Windows Service Control Manager, it will pass the "-d"
switch to Appweb which instructs it to run as a daemon
(service).
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Click OK.
- To remove appweb as a service, repeat the procedure above
but use the uninstall switch -u.
To tailor the Embedthis Appweb configuration, you may wish to
edit the appweb.conf configuration file and then restart
Appweb. .
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