This manual

In this manual the structure and configuration of ITP/OnLine Server is discussed.

Chapter Overview provides an overview of ITP/OnLine Server, the components relevant to it and their architecture.

A short word on installation can be found in chapter Installation.

Chapter A typical run presents a typical document creation run. It serves as an introduction to the product. Some basic concepts are introduced.

ITP/OnLine is highly configurable. Chapter Configuration focuses on the configuration pages of ITP/OnLine.

ITP/OnLine offers two main bits of functionality: creating a document ("run model") and retrieving a list of available document templates ("list models"). Chapter Calls describes the way in which these functionalities can be invoked and the parameters that can be passed to them.

ITP/OnLine can be customized by modifying all kinds of resources. These resources are bundled in so called "Applications". Chapter Applications describes applications and application customization.

In ITP/OnLine Server document creation takes place on ITP/Server. The document creation process on ITP/Server can be customized by implementing a number of scripts, the so called 'exit points'. Chapter ITP/Server: OnLine exit points describes these exit points.

The functionality offered by ITP/OnLine Server does not necessarily have to be exposed through web pages. It is available through the ITP/OnLine API, which has been implemented as a COM and as a Java library. Both implementations are described in chapter The ITP/OnLine Server APIs. This chapter is only relevant to customers who want to use ITP/OnLine Server without using the ITP/OnLine web component.

Chapter Known issues presents a number of known issues.