How the DM Classic Webtop Works

The DM Classic Webtop works with the DM server to transform an HTTP server into a DM client. At the core of the DM Classic Webtop is the Active Server Page (ASP) feature, which allows for customization and high performance. DM makes a Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) interface available to the DM Classic Webtop on the HTTP server.

The components are:

  • Web Server: The HTTP server, such as Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

  • ASP: The Active Server Pages component of IIS. This provides IIS the ability to run applications such as the DM Classic Webtop.

  • The DM Classic Webtop: The DM Classic Webtop application, as a set of related ASP and HTML files.

  • The DM Classic Webtop Applets: The DM Classic Webtop makes use of Java applets to perform functions on the Import Document page and the Advanced Search page for Java users.

  • DM API: The client-side application programming interface provided by DM.

  • DCOM: The communications channel between the DM API and the DM server.

  • DM Server: The Windows service that brokers document-management transactions between DM client users and the SQL server, document servers, and indexer servers.

  • Databases and File Servers: The DM repository, consisting of the SQL databases where the Document Profiles are stored and the file servers where the document contents are stored.

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