Run Locally (Desktop Mode)ΒΆ

Both gView.WebApps and gView.Server can be launched locally on the desktop.

Using gView.Server locally mainly makes sense for testing purposes.

Note

However, a possible use case could be to use the gView.Server within an offline solution. For this, the following components must be available on the offline devices:

  • Map server (gView.Server)

  • All necessary data (e.g., in a SQLite database)

  • A WebGIS solution that displays maps through the map server.

Since gView.WebApps replaces the previous desktop applications gView.Carto and gView.DataExplorer, it may make sense to only start this application when needed.

To do this, you need to change to the directory where the application was deployed in the previous step (here: C:\apps\gview-gis\local\6.24.1801)

Note

The last two subdirectories correspond to the profile and version number of the previously created deployment.

In this directory, the following files and folders should be present:

../_images/run01.png

  • gview-server.bat launches the gView.Server locally.

  • gview-web.bat launches gView.WebApps (gView.Carto, gView.DataExplorer) locally.

When you start gview-web.bat, you will see the following output:

../_images/run02.png

Here, the URL under which the application should be accessed is displayed (here: http://localhost:45623).

Note

The URL can be changed via the file gview-web.bat. To do this, the file must be opened with a text editor.

If you enter the URL in a browser (e.g., Firefox), the application should be displayed.

../_images/run03.png

Note

Some browsers automatically redirect http:// requests to https://. Unfortunately, this does not work for local applications. This can be a reason why the application is not displayed. A solution can be to use a different browser (e.g., Firefox).

Since we defined a username and password during the deploy step, you must authenticate in the application to use the programs.

Click on Login and sign in as admin. After that, all programs will be available:

../_images/run04.png

Note

The Local gView Server tile can only be successfully started if the server has been started with gview-server.bat.

Note

The Used Memory tile is only meant to optimize memory usage when gView.WebApps consumes many resources. Clicking on the symbol in the tile triggers a GC.Collect().

When you click on a tile, the corresponding application opens in the current browser tab. If you want to open the application in a new tab, you must click on the arrow symbol in the corresponding tile.

When you start the file gview-server.bat, the behavior is similar to the above. The output will display the URL under which the gView.Server is running:

../_images/run05.png

When you open the URL in the browser (here: http://localhost:45622), the following should be displayed:

../_images/run06.png

Note

When you access the gView.Server for the first time, usually no administrator user is defined. The gView.Server operates independently of gView.WebApps and does not access the user settings of this application.

It is advisable to click on the red Manage tile after logging in and enter a user and password here. This first user will then automatically become the administrator for the gView Server.