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Using the Integration Capabilities of the VPO Motif-based GUI
Integrating External Applications into the VPO GUI
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There are two main methods by which an application can be integrated
into VPO:
❏ If the application is already integrated into the HP OpenView
windows, then an application registration file (ARF) exists and the
application is referred to as an “OpenView windows application”.
These applications are integrated into VPO either as OV
Applications or as OV Services.
❏ VPO provides a powerful mechanism to integrate applications into a
user’s Application Desktop. An application integrated this way is
referred to as a VPO Application. If an application is to be
integrated for the first time, this is the preferred method.
The following table shows basic characteristics of the different
application integration types:
Table 3-1 Comparison of Application Integration Types
VPO Application OpenView
Application
OpenView Service
Application
accessible to
user by:
• Icon in Application
Desktop.
• Icon in Application
Desktop.
• Push button in
Toolbar.
• Menu Bar
• Push button in
Toolbar
• Started
automatically as
daemon when
operator logs in.
a
Application
information
provided by:
• VPO GUI • Application Registration File (ARF)
• VPO GUI
Application
runs on:
One or more preconfigured or selected node(s) including the management
server.