Prerequisites

The following topics are covered below:


Servlet Container

The following servlet container is supported. The servlet container is not delivered with the Natural Web I/O Interface. It can be obtained from the location indicated below, according to its license terms.

Natural for Mainframes

If you want to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Natural for Mainframes, the following must be installed:

  • Natural for Mainframes Version 8.2.5 or above, and

  • the Natural Web I/O Interface server.

For detailed information, see:

  • the Installation documentation for the different operating systems which is provided for Natural for Mainframes;

  • the section Installing and Configuring the Natural Web I/O Interface Server in the version of this Natural Web I/O Interface documentation which is provided for Natural for Mainframes.

Natural for UNIX

If you want to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Natural for UNIX, the following must be installed:

  • Natural for UNIX Version 8.3 or above, and

  • the Natural Web I/O Interface server (which is implemented as a daemon).

For detailed information, see:

  • the Installation documentation which is provided for Natural for UNIX;

  • the section Installing and Configuring the Natural Web I/O Interface Server in the version of this Natural Web I/O Interface documentation which is provided for Natural for UNIX.

Natural for OpenVMS

If you want to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Natural for OpenVMS, the following must be installed:

  • Natural for OpenVMS Version 6.3.4 or above, and

  • the Natural Web I/O Interface server (which is implemented as a daemon).

For detailed information, see:

  • the Installation documentation which is provided for Natural for OpenVMS;

  • the section Installing and Configuring the Natural Web I/O Interface Server in the version of this Natural Web I/O Interface documentation which is provided for Natural for OpenVMS.

Natural for Windows

If you want to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Natural for Windows, the following must be installed:

  • Natural for Windows Version 8.3 or above, and

  • the Natural Web I/O Interface server (which is implemented as a service).

For detailed information, see:

Browser Prerequisites

Supported browsers in this version are:

Internet Explorer 11 (1)
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release 38 and 45 (2)
Google Chrome (3)

Notes:

(1) The Natural Web I/0 Interface client Version 1.3.15 is the last version that supports Internet Explorer 8.

(2) Only the Extended Support Releases of Mozilla Firefox are explicitly supported. Due to frequent upgrades of the Mozilla Firefox consumer release, the compatibility of the Natural Web I/0 Interface client with future versions of Mozilla Firefox cannot be fully guaranteed. Possible incompatibilities will be removed during the regular maintenance process of the Natural Web I/0 Interface client.

(3) The Google Chrome support is based on Google Chrome Version 31. Due to frequent version upgrades of Google Chrome, compatibility of the Natural Web I/0 Interface client with future versions of Google Chrome cannot be fully guaranteed. Possible incompatibilities will be removed during the regular maintenance process of the Natural Web I/0 Interface client.

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