What Can be Installed With Natural?

This document covers the following topics:

Natural

This is the local Natural development environment.

Natural Development Server

Natural Development Server (NDV) enables remote development using Natural Single Point of Development (SPoD). Natural Development Server needs the Natural development environment as a prerequisite.

For further information (including any limitations that may apply for your installation), see the separate Natural Single Point of Development documentation and the separate Natural Development Server documentation.

Natural Web I/O Interface

The Natural Web I/O Interface is used to execute Natural applications in a web browser and consists of a server and a client. The server part of the Natural Web I/O Interface needs the Natural development environment as a prerequisite. On UNIX, the server is implemented as a daemon.

The Natural Web I/O Interface server supports two types of clients: the Natural Web I/O Interface client for displaying character-based applications in the web browser, and Natural for Ajax for displaying rich internet applications in the web browser. For more information, see the Natural Web I/O Interface documentation.

ApplinX Interface

The ApplinX interface is used to replace the Natural character-based user interface by the ApplinX GUI facilities. It needs the Natural development environment as a prerequisite. See the separate ApplinX documentation for further information.

Natural Security

Natural Security enables you to protect your Natural environment against unauthorized access and improper use. For further information, see the Natural Security documentation and especially the chapter Natural Security On Different Platforms.

License Files

During the installation of Natural, the Software AG Installer prompts you to enter the path to one or more valid license files. The license file is an XML file which is delivered by e-mail.

Separate license files are required for the following products:

  • Natural

  • Natural Development Server

  • Natural Security

Notes:

  1. The Software AG Installer does not check all information in the license file. All license checks are done, however, when the product itself is started.
  2. Natural for Tamino is automatically installed together with the Natural development environment. It also requires a separate license file. This license file must have the name nxt83.xml. The name must be completely in lowercase. If you want to use Natural for Tamino, you have to copy this license file manually to the common/conf directory of your installation directory. The Software AG Installer does not provide a panel for this purpose.
  3. To replace an outdated license file for the Natural Development Server, copy a valid license file (ndv<dd>.xml) to the common/conf subdirectory of your corresponding Natural Development Environment installation directory overwriting the existing license file.