Adapter Overview


TIBCO Adapter for COM integrates COM-aware applications with other TIBCO ActiveEnterprise-compliant applications. It enables client applications to use COM interfaces to publish documents or send operation requests over the TIBCO messaging transport. It also enables COM objects to be driven by documents or operation requests received over the TIBCO messaging transport.

For a general introduction to adapters and the services they provide, read TIBCO Adapter Concepts.

Components

TIBCO Adapter for COM has two main components: the adapter palette and the run-time adapter.

The adapter palette comprises an adapter-specific GUI that seamlessly integrates with TIBCO Designer. It allows you to configure the adapter, and will store the configuration in persistent storage. (You will require TIBCO Designer for this, which is installed as part of the TIBCO Runtime Agent installation. TIBCO Runtime Agent must be installed before installing the adapter).

The run-time adapter uses this configuration to pass and convert data to and from the applications. The run-time adapter consists of the following:


TIBCO Adapter™ for COM User’s Guide
Software Release 5.3, September 2005
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