The server application has two main components:

• Remote objects
• Transport object

Remote objects are custom class (nonvisual) user objects that have methods that can be invoked by client applications. The primary task in building a server application is writing the methods for the nonvisual objects.

To make a server application function in a distributed environment, you need to use the transport object to begin listening for client connections. The transport object is a nonvisual object that works like the transaction object.

 To listen for client connections:

1. Create a transport object

mytransport = create transport

2. Specify the communications driver

mytransport.driver = "WinSock"

3. Specify the server application name

mytransport.application = "dpbserv"

4. Activate the listener

mytransport.Listen()

Unlike the transaction object, the transport object is not a built-in global object. You need to declare a variable of type transport. Typically, you will want this variable to be global.