I'm trying to view a study directly by invoking the image viewer URL

http://localhost/ImageServerAlpha/P...9104816606

However, when no session is active an error message is displayed instead of the login form.

Is there another way to invoke the viewer directly or do I need to change some settings in IIS?

 

Thx.

Andries,

As you've noticed, its not possible to try and open the web viewer via URL by just jumping to the specific URL of the Webstation . You must be logged into the Webstation for this to work work properly.

We have done some preliminary work in setting up an API/URL mechanism to launch the Webstation where credentials for login are supplied via an http post mechanism. This is one of the main areas that we're working on polishing up for the official release of the Webstation.

Steve

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the quick reply. Based om my experience I think it would be good to allow three types of URL authentication:

1 - sending username/password in the payload of a post message.

2 - sending username/password as get parameter

3 - using integrated windows authentication

The first two options are by no means secure but are typically the best you can achieve in a "heterogeneous" IT environment hospitals are. The third option is good from a security point of view but not all "calling" applications will be able to support it.

With his range of options I guess you can handle 99% of the integration needs.

Another often asked request is that while invoking the application through a URL the user should not be allowed to navigate outside the context of the URL parameters.

I hope you'll find this useful.

Best regards,

Andries

 

 

Hi Steve

We deploy a desktop application that is typically hosted in a multi-user environment using Windows Terminal Services.

In previous releases of ClearCanvas it was not possible for more than 1 user (each running under different Windows sessions) to view studies with the Workstation software - since W/s runs as a service, it could only interact with the first user. All subsequent users who accessed studies would be using the first user's session.

Is this a shortcoming that has been fixed with WebViewer? Or something that needs to be addressed in the architecture of Workstation?

Thanks

Anthony

Anthony,

The WebViewer should not have this limitation. In fact, you can run multiple copies of the web viewer in different windows in a browser. Your only concern would be having adequate server side resources to host all the clients.

Steve