TX Text Control ActiveX Server has been specifically designed to run in server side applications and therefore does not have an user interface. All interactions with TX Text Control ActiveX Server are performed programmatically from application code, making it ideal for batch processing or printing large volumes of documents.
In order to test the performance of TX Text Control ActiveX Server, we set up a number of tests in the TX Text Control laboratories to examine three major characteristics of server-side document processing:
We performed the test on a single processor Intel Celeron 1.7 GHz server with 256 MB RAM, running Server Windows XP Professional IIS 5.1. The server was connected to a local area network, interfaced by a 10 MBit network card. The tests aim to illustrate how TX Text Control ActiveX Server performs under minimum hardware conditions. Naturally, the faster the hardware, the faster TX Text Control ActiveX Server will perform.
The benchmark tests simulated concurrent requests to TX Text Control ActiveX Server. The test application loaded a three page document, searched through the entire document for a textual string and replaced it with another string.
The document was then exported as an RTF file and saved on the server to another directory. The benchmark indicated the time involved in:
The graph immediately below illustrates the number of requests per second that were executed by TX Text Control ActiveX Server.
The number of requests was increased and saturation finally arrived at an average of 7.6 requests per second.
The second graph shows the time per request, which indicates the time that is required to process one document. An average request took less than 150 milliseconds.
Traditionally, managers have thought about client side applications, when wishing to equip an entire workforce with a word processing tool. Often, they do not realize that the task at hand may be better solved using either a pure server-based solution, or a hybrid solution that involves server and client components.
For applications in which data from disparate data sources (databases, XML, form data) is merged with pre-defined templates, or in which documents are programmatically modified or converted, a server-based application that deploys TX Text Control ActiveX Server is an ideal choice.
Applications that are used by a vast user-base, spread out amongst several physical locations are ideally suited to deploy the TX Text Control ActiveX Server browser component. Part of the application runs on the server, the other part in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
We would like to talk to you about your personal word processing requirements. Please contact one of our pre-sales engineers.
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