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Web Application DevelopmentWebID (webid)Obtains the name of the next cache file to be generated.To access the cache file, a new name=value pair can be encoded as part of theURL:@webid=cacheFileFor more information, refer to “Getting Screens from the Server” on page 6-4in Web Development Guide.Requester ExecutablesIf you are using an ISAPI- or NSAPI-compliant HTTP server, use the new ISAPI andNSAPI versions of the requester executable, instead of the CGI version, for fasterprocessing of your HTTP requests.Windows ServersIf you are using Windows as your Web application server:! Use NTFS as the disk file system, not FAT, to improve your systemperformance.! Use the new ISAPI and NSAPI versions of the requester executable, instead ofthe CGI version, for faster processing of your HTTP requests.! Set your Web application to run as an service using the monitor utility. As anservice, you can have the application automatically start when the server isrebooted. You can also specify that other services needed by the Webapplication, such as database access, be restarted first.Running Java ServletsA Panther web application can run as a Java servlet. For more information, refer toAppendix D, “Using Java Servlets,” in Web Development Guide.Upgrade Guide 1-49