Thin client is a 1C:Enterprise application. Thin client operates in managed
application mode only and does not support traditional user interface (the one
used in versions 8.0 and 8.1). It uses significantly less resources than thick client.
Remote Online
Operation over Internet
Thin client allows operation with 1C:Enterprise 8 interface over Internet. It
uses a web server interacting with 1C:Enterprise 8.
Thin client interacts with the web server via HTTP; in its turn, the web
server interacts with 1C: Enterprise 8 in file- or client-server operation mode.
Apache or IIS can be used as the web server.
Operation over Internet
Client-server Operation Mode
Thin client can interact with a cluster server directly, using TCP/IP
protocol.
Client-server operation mode of thin
client
File Operation Mode
When the thin client is operating in file mode, in the PC where the thin
client is started a proprietary (specialized) environment is formed. Within the
environment the following processes are executed:
Loading server components required for the system operation.
Loading an applied configuration.
Other actions required for normal functioning of the system with an
information base.
At that, interaction between thin client and that proprietary environment is
carried out with the same internet protocols that are used in case of
client-server or web server participation. Thereby, from point of view of thin
client the proprietary environment acts as a server. From point of view of
operating system, the environment is not a separate process and it is executed
in a thin client process.
