Thin client is a 1C:Enterprise application. Thin client operates in managed application mode only and does not support the traditional user interface (the one used in versions 8.0 and 8.1). It uses significantly less resources than the thick client.
Remote Online Operation over Internet
Thin client allows operation with 1C:Enterprise 8 interface over the Internet. It uses a web server interacting with 1C:Enterprise 8.
Thin client interacts with the web server via HTTP; in 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, then a proprietary (specialized) environment is set up in the PC where the thin client is started. In this 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.
The interaction between the thin client and the proprietary environment is carried out with the same internet protocols for client-server and web server. Hence for the thin client the proprietary environment acts as a server. From the point of view of the operating system, the environment is not a separate process and it is executed in a thin client process.
