Bonjour is Apple Computer’s implementation of zero-configuration networking known generally as “zero config”. It enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks without having a knowledgable person manually configure DNS servers. The Apple specific implementation is available for MacOS X, Windows, Linux, BSD Unix and others.

Bonjour Adapter and Valentina Embedded Server

The Bonjour Adapter has a very modest footprint. For servers, there is very little overhead on the Macintosh. Windows requires an installation of Bonjour since it is not built into the operating system. Bonjour support is built into Valentina Studio and Valentina Office Server, but it is optional in Valentina Developer Network.

Using Bonjour Adapter

With the Bonjour Adapter for VDN Embedded Server, your Embedded Server is automatically registered with Bonjour using your Bonjour Adapter developer code. The real work happens on the client side - your application.

Any client (including all Valentina ADKs) higher than Valentina 2.5 can query on the network to locate any Bonjour enabled server (Embedded Server with Bonjour Adapter or Valentina Office Server 2.5 and later) using one simple call. An example:

ArrayOfStrings servers = Valentina.LocatedBonjourService( “valentina_.tcp_” )