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Edit Dialog Box
The Edit dialog box, shown in Figure 8–4, displays information about WebClient applications and allows users to change certain options for the application selected in the Applications tab. The information displayed reflects the information about the last time the application ran.
Applications on the end user’s machine might be version 9.1B, for example, or a later version that used the WebClient Application Assembler. The Main window displays information depending on the application selected in the Applications tab.
Figure 8–4: Application Manager Edit Dialog Box
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The Edit dialog box title reflects the name of the selected application, for example Sportspro Manager, and includes a tabbed folder with multiple tabs. The tabs that appear in the Edit dialog box vary depending on whether or not you use the WebClient Application Assembler to define the application installation. For all applications, the following tabs appear in the Edit dialog box:
- General — Lists general information about the selected application, and allows the user to set or change certain execution options. See the "General Tab" section.
- Log — Displays the contents of the application log file generated by WebClient and allows the user to delete the contents of the file. See the "Log Tab" section.
For application installations that were defined using the WebClient Application Assembler, the following additional tabs appear in the Edit dialog box:
- Security — Displays security information about the selected application. For more information, see the "Security Tab" section.
- Component — Displays information about the application components that are installed on your end users system. For more information, see the "Component Tab" section.
From the Edit dialog box, users can choose the following buttons:
- OK — Saves any option changes and closes the dialog box
- Cancel — Closes the dialog box without saving option changes
- Write to File — Copies all the registry values associated with the selected application to a file you specify. This information is used to help you with solving problems that occur when the application runs.
General Tab
The General tab displays mostly read-only-information about the application. However, you can use this tab to have your users add startup parameters for the application. The information displayed reflects the status of the application the last time it was run on this system.
The fields that appear in the General tab vary depending on whether or not you use the WebClient Application Assembler to define the application installation. For example, the General tab shown in Figure 8–5 shows information about a version 9.1C application whose installation was defined using the WebClient Application Assembler, and the General tab shown in Figure 8–6 shows information about a version 9.1B application whose installation was not defined using the WebClient Application Assembler.
Figure 8–5: General Tab Displaying Information About a 9.1C Application
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Figure 8–6: General Tab Displaying Information About a 9.1B Application
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For all applications, the following fields appear in the General tab:
- Vendor name — Name of the application provider.
- Application Dir — Local directory where the application is installed and uses as its execution working directory.
- Application Version — Current version of the application.
- WebClient Version — Version of WebClient used to run the application.
- Additional Startup Parameters — Editable field that allows the user to enter any well-formed list of Progress startup parameters using the syntax that you provide them. For more information on the available startup parameters, see the Progress Startup Command and Parameter Reference.
One reason your users might use these parameters is to improve performance specific to this user. WebClient Initializer appends all startup parameters specified in this field to the end of the list of startup parameters already specified.
If the application installation was not defined using the WebClient Application Assembler, the following additional fields appear in the General tab:
If the application installation was defined using the WebClient Application Assembler, the following additional fields appear in the General tab:
CAUTION: WebClient Application Manager does not validate the data that the user enters.
- Configuration File — URL for the configuration file used to install and start the application.
- Local Config File — Pathname of the configuration file that is cached on the end user’s machine.
- System Tasks Version — Current version of system tasks as defined in the WebClient Application Assembler
- 4GL Install Proc Version — Current version of the 4GL install procedure as defined in the WebClient Application Assembler
- External Install Version — Current version of the external installer as defined in the WebClient Application Assembler
Log Tab
The Log tab, shown in Figure 8–7, displays the contents of the application log file generated by WebClient.
Figure 8–7: Log Tab of the WebClient Application Manager
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WebClient writes status messages to a log file for you to troubleshoot problems. The log file is created in the Application Directory you specified.
The path to the log file appears above the file contents box so that the end user can locate the file if you or Progress Technical Support ask for it. The user can delete the application log file by choosing the Clear Log button.
CAUTION: The effect of choosing the Clear Log button is permanent. Choosing the Cancel button does not undo deletion of the application log file.Security Tab
The Security tab, shown in Figure 8–8, displays authentication information about the selected application. This tab appears only when you use the WebClient Application Assembler to define the application installation.
Figure 8–8: Security Tab
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Application Security Information — Indicates whether or not the application is signed. The possible values are: Signed or Not Signed.
Persistent Authentication Cache — Indicates whether or not the Config File Cache and the Codebase Cache are being used. The possible values are:
You can use the Clear Cache button to clear the registry entries for the associated security cache. This button is not available when the cache is not used.
CAUTION: Clearing the cache is permanent and cannot be undone.Component Tab
The Component tab, shown in Figure 8–9, provides a list of application components that have been downloaded to the end users machine. This tab appears only when you use the WebClient Application Assembler to define the application installation.
Figure 8–9: Component Tab
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