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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

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:

For application installations that were defined using the WebClient Application Assembler, the following additional tabs appear in the Edit dialog box:

From the Edit dialog box, users can choose the following buttons:

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

Figure 8–6: General Tab Displaying Information About a 9.1B Application

For all applications, the following fields appear in the General tab:

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.
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

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

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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