The Browser tab enables you to modify configuration settings specific to DWebPro's handling of the user browser.
The Browser tab
More information about the use of external browsers with DWebPro are explained in the Browser FAQs topic.
You can download a preconfigured package with a stand alone version of Firefox in the Add-On Packages topic. In the same page you can find the DWebPro Browser package.
The fields in http.ini specific to the
WebBrowser section are shown below:
[Browser] ; Browser settings OpenUrl=1 Url=http://##DWEBPRO_HOSTNAME##:##DWEBPRO_WEBSERVER_PORT##/ Path=iexplore Params=-k %s ShowModal=NORMAL ; Startup / Shutdown settings WaitBeforeOpen=0 CloseOnShutDown=0 AlwaysOpenUrlOnSecondInstance=0
Browser settings
Open Browser URL
OpenUrl
Open Browser URL specifies a URL that
DWebPro should open at startup.
Accepted values: 1, 0
Browser URL
Url
Browser URL specifies the URL to open
at startup when using the
Open Browser URL option. Note that you can use the ##MACHINENAME## constant as opposed to the 127.0.0.1 IP address. Refer to the DWebPro Internal Constants topic for additional information. Accepted values: string
Path
Path
Path specifies the path to the browser
to use. This option has been successfully tested on Mozilla Firefox.
If you leave this field blank, DWebPro uses the PC's default browser.
Refer to the DWebPro Internal Constants topic for
additional information.
Accepted values: string
Params
Params
Params specifies the parameters DWebPro
passes to the browser. This value will be used only if the Path field is not blank. The "%s" string will be replaced
by the value of the URL field.
Accepted values: string
Show Modal
ShowModal
Show Modal specifies the viewing mode
of the browser.
Accepted values: HIDE, MAXIMIZE, MINIMIZE,
or NORMAL
Startup / Shutdown settings
Wait Before Open
WaitBeforeOpen
Wait Before Open specifies the time interval
before starting the browser. This delay may be useful for allowing
third-party software, such as Tomcat, to complete loading before opening
the browser. This value is saved in milliseconds, but it is displayed
in seconds.
Accepted values: 1, 0
Close the Browser On Shutdown
CloseOnShutDown
Close the Browser On Shutdown specifies
whether DWebPro should close the browser on shutdown.
Accepted values: 1, 0
Always Open URL on Second Instance
AlwaysOpenUrlOnSecondInstance
Always Open URL on Second Instance specifies
whether DWebPro should navigate to the address specified in the Open Browser URL field if DWebPro must open a second
instance of the browser.
Accepted values: 1, 0