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=##IEXPLORER## 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
