Advanced Options

Use this panel to define display, message, and additional parameters for this HTML file.

HTML parameters
The Deployment Wizard automatically includes HTML parameters for all Wizard options. However, if you want to include additional options that are not shown in the Wizard, you can use this window to add the necessary parameters to include those options. To add a parameter, type the name of the parameter in the Name field, type the value in the Value field, and click Set. Do not include quotes around the names and values. The Deployment Wizard adds the parameter in the box below. To remove a parameter, highlight the parameter in the box and click Delete.

You should not manually add these parameters to the HTML file (for example, using a text editor), or they may be lost the next time you open the file with the Deployment Wizard.

To see a list of available parameters, refer to HTML parameter names and values.

Code base
If you are publishing files generated from the Deployment Wizard to a location other than the Host On-Demand publish directory, specify the URL of the Host On-Demand publish directory in the Code base field. This name must either be a fully qualified URL, including the hostname (for example, http://your_HOD_server/hod_publish_dir_alias/), or a relative path (for example, /hod_publish_dir_alias/). For more information on how and why you would want to publish files generated from the Deployment Wizard to a location other than the publish directory, see Setting up a separate user publish directory.

This code base is not the same as the code base you specify if you select the Web Start client. For more information, refer to Web Start Settings.

HTML templates
Include banners, backgrounds, images, and other HTML options in your Host On-Demand Web page by specifying a custom HTML template. Click Browse to choose the HTML template that you want to use. The template is applied to the Web page when it is created at the end of the Deployment Wizard. For information on creating custom HTML templates, see Using Custom HTML Templates.

Problem Determination
Specify whether or not to include problem determination components, such as the Trace Facility, View Log Messages, and System Properties. (You will probably only need these components when working with IBM service to troubleshoot a problem.)

To use IPMon, or to use trace in automatic mode, you will need to configure additional parameters.

User updates
When users make changes to session properties (for example, session size, placement, colors, toolbar customizations, and macros), these changes are associated with the browser window that was used to access the HTML file and will remain in effect as long as that browser window remains active. If you allow users to make updates (the default), Host On-Demand will remember the modifications the next time the user accesses the HTML file. Otherwise, if you select No, any session modifications will be lost when the user closes the browser window.

Appearance
Use the Appearance window to select a layout for displaying host sessions. You can select to display the Host On-Demand desktop in the standard way or as a grid of buttons.

Applet size
Use the Applet Size window to select the size of the applet. You can select Small, Medium, Large, or Autosize to browser.

The Autosize to browser function is not supported on Netscape 6.1 browsers.

Other
The following options are typically unnecessary for configuring Host On-Demand. You should only use them if you are familiar with their usage.

Session Manager API
Select Enable Session Manager JavaScript API if you want to use JavaScript APIs to manage host sessions and text-based interactions with host sessions. These public APIs allow you to communicate with host sessions that are embedded in a Web page.

There are four sets of APIs:

• Session Manager APIs
• Presentation Space APIs
• Host On-Demand Functions APIs
• Error Reporting APIs

For details about how to use these JavaScript APIs, refer to the Session Manager API Reference.

Server connection
Use this option to configure the client to use the configuration servlet or a different configuration server port to communicate with the Host On-Demand configuration server.

Do you want to use the configuration servlet?
If you do not want the client to use the system default values that are specified in the config.properties file in the Host On-Demand publish directory, do the following:

1. Uncheck Use system defaults.
2. Select Yes to use the configuration servlet.
3. Specify the URL to where the configuration servlet is installed.
This will automatically override the URL specified in the config.properties file.

Check your Web server or servlet engine's documentation for instructions on how to pass parameters to a servlet.

If you want the client to connect directly to the configuration server using a different port other than the default port 8999 or than the port specified in the config.properties file, do the following:

1. Uncheck Use system defaults.
2. Select No to use the configuration servlet.
3. Specify the new port that the configuration server is listening on. You only need to change this from the default if you change what port the configuration server is listening on. This will automatically override the port specified in the config.properties file.

Language
Use the Language window to select the language to use for all client desktop and session frame messages. If users with different languages plan to access this HTML file, you should select Use the System Locale from the Language drop-down list.

Maximum sessions
Configure how many concurrent sessions each user can have open. When this number is reached, a user will not be able to open any more sessions (regardless of session type) until some currently-opened sessions are closed.