Frequently Asked Questions

Visual LANSA Framework

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Frequently Asked Questions

Framework presentation

How do I make the VLF use my corporate look?

How do I enroll my own visual styles?

How do I change a visual style at run time?

Can I define the toolbar by application?

How can I change the visual styles used in Web browser applications

I want to restore the default window layout for the Framework

How do I create an elaborate prototype?

Can I change the business object instance caption that appears in the area above my command handlers?

Can I stop VLF NET overriding CCS changes to background Colors of objects in WAMs?

Language

Text appears in English when I execute Framework as a web application 

How can I translate text, for example the caption of the instance list Clear List button?

Pictures

How do I change Help About logos?

How do I change introduction logos?

How do I change the logo shown when the Framework starts executing?

How do I enrol my own bitmaps and icons?

Where does the Images Palette get the pictures from (when using the HTML formatted Images Palette)? 

When I execute my Framework in a browser some of my icons and bitmaps don't display properly?

How are icons and bitmap names used when my Framework is executed in a browser?

How can I convert icons and bitmaps to GIF files?

Where do I need to put my GIFs so that my browser applications can use them?

Servers

How do I run my application in SuperServer mode?

Can my Web browser applications be used with System i multi-tier web server configurations?

Can my Web browser applications be used with Windows multi-tier web server configurations?

How do I pick up the servers that have been defined in the Framework using the Servers option of the Administration menu?

Changes not taking effect

I have created a new command but it does not appear in the menus or the toolbar?

I change Instance Command Presentation but the changes do not take effect?

I have just deleted an object but it is still visible?

I have just changed my Framework design but the change has not taken effect?

Why options I have disabled for Windows and/or the Web browser are displayed?   

Versions and Upgrades

Are copies of my Framework design kept?

How can I change the list of Framework versions shown?

Can I use Visual LANSA Framework in Direct-X mode?

Settings

How are Framework settings remembered?

How are instance lists remembered?

Security

When I run the Framework security does not seem to work?

When I start the Framework as an administrator (for example UF_ADMIN), the Framework appears briefly and then disappears?

Do I have to (re)define my user profiles into the Framework?

Do I have to (re)define my user passwords into the Framework?

Are there techniques to minimize user profile (re)definition?

Web

What is a temporary directory and what is it used for?

How can I purge old information from my temporary directory?

Can I purge old information from my temporary directory in a batch job?

How can different users access different data libraries in Web applications?

Can I run web applications using secure sockets layer (SSL)?

How can I make my web applications launch into a new window?

How can I execute the VLF as a web application without using SSI?

How can I hide the address and status bars on Framework popup windows when using IE7?

The URL to start my deployed VLF web browser application is too complex for users to reliably type in to their browsers

What should I do when I get a mysterious WAM crash in my Framework RAMP application?

Why do I get a message saying 'Compression source file vf_multi_NAT.js not found'?

Why do I get a message saying 'Compression source file vf_multi_LLL.js not found'?

How can I tell if my WAM function is executing in a browser (VLF.WEB) or under .NET (VLF.NET)?

How to find out the L4Web images folder and path name in a VLF-WEB application?

How can users sign off from VLF-WEB sessions?

Can I customise the VLF WEB signon dialog?

Testing

I do my unit and suite testing in Design mode. Is this a good practice?

Other

How do I execute an initial Framework level command when starting up a Framework application?   

I have just deleted an object and want to get it back again?

Why are some menus and menu options in brackets?

Can more than one person design the same Framework at the same time?

Can I change the options that the user searches for in the Quick Find box?

Can I control what happens when the user clicks on an option that they have located by using the Quick Find box?

 

Also See

Frequently Asked Questions (Users and Security)

Frequently asked Questions about Code Tables

Frequently Asked Questions about Custom Properties

 

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