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In Agile e6 it is possible to modify the
appearance and the behaviour of the Java Client in the
mask:
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The settings are stored between sessions
on this machine and for each Agile EDM user. |
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General
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Login |
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Description |
Login type |
For detailed information about single sign-on functionality, please refer to the General Administration Online Help > Agile e6 Single Sign-On Functionality.
For detailed information about default log in information, please refer to the document Start Agile e6.
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HTTP/S support |
- Connect using an HTTP server
When activating the checkbox, the startup window does not contain the options and .
Base URL of the web server. Leave empty to use the WebStart server.
- Server URL
Apply the base URL and Port of the web server. When using the WebStart server, leave this empty.
- Service Name
Apply 'plm-api-<installation_name>/services'.
<installation_name> = the name of the Agile e6 server installation that has been given during the Agile e6 server installation.
The complete URL can be tested by applying the following path in the browser:
e.g. https://exampleserver.com:7104/plm-api-axis/services
The following should be displayed: 'And now ... Some Services ...'.
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Appearance
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In the Appearance section it can be defined, how the client should look
like in general.
Section |
Selection |
Description |
Desktop |
Show ToolTips |
Defines if tool tips are shown. |
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Text in toolbars |
When activated, places text under each option in the toolbars.
A restart is required.
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Extended file selector |
When activated, it uses the Java file selector. |
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Scrollable desktop |
In MDI mode, when a window is bigger than the client desktop, scrollbars
are added to the desktop
This
function is working only in MDI mode. A restart is required.
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Show window contents when dragging |
In MDI mode, when activated, the contents of a window can be seen
when dragging the window. When deactivated, only the frame of the
window can be seen when dragging the window.
This
function is working only in MDI mode.
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Single Document Interface |
Activated: Every mask is opened as a tab.
Deactivated: Every mask is opened in Multi Document Interface (MDI),
i.e. in an extra window.
Restart required
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Show Window gripper |
Activates window gripper for docked windows. |
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Floating windows always on top |
Defines if floating windows are displayed always on
top or in the background |
Look&Feel |
Look&Feel |
The Look&Feel can be adapted individually. It is
stored between sessions on the working machine and for each user. |
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JIDE Style |
Defines the style of the client.
The following styles are available:
- Eclipse
- Eclipse 3.x
- Office 2003
- Office 2007
- Visual Studio
- Visual Studio (Metal)
- Xerto
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JIDE Theme |
Defines the color of the client. |
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The style and color of the client and the masks
do also depend on the desktop property settings of the PC the client
is used on. |
Background picture |
File |
Path to the background picture. All formats except bmp
are supported. There's no size limitation for the file. |
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Display |
Defines if the picture is displayed:
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Masks
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The layout of the single masks and their components
(e.g. fields) can be defined here. |
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When clicking the button,
the default values are taken that have been defined in the jacc.defaults
file. If no default values have been defined in the jacc.defaults file,
the default values are taken that have been defined in the source code.
The following screenshots of the mask show the default values.
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Tab |
Options |
Border |
Border Settings |
Description |
Field |
Defines the border style for a field in the mask. |
Selected Field |
Defines the border style for a selected field
in the mask. |
Border Type for Hyperlink |
Defines the border style for a hyperlink in the
mask. |
Mask |
Defines the border style of the mask itself. |

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Color |
On the Color tab the different colors can be defined for:
- Field
- Status bar
If no specific color is chosen for the status bar, the color of
the used theme is used. Otherwise, the chosen color is used.
- List
- Thumbnail
- View mode

When clicking on a color the normal mask is opened. When clicking on the button, the
mask is opened which allows to see a preview of the chosen color
as text or field color. A and
tab are also available to define
a color more precisely.

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Font |
On the Font tab the font family and font style can be defined for
text in:
- Field
Here the font family and font style can be chosen for the text
in the field and the title of the field.
- Tab

When clicking on the font, a preview mask is opened where the font
family, the size and the style can be chosen. The newly chosen settings
can be seen in the section.

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Layout |
On the Layout tab the layout can be defined for:
- Field: Here, the margins of the text to the field frame
can be defined.
- Adjustment:
- Calculated field size: If activated, the field size is calculated
with the field's content. Otherwise the preferrred field size
is used.
- Resize mask components: Flag whether the mask components
are scaleable when resizing the mask.
- Fields oversized: If set, the position and size depends
on component insets.
- Size: Here, different size settings for masks can be
defined.
- Thumbnail: Here the size of the thumbnail can be defined
by indicating the initial cell size in which the thumbnail is
displayed.
- Tab
- Show icon: Here can be defined if an icon should be shown
in the tab title as well.
With the styles and , which can be selected under , the option to show icons on the tabs is not supported!
- Color scheme: If no value is set, the tabs in a mask will
all have the same color. If "OneNote" is set, the
tabs in a mask will all have a different color.
- List: Here can be defined how the layout of cells in
lists should look like.
- List cells bordered: List cells are highlighted with a 3D
effect in Edit mode only.
- Row height: Row height in pixels; -1 is the standard setting.
The bigger the number, the bigger is the row height.
- Show horizontal lines: If deactivated, no horizontal lines
in a list will be displayed.
- Show vertical lines: If deactivated, no vertical lines in
a list will be displayed.
- Fill empty space with rows: If deactivated, there will be
no horizontal and vertical lines visible for empty space in
a list.
- Calculated row height: The height of rows in a list will
be automatically adjusted according to the size of the content
that is displayed.
- Store list layout: The calculated row height will be saved
for the next session.

Please
note that if the checkbox for the Calculated row height is activated,
the Java Client needs its time to adapt the height of each row according
to the contents. It is not recommended to activate this checkbox
if the database contains a lot of data since this can result in
a potential performance loss!
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Others |
The following can be defined here:
- Draw gradient on masks
When activated, the background color of the mask is drawn with
a gradient
- Use context menu
For hyperlinks the following can be defined:
- Change cursor on hyperlink
- Draw border around field

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File service
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The proxies for the file service access can be
configured here. |
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Drag and Drop
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Here can be defined which drag and drop options are allowed.
Drag and Drop contains the following sections:
Feature |
Description |
Enabling Record Drag and Drop |
- Use the drag feature
Activated: Allows to drag records within Agile e6.
- Use the drop feature
Activated: Allows to drop records from other applications into
Agile e6.
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When changing the "drag" feature,
masks have to be reopened so that this feature becomes effective. |
Plain Text Export (e.g. to MS WordPad) |
- Content:
- Offer text format
- Include field titles
- Include field names
- Text Format
- Export fields separated by tabs
- Export fields separated by commas
- Export as XML
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HTML Export (e.g. MS Excel) |
- Offer HTML format
- Include field titles
- Include field names
- Color of table header
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Browser Drag and Drop
- Use drag
- Use drop
- Enable horizontal auto-scroll
- Automatically expand nodes
Drag and Drop function in Lists
The order of columns in a list can be changed by moving a column to the
desired position using the drag&drop function. Also, it is possible
to hide columns if they are not needed for the current session. Highlight
a column and select the "Hide This Column" order from the context
menu. In order to restore hidden columns, select the "Show All Hidden
Columns" order from the context menu.
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Miscellaneous
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Additional settings can be done here, e.g.:
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Logging
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Here can be defined for which profile the logging should be performed
and how detailed the log information should be.
Section |
Description |
Info |
Information about runtime events, e.g. startup and shutdown.
The result can be visible immediately. |
Trace |
Very detailed information on the flow through the system.
The result will be written in a log file. |
Debug |
Detailed information on the flow through the system.
The result will be written in a log file. |
Show log |
Displays a log window in the client.
If
a large amount of traces are written into this window, the client
will become slow or even suffer an "OutOfMemory" exception.
If all traces are turned on, we recommend using the log file mechanism.
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Always log exceptions |
Always loggs exceptions caught by the code. Error messages are
displayed with more detailed information.
We
recomment to only use this option for debugging purposes.
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Display milliseconds |
Displays the milliseconds in the log time stamp. |
Load profile ... |
Profile |
Description |
ECI |
Logging of the ECI module.
Shows the communication between the Java client and the Agile
e6 server, as well as the local client communication with
the CAD integration.
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GRID |
For
administrators performing customizations.
Helps to analyze UI customization problems. Keyboard shortcuts
will activate a grid with UI information on top of masks.
- CTRL-F11
Turns the grid on or off.
When clicking on a mask component, further information is
displayed.
- CTRL-F12
Clears the grid content.
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JET |
Logging of the JET module.
Reads the server data and writes back modified data.
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MASK |
Logging of the mask layer, which is the UI component
of the Java client. |
STANDARD |
Removes all class specific log settings. |
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Log4j
Enables or disables logging with Log4J.
- Priority
A minimum priority can be set for messages to be logged.
- Log messages in the console window
- Log messages in a file
A path can be defined where the log file is stored.
The amount of backups of the log file can be defined.
The maximum file size and its suffix can be defined.
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Plugins
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Contains a list of all plugins that are found in the configuration file
jacc.defaults of the Java Client. This list shows the unique ID of each
plugin, the name, the version, and a flag that controls the loading of
the plugin.
Section |
Setting |
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AutoVue Integration |
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For detailed information, please refer to the AutoVue Integration Online Help. |
ECI Server |
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Configuration of the ECI server that runs within the
Java Client. It is used by e.g. CAD integrations to access the Agile
e6 system. |
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Port number |
Default port number |
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Remote connection requires password |
- Activated:
Accepts connections from the same machine as authenticated, without
requiring the ECI client to pass user credentials.
ECI connections from a remote machine still require authentication
to execute ECI functions.
- Deactivated:
Allows unauthenticated remote connections.
However, remote connections are disabled by default by the machine's
white list in the jacc.defaults file (see EciServer.allowHosts.%).
Remote connections are rejected if the remote
machine is not white listed in this configuration file.
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Start ECI Server immediately |
Activates the ECI Server. |
HTML Browser |
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Configuration of the internal and external web browser
integration.
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