Realm Display Setup Tag: Settings Tab
The settings tab controls the overall display options. The first drop-down selector is where you choose which realm the settings will apply to. Only realms that include the current application will be available in the list.
You also have the option of making the settings apply to all realms that include this application, rather than just one at a time. To decide whether to use that option, you must choose whether you want to provide different settings to different VIC stations - which would be done via different realms.
You can add exactly one Realm Display Setup tag for each realm that includes the application.
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Fixed Size Window, Resizable Window or Full Screen
If the Full Screen option is selected, you will not have access to the other options on this page. Running full screen implies that the window width and height will be whatever the full (maximum) screen size is. NOTE: When a VIC is running in full screen, the Windows title bar and other window borders will not be displayed.
If Fixed Size Window is selected, you gain more control over the VIC window at the server side, while not allowing size control at the VIC. You will be able to set the VIC window size and page style options at the server with this option selected.
The operator will still be able to move the window around on his screen, and will be able to minimize and restore it, provided that the Disable Min/Max Buttons option has not been selected.
By selecting Resizable Window, you provide the VIC with the greatest level of control. Operators will be able to re-size their screen at will, limited only by the optional minimum width and height that you may set in this dialog box.
Your choice of display option will affect which of the remaining controls on the screen are available. The description of each of those controls will tell you which window options it is relevant for.
Note that leaving the initial Window Width and Height blank (if available) will result in the VIC taking the maximum screen area as its initial size upon opening.
Initial Window Width and Height Fields
Always available if Full Screen is NOT selected. If you have selected Fixed Size Window above, these controls set the window width and height for the VIC. If you have selected Resizable Window, then these controls set only the initial window size for the first time the application is opened on the VIC. On subsequent startups, the resizable VIC window will remain at whatever dimensions the operator set.
If Full Screen has not been selected and these two values are also not set, the following configuration options (if set) will be used to determine a default size:
• If BrowserWidth and BrowserHeight are defined in the application's config.ini file, these values will be used.
• Otherwise, if DispMgrWidth and DispMgrHeight are set in the application's config.ini file, those values will be used.
• Otherwise, the default width and height will simply fill the screen.
These settings are maintained by the VIC and so (for a re-sizable VIC application) apply only for the first time the VIC is opened. If the operator resizes the screen, the VIC will re-open to the last width and height used.
Minimum Window Width and Height Fields
Available only if the Resizable Window option is selected. Sets the minimum width and height that the VIC is able to resize to. Defaults to 25 pixels.
If these values are not set for a resizable VIC, then the application will check the configuration file to see whether DispMgrMinWidth and DispMgrMinHeight have been set and if so, will use those. Otherwise, no minimum values will be set.
This option is not available if Full Screen option is selected. Does exactly what it says to the Min/Max buttons at the top right of the client's screen.
Available only if the Resizable Window option is selected. Forces the VIC screen to maintain a constant aspect ratio (width to height) while it is being re-sized.