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<SJJustin89>
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Hey everyone,

This is my first time posting, I'm new to WebFOCUS and am running into a couple issues.

I'm currently assessing a formatting problem with our Launch Pages. Users using IE have no problem viewing our pages, while Firefox users can't.

That actually ISN'T my problem, haha.

I was given our CSS file by my supervisor and in Developer Studio I have no problem linking my style sheet file from my local C:\ drive. The problem is I can't execute my launch page in Firefox from the Developer Studio. Is there a default browser property I can change?

If not, I noticed I can open my launch page from our Dashboard Website. The only problem is that I can't locally link the CSS file, it would have to be in a portion of out WebFOCUS server I don't have rights to. I attempted to link it from my personal folder on the server but no combination of the file location and new file name it gave it when I copied it there seemed to work.

Thanks!
-Steve
 
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Francis Mariani
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Steve,

Welcome to FocalPoint. It would be very handy if you updated your Profile (click on "View/Edit Complete Profile" and then look for "(**required) Signature") to enter the WebFOCUS release and other information. This can be very important when people attempt to answer your questions.

Default Web Browser: Dev Studio cannot set the default web browser, why not use the FireFox Advanced Option "System Defaults" and temporarily set FireFox as your default browser - you can switch back to IE using IE options.

CSS file location: If you have access to a WebFOCUS Application folder, usually found in Drive:\ibi\apps you can put your CSS file in one of these app folders and then link to it in the HTML file:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/approot/app-folder-name/css-file-name.css">


Francis


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<SJJustin89>
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Unfortunately, Firefox is my default browser and it still comes up in IE.

The app folder solution did work though!

Thank you for your help, and I updated my signature.

-Steve
 
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StuBouyer
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It looks like Dev Studio is hard coded to call IE as the browser.

I've been using Firefox as my default browser for over 18 months and have not been able to get Dev Studio to open reports up in Firefox.

You can however open a launch page directly for an app folder, the default alias is approot, so try:
http://localhost:8080/approot//launch.htm (change to match your app folder's name and drop :8080 if you are also using IIS)

To open a launch page that lives in Managed Reporting is a little more complex, try something like:

http://localhost:8080/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIMR_action=M...titled/untitled.htm&

You'll have to work out the "real" name for the folder, domain and launch page by right clicking and selecting properties in Dev Studio

Cheers

Stu


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Brian Suter
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Since you usually want your HTML to be validated in multiple browsers, test with IE in devstudio and keep a BID session up in firefox. Once IE looks good, do a SAVE, and then launch the report from your firefox session.


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