✎ Supported Application.xml Properties

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==== Template ====

This is an //application.xml// for business applications (with all possible parameters):

<file xml application.xml>
<application>
  <!-- Connection parameters -->  
  <Application.serverbase>http://localhost/JVx.Server</Application.serverbase>  
  <Launcher.codebase>[Application.serverbase]/services/CodeBase/</Launcher.codebase>  

  <Application.connectionClass>
    com.sibvisions.rad.remote.http.HttpConnection
  </Application.connectionClass>
  <_Application.connectionClass>remote.net.VMConnection</_Application.connectionClass>
  <Application.connectionParams>url,serializer</Application.connectionParams>
  <Application.connectionParams.url.name>service</Application.connectionParams.url.name>
  <Application.connectionParams.url.value>
    Application.serverbase]/services/Server
  </Application.connectionParams.url.value>
  <Application.connectionParams.serializer>
    com.sibvisions.rad.remote.ByteSerializer
  </Application.connectionParams.serializer>
  <Application.authenticator>
    com.sibvisions.apps.auth.UserPwdAuthenticator, 
    com.sibvisions.apps.auth.NtlmAuthenticator
  </Application.authenticator>
  
  <!-- UI parameters -->

  <Application.language></Application.language>
  <Application.translation>
    /com/sibvisions/apps/projx/translation.xml
  </Application.translation>
  <!-- empty, modern, classic -->
  <Application.iconstyle />
  
  <Application.Login.application>myerp</Application.Login.application>
  <Application.Login.username>admin</Application.Login.username>
  <Application.Login.password>admin</Application.Login.password>
  <Application.Login.image>
    /com/sibvisions/apps/projx/images/login.png
  </Application.Login.image>
  <Application.Login.loadImage>
    /com/sibvisions/apps/projx/images/loader.gif
  </Application.Login.loadImage>
  <Application.Login.background>255,255,255</Application.Login.background>
  <Application.Login.background_center></Application.Login.background_center>
  <Application.Login.register>false</Application.Login.register>
  <Application.Login.manual>false</Application.Login.manual>

  <Application.Menu.ToolBar.small>false</Application.Menu.ToolBar.small>
  <Application.Menu.exit.visible />
  <Application.Menu.changePassword.visible>
    true
  </Application.Menu.changePassword.visible>
  <!-- true, false -->
  <Application.Menu.undo.visible />
  <Application.Menu.redo.visible />

  <Application.Desktop.image>
    /com/sibvisions/apps/projx/images/background.jpg
  </Application.Desktop.image>
  <Application.Desktop.image.valign>bottom</Application.Desktop.image.valign>
  <Application.Desktop.image.halign>right</Application.Desktop.image.halign>
  <Application.Desktop.background></Application.Desktop.background>

  <Application.Desktop.topimage></Application.Desktop.topimage>
  <Application.Desktop.topimage.valign>stretch</Application.Desktop.topimage.valign>
  <Application.Desktop.topimage.halign>stretch</Application.Desktop.topimage.halign>
  
  <Application.Desktop.bottomimage></Application.Desktop.bottomimage>
  <Application.Desktop.bottomimage.valign>
    stretch
  </Application.Desktop.bottomimage.valign>
  <Application.Desktop.bottomimage.halign>
    stretch
  </Application.Desktop.bottomimage.halign>
  
  <Application.InternalFrame.image />
  <Application.InternalFrame.centerfirst />
  
  <Application.WelcomeScreen/>

  <Application.title>My ERP</Application.title>
  <Application.version>1.0</Application.version>
  <Application.About.text>
SIB Visions GmbH\n
Wehlistreet 29 / Stair 1 / 2nd Floor\n
A-1200 Vienna\n\n
http://www.sibvisions.com\n
office@sibvisions.com
  </Application.About.text>
  
  <Company.name></Company.name>
  <Company.url></Company.url>
</application>
</file>

You can configure your connection class, your desktop images, the default language, the default translation - primarily the appearance of the application.

==== Application properties ====

**Application.serverbase**

The base URL, if needed.

**Application.title**

The application title/name.

**Application.title.fixed**

If true, the application title won't be changed. Usually, the current username will be added to the title.

**Application.authenticator**

A comma separated list of IAuthenticator implementations (full qualified java classes), e.g. com.sibvisions.apps.auth.UserPwdAuthenticator, ...NtlmAuthenticator, ...ConnectAuthenticator, ...AutoLoginAuthenticator, ...ActivationAuthenticator

An authenticator may need a special security manager, e.g. NtlmDBSecurityManager, SpnegoDBSecurityManager, AnonymousDBSecurityManager. Configure the security manager via config.xml

**Application.language**

The hard-coded language for the application, e.g. en, de, ru
The system locale will be ignored if set.

**Application.translation**

The XML resource which contains the translation. If you have a translation provider e.g. DBTranslationProvider, the file should contain only the translation of pre-login texts. The translation provider will translate everything after successful authentication.

**Application.translationprovider.classname**

The full qualified java class name of an ITranslationProvider implementation. An application doesn't use a translation provider by default.

**Application.workscreenmanager.classname**

The full qualified java class name of an IWorkScreenManager implementation. The default implementation is InternalFrameWorkScreenManager (for desktop applications).

**Application.iconstyle**

Defines which icons should be used. The values are: modern, classic
The iconstyle will be by the ITheme implementation: ModernTheme, ClassicTheme

It's also possible to set a custom theme implementation.

**Application.theme**

A full qualified java class name of an ITheme implementation.

**Application.Login.classname**

A full qualified java class name of an ILogin implementation.

**Application.Login.application**

The name of the application. This name will be set as application name for the Master connection.

**Application.Login.username**

The username. It will be shown in the login dialog. If an authenticator is set, it will be used for authentication.

**Application.Login.password**

The password. It will be shown in the login dialog. If an authenticator is set, it will be used for authentication.

**Application.Login.image**

The image in the login dialog.

**Application.Login.loadImage**

The image for the login dialog if authenticator is set. If an authenticator is set, the login dialog is very small with only an icon and an info text.

**Application.Login.background**

The background color of the login dialog.

**Application.Login.background_center**

The background color of the center area in the login dialog.

**Application.Login.register**

If true, a register button will be shown in the login dialog. The doRegister method of your application will be called. The default implementation does nothing.

**Application.Login.manual**

If true, the login dialog won't be shown automatically. The user has to click the login button. This mode can be used for applications with content for anonymous content.

**Application.Login.saveAuthentication**

If true, the login will be saved with a specific unique identifier.

**Application.Login.autologin**

If true, the autologin checkbox will be shown in the login dialog.

**Application.Menu.classname**

The full qualified java class name of the Menu class. The menu isn't defined as interface.

**Application.Menu.visible**

If false, the menu bar won't be shown.

**Application.Menu.exit.visible**

If false, the exit button won't be shown.

**Application.Menu.changePassword.visible**

If false, the change button button won't be shown.

**Application.Menu.login.visible**

If false, the login button won't be shown.

**Application.Menu.logout.visible**

If false, the logout button won't be shown.

**Application.Menu.loginLogout.visible**

If false, the login and logout button won't be shown.

**Application.Menu.rollback.visible**

If false, the rollback button won't be shown.

**Application.Menu.undo.visible**

If false, the undo button won't be shown.

**Application.Menu.redo.visible**

If false, the redo button won't be shown.

**Application.MenulToolBar.small**

If true, the toolbar buttons will be shown without text.

**Application.Menu.ToolBar.visible**

If false, the toolbar won't be shown.

**Application.InternalFrame.image**

The resource path for the internal frame icon.

**Application.InternalFrame.centerfirst**

If true, the first internal frame will be centered.

**Application.InternalFrame.saveOnDeactivate**

If true, a work-screen will be saved automatically if a screen will be inactive.

**Application.Desktop.image**

The resource path for the default desktop background image.

**Application.Desktop.image.halign**

The horizontal alignment of the desktop background image: left, right, stretch

**Application.Desktop.image.valign**

The vertical alignment of the desktop background image: top, bottom, stretch

**Application.Desktop.image.connected**

The resource path for the desktop background image, if a user is authenticated.

**Application.Desktop.image.connected.halign**

The horizontal alignment of the desktop background image, if authenticated: left, right, stretch

**Application.Desktop.image.connected.valign**

The vertical alignment of the desktop background image, if authenticated: top, bottom, stretch

**Application.Desktop.topimage**

The resource path for the top image. The top image will be shown under the toolbar/menubar.

**Application.Desktop.topimage.halign**

The horizontal alignment of the top image, if authenticated: left, right, stretch

**Application.Desktop.topimage.valign**

The vertical alignment of the top image, if authenticated: top, bottom, stretch

**Application.Desktop.bottomimage**

The resource path for the bottom image. The bottom image will be at the bottom of the desktop.

**Application.Desktop.bottomimage.halign**

The horizontal alignment of the bottom image, if authenticated: left, right, stretch

**Application.Desktop.bottomimage.valign**

The vertical alignment of the bottom image, if authenticated: top, bottom, stretch

**Application.Desktop.background**

The background color of the desktop (RGB values or html notation): 128, 128, 128 or #808080

**RemoteDataSource.MetaDataCacheRole**

The client cache role: global, datasource, off (case insensitive)

**Application.Help.Url**

The help URL. If not set, the URL will be created as <SERVERBASE>/help/

**Application.Help.visible**

If false, the help menuitems won't be shown.

**Application.WelcomeScreen**

The full qualified java class name of the welcome screen. The screen will be shown centered, if the user is allowed to open the screen.

**Application.Error.classname**

The full qualified java class name of the Error class.

**Application.About.text**

The text will be shown in the About dialog.

**Application.version**

The version will be shown in the About dialog, if set.

**Company.name**

The company name will be shown in the About dialog, if set.

**Company.url**== urrently n ====own in the Application, but used for build scripts.

==== Connection ====

The connection properties are very special and depend on the connection class.

**Application.connection.timeout**

The connection timeout in minutes (-1) to disable the timeout. Usually, the timeout is configured on server-side.

**Application.subconnection.timeout**

The sub connectiontimeout in minutes (-1) to disable the timeout. Usually, the timeout is configured on server-side.

**Application.connection.alive**

The alive interval in minutes (-1) to disable the alive check.

**Application.connectionParams**

A comma separated list of parameter names. The name will be used to detect the value!

Value detection:

It's possible to define a parameter name and a parameter value:

<file xml>
<Application.connectionParams.url.name>service</Application.connectionParams.url.name>
<Application.connectionParams.url.value>http://...</Application.connectionParams.url.name>
</file>

It's also possible to use the parameter name as real name and to define only the value:

<file xml>
<Application.connectionParams.serializer>com.sibvisions.rad.remote.UniversalSerializer</Application.connectionParams.serializer>
</file>

**Application.connectionClass**

The full qualified java class name of an IConnection implementation. This class will be used for the Master connection.

==== Launcher properties ====

**Launcher.codebase**

Used for loading resources during application lifecycle.

**Launcher.logfactory**

The full qualified java class of a LoggerFactory implementation. The default implementation is JdkLoggerFactory.

**Launcher.uifactory**

The full qualified java class name of an IFactory implementation.

**Launcher.environment**

The environment name. Usually, the environment will be detected automatically.

**Application.LookAndFeel**

Sets the Look and Feel. This parameter is technology dependent and usually only Swing UI takes care of this parameter.