Kbase P29610: Date format and webclient (-E, -useOsLocale)
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
07/07/2003 |
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Status: Unverified
FACT(s) (Environment):
Progress Webclient
FACT(s) (Environment):
Progress 9.1x
SYMPTOM(s):
In WebClient 9.1x, no tailoring is done on install in regards to the
startup.pf when the language chosen is English (International).
CAUSE:
When you do an install of normal Progress products for the
International English language, it allows you to choose the country
that you are in so that it can tailor certain options in the
startup.pf file. For example, if you are in Europe, it will place a
-E in the startup.pf. If you are from a country outside of Europe, it
will not.
WebClient 9.1C does not allow you to do such tailoring. If you chose
the International English language option, it will copy the English
startup.pf from the prolang directory to C:\Program Files\Progress
Software\WebClient, which by default contains the -E option. You are
not prompted for your country when installing WebClient.
Since webinst.exe (which contains the necessary files for
installation) in 9.1C is compressed, there is no way to manually edit
the startup.pf file before deploying the application. This means the
startup.pf would have to be modified on the client side after they
have downloaded and installed WebClient.
FIX:
The workaround in this situation is to use the -useOsLocale parameter
in the Application Configuration File. Specifically, it would need to
be entered in the "Additional Startup Parameters" fill-in field in the
Progress WebClient Application Manager.
To do this, go to the "Applications" tab > select the application >
click the Edit button > go to the General tab. Here you will find the
"Additional Startup Parameters" fill-in field. This allows the
application developer to specify some client startup parameters that
WebClient will use.