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Web Interface Customization

After general menu system customization has been done, additional defaults and settings can be made for the web interface by setting the values in the supplied $esfweb.ini USS HFS file.

The following settings can be overridden by individual users on the Options page in the web interface:

ESF_ID

Sets the default Subsystem ID for web interface users.

ESF_TEXT

Sets the default language. The language must have been made available by modifying the $ESFLANG macro t set this default in the web interface.

ESF_FORM

Sets the default menu format.

ESF_SCRZ

Sets the default screen size.

ESF_PRTX

Determines if the Printer Index Frame is built as a default for all users.

ESF_ACMD

Determines if a drop-down menu of file or printer commands is available as a default for each user.

ESF_NCMD

Determines if Native command support is available as a default for each user.

ESF_TRAC

Determines if WEBTRACE files are created for all users as a default. WEBTRACE files are used by CA Spool support as a debugging tool. This must only be set as a default when requested by CA Spool support.

ESF_PRTM

Determines whether the Printer Metrics tab is displayed to all users as a default.

ESF_WIND

Sets the default for all users in regards to whether separate windows are opened when browsing files.

ESF_MBAR

If ESF_WIND is not zero, determines if the browsers menu bar is presented in the new window as a default.

ESF_ASIS

Determines if, by default, binary files, files whose FCB is set to ASIS, are passed to windows to be viewed by a local viewer whose file associations match the PRMODE of the file. For example, a file with FCB=ASIS and PRMODE=PCL would launch a previously installed PCL viewer instead of viewing the PCL commands in the file.

ESF_A2PD

Determines if, by default, CA Spool's AFP to PDF transformer is called to automatically transform files in the web interface. This can be set to act on PRMODE=LINE file, PRMODE=PAGE files, all files or no files. In addition, it can be set to generate transform log which is written to the A2PDREPT DD statement in the CA Spool Proc.

Additional changes to the PDF transform parameter file, A2PDPARM, are required to write the output of the transform to the web interface swap directory.

Note: For instructions about the required format of the FdOutput parameter, see the AFP Transformer Administration Guide.

The X2YY statement in the ESFPARM file must have START=YES specified.

ESF_T2YY

Determines if CA Spool's Text to PDF/RTF/HTML wrapper support is used to display text files as a default.

Additional changes to the PATH parameter on the DEFNODE statements in the ESFPARM file for T2PD, T2HT and T2RT are required. The PATH parameter must specify the Swap directory in use by the web interface.

The X2YY statement in the ESFPARM file must have START=YES specified.

ESF_IPAD

Determines if the TCP/IP Host Address field on the Printer Menu is static text, a hyperlink, or editable text.

The following settings cannot be overridden by individual users on the Options page in the web interface:

ESF_TIME

Sets the format for the Time display on each page of the web interface as either local or GMT.

ESF_AUTO

Sets the time interval in seconds that is used when the AUTOREFRESH tab is selected.

ESF_SCLU

Determines how many minutes a session management file can be unused before it is deleted. It is the number of minutes before it can be assumed that the browser session is no longer active.

Cleanup is performed by the web Interface itself, so in periods where the web interface is not used, no file cleanup is performed. Any action by any user triggers an analysis of all the allocated swap files.

ESF_BCLU

Determines how many seconds a temporary browse file, created due to the use of the ESF_A2PD or ESF_T2YY options in $esfweb.ini, can be unused before it is deleted. It is the number of seconds before it can be assumed that the entire data has been sent to the browser.

NJE_WEB

Maps a Spool NJE node to a corresponding Spool HTTP web server running on the same NJE connected LPAR. When Enterprise Wide Web Interface is used for file viewing, a URL pointing to the web server which must be used to launch the corresponding file is generated. When a printer name is clicked to get printer details, the request is automatically routed to the printer-owning CA Spool system to get the status of the printer.