Contents

An overview of BROWSER

The command menu

Command line parameters

Command Reference

How do I ...


BROWSER Overview

The browser module opens the remote systems home page when you log on. With this program, you are able to view hypertext markup language (HTML) files. Connecting to a service using the Navigator launches the browser automatically. You can use the browser to view any WWW site accessible.

Each time you connect using the Navigator, the connection manager checks the version of the browser you have connected with. If there is a newer version available, you will be advised that a newer version is available, and asked if you want to update your version. Select Yes, and your Navigator program will be upgraded automatically.


The Command menu

The Command menus let you go to new WWW sites, launch other clients, and select how the browser is displayed. These are the options available from the Command menus:

File

Edit

View

Go

Bookmarks

Help


The File Menu

Use the File menu to open and save HTML locations, launch other clients,  and exit the browser. These are the options available from the File menu:

Open

Open file

Save As

Exit


Open file

Opens an HTML file. This option is used to access local HTML files, and is different than connecting to a web site.


Command line parameters

HTML parameters can be passed to some clients. What this means is that you can by-pass some screens by entering the command line parameter directly into the browser input text area. In the text area (where you enter a client name to go straight ot the client) you can add specific information that lets you go to a specific area of that client.

For example, to go straight to your inbox, you would enter:

http://site.name/client?message inbox

Message Client

To go to the:	Enter:
Conference Group	&msggroup=<number>
Message Conference	conference=<number>
Message Search	searchmsgs
Message Inbox	Inbox
Selected conferences	&msggroup=selected

File Client

To go to the:	Enter:
File Group-	&filegroup=<number>
File Area	filearea=<number>
File Search	searchfiles
New Files Search	newfiles

Transfer Client

To go to the:	Enter:
Download WC file	Download=<wc%3A\file\area(x)\filename.zip>  size=123456  runfile=TRUE
Note:  Only files in the file database can be downloaded in this way. Any path outside of "wc:\file\area" will be denied for security reasons.

Note: You cannot pass a colon (:) as a parameter. Instead, use %3A. This passes the value of a colon without using the actual character.


Open

Opens the Open Location dialog box, prompting you for a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+O to open a location.


Save As

Prompts you to enter a name, path and drive to save your text file.


Exit

Closes the current window or application. A warning box will pop up if you have not saved the information on your screen.


The Edit Menu

The Edit menu lets you create and edit HTML files, using an external editor. You can also use the Find command to find specific text within HTML documents.your connection list. These are the options available from the Edit menu:

External

Find

Next


External

Opens an external editor, allowing you to edit the current document.


Find

Opens the Find dialog box.


Next

Go to the next page.


The View Menu

The View menu lets you select the way that the browser is displayed on the screen. These are the options available from the View menu:

Reload

Toggle

View Toolbar

View Status bar

Options


Reload

Reloads the currently loaded file.


Options

Use the View options to select an anchor style, select the size cache to be used, and define an external editor.

General

Cache


View Options General
General

Anchor style - Select from Underlined or Buttons anchor style. This is an either/or choice.

Editor - Type the name of an external editor to be loaded when editing files in the Browser.


View Options Cache
Cache

Disk cache ___ kilobytes - Type the number of Kbytes to be used by the disk cache.

Clear disk cache - Clears the disk cache.


Toggle

Toggles the view between the HTML page and the source document.


View Toolbar

Toggles the tool bar on and off. When enabled, a checkmark appears in the command menu and the tool bar is visible.


View Statusbar

Toggles the status bar on and off. When enabled, a checkmark appears in the command menu and the status bar is visible.


The Go Menu

The Go menu lets you redisplay screens, return to the specified home page,  and jump to new ones. These are the options available from the Go menu:

Back

Forward

Home

Abort


Back

Select this to return to the previous WWW page


Forward

Jumps to the next WWW page.


Home

Returns you to the home page.


Abort

The connection request for the currently loading file is canceled, and a new request can be made.


Bookmarks

The Bookmark menu lets you add addresses to your favorite places. You can use bookmarks to go directly to those addresses. You do not need to remember the URL for each bookmark - the browser does that for you.

Add bookmarks

Go to


Add bookmarks

Select this option to add the currently displayed URL to your list of bookmarks.


Go to

Opens the list of bookmarks that you have added to the Navigator. Highlight an entry, and select New, Properties, Delete, or Close to perform the action desired.


New

Add a new bookmark. Type the name and address (URL) into the text areas, and click OK.


Properties

Displays the properties of this bookmark. Displays the bookmark name, address (URL), and the date it was created.


Delete

Deletes the highlighted bookmark. Highlight the item to be deleted, and click Delete. Your entry will be deleted.


Close

Closes the bookmark list and returns you to the current HTML page.


The Help Menu

The Help menu launches the online help engine. You can get information about a specific item or a general topic. These are the options available from the Help menu:

Help Topics

About


Help Topics

Opens the help-on-help file.


About BROWSER

Displays version, registration, and system resource information about BROWSER.


How Do I ...

Connect to the remote system

View a web page

Open a new file

Launch another Navigator process

Add a bookmark

Using an external editor


Using an external editor

You can use an external editor for the Browser. To tell the browser what editor to use:

1.   You must be connected to a remote system.

2.   From the Navigator home directory (normally C:\WCNAV), open a command line prompt.

3.   Type:

browser\browser -editor <editorname> [ENTER]

or select the View/External option from the command menu and type the name of the editor to be used.


Connect to another location

Connecting to another of your favorite remote systems is as easy as entering the address into the File/Open command.

Select the Open menu command, and enter the URL (unique resource locator, the file's "address") of the remote system to log into. For example, to log on to Mustang Online!, you would type:

HTTP://BBS.MUSTANG.COM

Notice that when the Navigator is connecting to another URL site, the icon on the right is animated.


Add a bookmark

You can add bookmarks to the Navigator In two ways:

1.   Add current page to bookmark list:

Select Bookmarks/Add to bookmarks. The current page is added to your bookmarks list automatically. You do not need to know the URL.

2.   Add bookmark manually using the New command:

A.  Select Bookmarks/Go to bookmarks.

B.  Click New. Enter the Name and URL to be added.

C.  Click OK.


View a Web page

You can use BROWSER as a standalone web browser. Select the Open menu command, and enter the URL of the page you want to view. For example, to view the Mustang Software, Inc. homepage, you would type in

HTTP://WWW.MUSTANG.COM.

To view the Weather Net home page, you would type

HTTP://CIRRUS.SPRL.UMICH.EDU/WXNET

in the Open textbox.


Open a new file

To go to a new location:

1.   Select File/Open.

2.   Enter the URL or filename (if the location of the new file is the same, add the filename to the end of the URL).

3.   Click OK.

To view a file on your local drive:

1.   Select File/Open File.

2.   Type in the name and path of the file, or select a file from the available drives and directories. For example, to view the file URL_LIST.htm in your C:\NEWFILES directory, you would type:

/NEWFILES/URL_LIST.HTM.

3.   Click OK.


Launch another Navigator process
Launch another Navigator client

The Navigator has been designed specifically to have the look and feel of a Windows 95 32-bit application. All of the different processes are designed to give you an easy, understandable way to access your favorite remote system. Using the Navigator to connect to the system and launching BROWSER, you can move around the host system in a new way. You can also use command line parameters to jump directly to certain functions.

File client

Mail client

Transfer client

Who client

Chat client

Personal Info client

Instant message

Terminal client

Other clients


Personal Information Client

The personal client lets you view your current system statistics, change your password, and launch other clients, like Chat and Who's online, as well as invite others to chat and send instant messages.


File client

Click on the File client icon from the main browser page or, if the sysop has designed a different page, the equivalent. The File Client opens the File section. With this program, you are able to view File groups, individual file areas or conferences, and individual files.

The file client is launched automatically when you click on the appropriate file menu icon from a connected service. This icon may be different for each service, because each sysop creates his own home page.

Use the file client to see all the folders and files on the remote system (such as the remote system you are calling) of the drive or folder you have selected.


Message Client

Click on the Message Client icon from the main browser page or, if the sysop has designed a different page, the equivalent. Message client is a message processor that allows the user to create and send mail and conference messages.


Transfer client

The file transfer client handles uploads and downloads defined in the Transfer client. Once a file is ready to be downloaded or uploaded, click on Transfer and the transfer client will be launched automatically.

The file client opens the File Transfer edit window and handles all the file transfer commands, protocols, and actual transfer of the files.

You will probably never need to launch the File Transfer Client manually.


Who client

The member client is an online user information program that lets you see who's online. Click on the Who is online client icon from the main browser page, or, if the sysop has designed a different page, the equivalent.

You can also page and chat with other callers (when Chat is supported by the remote system) using WHO.


Chat client

The chat client allows you to chat with other callers on a multi-line system. Click on the Chat client icon from the main home page, or wherever your sysop has placed it.


Terminal client

The terminal client lets you access parts of the remote system  that may not be available using the graphic interface, such as doors and other DOS programs. Your sysop will set this up so that you do not have to launch this client yourself.


Instant Message client

The instant message client lets you send instant, "real-time" messages to other callers online.


Other Clients

Your sysop can create and add other clients to the menu. These clients are launched the same way as the Navigator clients. If you need more information or assistance with these other clients, check with your sysop.


Command Reference

File Menu commands

Edit Menu commands

View Menu commands

Bookmarks

Go Menu commands

Help Menu commands


File

Open - Go to a new location. Enter the URL of the location to be opened.

Open file - Opens an HTML file. This option is used to access local HTML files, and is different than connecting to a web site.

Save as - Saves the file as a different filename.

File name - The new name of the file to be saved.

Save file as type - Displays the types of files. Select the type of file to use when saving the selection.

Folders - Lists all folders in the currently selected drive. Select the folder to be used to store the requested file.

Drives - Displays drives available to your system.

Network - Opens the Map Network Drive dialog box.

Map drive - Maps a network drive and directory to your available access group.

Drive  - The drive that the files are stored on.

Path - The full pathname to be used to connect with the requested network files.

Reconnect at logon - Reconnect to this mapped drive at each logon.

Exit - Closes the browser.


Edit

External - Loads an external editor, allowing the editing of a document.

Find - Finds specified text within a document or page.

Find next - Finds the next instance of specified text.


View

Reload -  Reloads the current page.

Toggle  - Toggles between source and HTML view. Source view displays the source document.

Toolbar - Toggles the toolbar view on and off.

Statusbar - Toggles the statusbar view on and off.

Options - Select anchor style from your choice of a button or underlined, select the size cache to be used by tabbing to the Cache property sheet, and define an external editor to be used by the Browser.


Go

Back - Display the previously viewed page.

Forward - When displaying previous pages, displays the page viewed after the current one.

Home - Reloads the current connections home page.

Abort - Cancels the requested operation.


Help

Help topics - Launches the online help system.

About - Displays version, system and registration information about the browser.


Bookmarks

Add bookmark - Adds the current URL to your personal bookmarks. You do not need to know the URL to add this page.

Go to bookmarks - Opens the bookmarks list. Select an existing bookmark to open or edit, or add a new one.

New - lets you add a new bookmark

Properties

Name - The name of the page associated with the URL.

Location - The URL (address) used when accessing the bookmark.

Added on - The date the bookmark was added to the list.

Delete - Deletes the currently marked bookmark.