Use this tour to quickly become familiar with the Genero Browser Client (GBC) client interface while exploring the demo applications.

The client application displays in a browser tab. The interface provides panels for the application, a sidebar, and a toolbar.

Home page

The GBC home page displays when explicitly launched or when an application ended page is closed. From the home page, you can open or replay applications.

To open the GBC home page, type the URL into your browser as follows: http://<host>:<port>/ua/w/<gbc>/index.html, where <gbc> is the name of the front-end directory. For example, if you are working with the standalone dispatcher as the Web server, enter http://localhost:6394/ua/w/gbc/index.html.

The home page has two panels:

The History panel

The History panel lists all recently-opened applications. Applications are automatically added to the list when opened.

• Click on an application to open it.
• Remove an application from the list by clicking on the delete icon for the application.

The Bookmarks panel

The Bookmarks panel lists all bookmarked application. Applications are added to the list when you click on the Bookmark icon in an open application.

• Click on an application to open it.
• Remove an application from the list by clicking on the delete icon for the application.

The Log Player

The Log Player allows you to replay an application using its session log. Click on the Run button next to the Log Player to open the Log Player.

The UA Url launcher

To start an application that is configured on your GAS:

1. Type the application name in the UA Url launcher field.
2. Click Run.

For example, to launch the Demos app, enter "gwc-demo".

Application page

The application interface consists of a main container, a sidebar, and a right sidebar.

The main container displays the application. Expand or contract the panel by moving the divider between it and the sidebar.

The Sidebar

The sidebar lists all open applications and windows. You can switch between applications and windows by selecting them from the list. The selected application or window displays in the main container. When you close an application, it is removed from the sidebar list.

Depending on the width of your browser window, you may not see the sidebar. If the sidebar is not displayed, you can access it from an icon (commonly called the "hamburger icon") located next to the window name in the title bar. The hamburger icon consists of three horizontal stripes. Click on the sidebar icon and the sidebar opens, giving you access to all opened applications and windows.

The right sidebar

If you are not in debug mode, the right sidebar displays four icons.

NOTE: If you see more than four icons, you are viewing the application in debug mode. The debug icons are discussed later in this topic.

Application information

Displays information about the GBC version.

Settings

The Settings interface provides four areas of information and/or configuration:

• Interface language - Set the language to use for GBC messages. This setting is independent to (and does not affect) the localization of the application.
• Interface theme - Select the theme for the application. Changing the theme immediately changes the look-and-feel of the application.
• Stored Settings - Store settings regarding the user interface and user modifications, such as table formatting (column sizes, sorting, column display, frozen columns, and so on), splitter positions, and sidebar visibility and size.
  • Click the Reset Stored Settings button to clear the stored settings.
  • Select the Enable Stored Settings checkbox to allow stored settings, or deselect to force the application preferences.
• Debug & QA
  • The Typeahead duration is used to simulate a slow network and force the typeahead mechanism to be triggered. The default is 5ms, meaning the layout request would be delayed for 5ms. It could be less, but the difference might not be visible or relevant. Typeahead cannot be disabled.
  • Set the log level and log types.

Bookmark

Adds a bookmark for the application to the Bookmarks panel on the GBC home page.

Close window

Closes the selected application.

Upon closing, you are taken to the next open application in the sidebar. If there are no more applications in the sidebar, GBC displays the application end page.

Note: The Close window icon may not be shown while an application is expecting user input or other action.

Debug icons

When started in debug mode, the GBC interface displays debug options along with the standard icons in the right sidebar. For more information on starting your application in debug mode, see Start in Debug Mode.

Hovering your mouse over the icons shows text that describe their function.

[Debug] AUI Tree

Opens the AUI tree for the current application. See View the AUI tree.

Run in GDC

Downloads a shortcut allowing you to open the current application with the Genero Desktop Client.

Proxy logs

Opens the current application session log in a new tab. Use this to view the status of proxies, responses sent, and system error messages. See Logging in the Genero Application Server User Guide.

VM logs

Opens the Dynamic Virtual Machine (DVM) log for DVMs started by the application. The log opens in a new tab.

Application ended page

When you close all open applications using the close window icon (as opposed to closing the tab), the application ended page displays.

This page displays the session id (which you need to know to identify session logs for the closed application).

From this page, you can access the VM and proxy logs. You can also restart the application.

You can also close the page by clicking Close. When you close the application, it redirects to the home page.

Tip: The application end can be redirected to a site or page of your choice. See Redirect application end.