9.8 Configuring Application Properties

To view or change an application’s settings, double-click the application (for example, LDAP Directory) in the Modeler.

Figure 9-12 The General Properties Page for an Application

9.8.1 General

Table 9-16 An Application’s General Settings

Field

Description

Type

Changes the type of application your driver connects to. For example, if you configure a JDBC driver to connect to a MySQL database, but then need to change to an Oracle database, you can scroll to Database, select Oracle, then click Apply.

New

.Enables you to edit a driver’s icon. See Section 9.6.7, Editing or Creating a Driver iManager Icon.

Edit

Enables you to use the Icon Editor to customize the application’s icon. Is available after you click New, edit an icon, and click Update.

Browse

.Enables you to navigate to and select an image file.

Name

.Enabled you to customize the application’s name or label.

Version

.Enables you to document the application’s version.

9.8.2 Environment

You can enter notes about the application’s environment.

9.8.3 Administrator

The Administrator option is divided into three sections. Entering information in these sections is optional.

  • Personal Information: Enables you to enter information specific to the Identity Vault, such as Name, Title, Department, and Location,

  • Contact Information: Enables you to enter information such as Email, Phone, Cell phone, Pager, and Fax.

  • Notes: Allows you to type any reminders you might need for future reference.

9.8.4 Connectivity

LDAP

You can configure some applications (for example, Active Directory, eDirectory, and LDAP) for an LDAP connection. If the application doesn’t support an LDAP connection, the LDAP tab doesn’t display.

Host: The server’s IP address or DN (in LDAP format).

User: The user’s name.

Password: The user’s password.

VNC

From within Designer, you can view the desktop of the machine that is running your applications, and remotely control that desktop by interacting with it. This feature enables you to administer users or your applications with the native tools of that system, from one location.

This functionality is hosted in an embedded editor inside Designer. You can have multiple remote control sessions with different systems, all open at the same time.

Figure 9-13 A Remote Desktop

Configuring a Remote Connection

To remotely control a desktop, the machine that is running your application needs to have a VNC (virtual network computing) server installed and running. You can usually download a VNC server for free from the Internet.

You can easily configure any system or design element in Designer for this feature by editing any application or design element:

  1. Right-click an application or design element.

  2. Select Properties > Connectivity.

  3. On the VNC tab, type the authentication information.

    Host: The DN (for example, server33.houston.company.com) of the server where the VNC is running.

    Port: Typically 5901 for Linux servers or 5900 for Windows.

    Password: The password to the VNC server.

  4. Click OK.

Customizing the Viewer

A toolbar at the top of the desktop viewer enables you configure the following:

  • Encoding type (RAW, RRE, CoRRE, Hextile, Zlib, Tight).

    The default is Tight.

  • Compression level.

  • JPEG Image Quality (0 - 9).

    The default is 6.

  • Cursor shape updates.

    The default is Enable.

  • Use CopyRect.

    The fault is Yes.

  • Mouse buttons 2 and 3.

    The default is Normal.

  • View only.

    The default is No, so that you can interact with the desktop.

  • Clipboard.

  • Record session and save to file.

  • Send Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

  • Refresh.

For more information, see TightVNC documentation.

9.8.5 AD Domain

You can capture information about an Active Directory application. This information is useful if you want Document Generator to include this information when you document the project.

If you provided information in the LDAP settings, Designer populates the AD Domain fields.