Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 108)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 108 Defining your views
You should make sure HTML scripting is enabled on the HTML page when importing it To import the
HTML page:
1. In setup mode, in the System Overview pane, drag the HTML Page item to the required
position in the required view.
2. In the Open URL window, specify the HTML page.
3. Select the position in the view, and in the Properties pane, select Enable HTML scripting.
Selecting Enable HTML scripting ensures that the scripting required for your buttons or other
navigation features to work is automatically inserted in the HTML page.
4. Depending on the navigation features you have included on your HTML page, you may often
want to import the HTML page into several views in order for the navigation to fully work.
System administrator's check list
Surveillance system administrators wanting to create and distribute navigation HTML pages to
XProtect Smart Client users, do the following:
1. Create the required HTML page. The navigation controls in the HTML page must match the
views users see in the XProtect Smart Client. For example, in order for a button leading to
View1 to work, a view called View1 must exist in users' XProtect Smart Clients. If you intend
to distribute the HTML page to a group of users, the views in which the HTML page will be
used should be placed in shared groups.
2. Save the HTML page locally on each computer on which it will be used. When saving the
HTML page locally, save it at a location to which an unambiguous path can be defined, for
example in a folder on the user's C: drive (example: C:\ myfolder\file.htm). Saving the HTML
page on the user's desktop or in the user's My Documents folder will not work properly due to
the way Windows constructs the path to such locations.
3. Import the HTML page into the XProtect Smart Client views in which it will be used. Having
imported the HTML page, select its position in the view, go to the Setup tab's Properties
pane, and verify that Enable HTML Scripting is selected.
4. Test that the navigation controls on the imported HTML page work as intended.
5. Enjoy simple and intuitive XProtect Smart Client navigation, tailored to meet your
organization's needs.
Troubleshooting
If your HTML navigation page does not work as intended, consider the following:
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Have you used the correct syntax in your HTML?
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Have you selected Enable HTML Scripting after importing the HTML page?
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Does the intended audience have the rights to required benefit from the HTML navigation
page? Bear in mind that depending on their user rights, some users may not have access to
certain cameras, views, features or tabs in their XProtect Smart Client.