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Navigation: Purchasing (Main Module) > Setup System > Mobile Web App (e-Series)

Mobile Web App Browser Configuration

PURCHASING > Setup system > Mobile Web App (e-Series) > Browser configuration

These settings are used to adjust the appearance of the Mobile Web App HTML pages based on your specific browser and version.

If you are happy with the appearance of the screens/pages in the Mobile Web App, there is no need to adjust these settings.

The HTML language (used for the Mobile Web App presentation layer) is open to interpretation by each browser with respect to the way that the HTML code is displayed. While any browser can be used with the Mobile Web App, the HTML pages may not look exactly the same from browser-to-browser or version-to-version. Specifically, the width of the fields seems to be what varies most.

Therefore, this utility can be used to fine tune the field widths generated by the Mobile Web App for your browser and version. If you find the fields in the Mobile Web App are too narrow (i.e. data cannot be fully displayed and requires horizontal scrolling within the field) or are too wide (i.e. fields extend beyond the visual screen area), you can adjust the field widths for the specific browser and version that you are using.

When Updating Your System

The Mobile Web App will be continuously tested and adjusted for the current version of popular web browsers. Therefore, anytime you receive an update for SpendMap, it is possible that the default values for field widths will have changed because of a new release. As a result, you should establish a procedure of verifying the Mobile Web App pages with your current browser when you upgrade your system.

Browser Configuration Summary Screen

If you use more than one browser for which adjustments are needed, you can add multiple entries to this utility.

However, only add entries if you are not satisfied with the width of the fields in the Mobile Web App. If the field widths are acceptable, you do not need to add items here. For each entry that is added, system performance will be slightly affected.

Each entry must uniquely identify your browser (and optionally, version).

Browser Configuration Detail Screen

Field/Setting	Description/Options
Text to identify browser	•This is the text that the Mobile Web App will use to UNIQUELY identify your browser (and optionally, the version). •To view the text available to the Mobile Web App that is used to identify your browser, log into the Mobile Web App using the browser in-question and select the "Help" link from the main menu. At the bottom of the page will be the browser information. •You must select text from this information that identifies your browser. The more text you specify, the more specific will be the matching criteria. For example, you could only specify a browser name or the specific version of a browser. Example: Identify MS Internet Explorer (not version specific): Sample browser information (from "Help" link...see above): Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; Trident/6.0; Touch; MDDRJS) Text used to identify the browser: MSIE This text must be specified EXACTLY as it is displayed and is case-sensitive.
Field width factor	•This is a factor used to stretch or shrink fields. For example, a value of 2.50 would increase the width of the fields by 250% of their normal size while a value of 0.75 would reduce the field widths by 25%. As of this writing, the default value is 1.25.
Multi-line field width	•This is the width of multi-line or memo fields and is specified in columns or characters. This value is affected by the "Field width factor" above so a value of 100 would result in 125 if the factor were 1.25. As of this writing, the default value is 70.