The MantaDB Web Tool

Starting and Activating MantaDB

MantaDB is started by installing it. Once installed, MantaDB becomes part of Internet Explorer 5 and operates quietly in the background. MantaDB starts when IE5 starts and stops when it stops.

The MantaDB Toolbar

The main user interface to MantaDB is through its custom toolbar. The MantaDB toolbar will need to be activated from within Internet Explorer the first time MantaDB is installed. The MantaDB toolbar is enabled like any other Internet Explorer toolbar. Here is how it is done:

  • After installing MantaDB start up an Internet Explorer browser session.
  • Click on the Internet Explorer View menu.
  • From the View menu select the Toolbars submenu.
  • In the Toolbars submenu you should see a MantaDB item. Select the MantaDB item so that a check mark appears beside it.
  • The MantaDB toolbar should now appear in a new section in Internet Explorer Toolbar.
    • The image below shows the MantaDB item in the process of being activated from within the Internet Explorer View and Toolbars menus.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to a bug in some versions of Internet Explorer version 5, the Internet Explorer Toolbar menu might display the MantaDB item as a second Radio item. Sorry about this, there does not appear to be anything that can be done about it. Although it is somewhat inelegant MantaDB will still work normally. Just select the second Radio item and the MantaDB toolbar will appear as expected.

    The image below shows the what the Internet Explorer Toolbars menu might look like if the duplicate radio item bug is present. (The colored circles were drawn in afterwards for emphasis).

    Section [03.02] of the FAQ also has a discussion of this issue.

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