Main Web properties

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Properties window overview (all objects)

The Main Web is the object where the web content of your application is shown and processed. It can display and process any format a browser window can process Here you specify a startpage for your application, a possible custom user agent (identifier) and general behaviour of new windows requested by the application or a webpage. The main web plays a special role and can't be renamed nor deleted. Other web objects can forward clicked links to the main web.

Detailed reference about the Main Web object including descriptions of all properties and possible choices: Main Web object

 

The following gives you a quick overview about this window and what you can do. Please refer to Main Web object in the Reference for full details and usage of each property.
 

General
Here you assign a startpage for your MainWeb object (startpage of the application), you can define your own User agent string (idtentifier of the application towards webservers).

The behaviour of the application for handling the opening of new windows is also specified here. Here you have the choice of opening new windows in a new instance of your application, in a standard window or disable the opening of new windows.

Important Note: in testmode it is not possible to open any new windows requested by your application. The functionality of your New windows setting can only be tested in the finished application. Please build the application to check this  functionality.

Additionally you define if the web window allows scrollbars and if you want to hide it in design mode or not.

Graphic
Define the position on the user interface, seen from the top left corner of the Main Dialog graphic. If you want to hide the Main Web during runtime, uncheck the Visible option.

Related topics:
Main Web object

User agent - customizable server-side identification of your application