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Profiles, identified by a unique name, can contain one or more settings relevant to the Smart Client. The values for settings specified in a Profile override the value for those settings set on Application server level, when the Smart Client is connecting to the Application Server through the Profile Profile.

In order for a Smart Clients to connect to the Application Server using a particular profile, the Profile name needs to be added to the URLs mentioned above. For example:

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For more information on Profiles and an overview of which settings can be controlled through them, see Profiles.

Smart Client settings

The Smart Client related settings are exposed through the Servoy Admin page, in several locations:

  • Network connection settings > Network Settings page
    For more information on the Network configuration for Smart Clients see Network related settings
  • Profiles > Profiles page
    For more information on Profiles see Profiles
  • Other settings > Servoy Server home page
    • Smart Client Settings
    • Memory/Performance Settings
    • Branding
    • Locale Settings
    • Solution Settings

Besides the Smart Client specific settings, the following settings apply to both Smart and Web Clients

Java WebStart settings

A Sun/Oracle JRE installation can be configured and managed through the Java Control Panel. How to access the Java Control Panel differs per (version of) Operating System, for example:

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The Java Control Panel provides functionality to manage and configure a JRE installationProxy .

Shortcut creation

While the Servoy Application Server has a setting which determines if Servoy tries to create a shortcut on the user's desktop when launching a Smart Client, the Java WebStart configuration allows the user to configure if WebStart applications are allowed to do so. These settings are exposed through Advanced > Settings > Shortcut Creation.

Network settings

When operating behing a proxy, the Java environment can be configured how to retrieve the proxy settings, see the Network settings of the Java Control Panel.

Java consoleConsole display

The Java console is a window that opens when a Java WebStart application starts and to which logging/debugging information can be written by the applications. When investigating issues in a Smart Client, enable the Java console to view what logging/debugging information the application provides. See the "Java console" settings under "Advanced" in the Java Control Panel.

Logging & tracing

Through the Advanced options, it possible to enable logging and or tracing. See Advanced > Settings > Debugging. These options can be used to investigate issues when running the Smart Client

Smart Client footprint

A Smart Client has a very small footprint on the client machine. For startup performance reasons, both the Smart Client libraries as well as the Servoy Solution binaries are cached.

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