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Desktop integration
The Smart Client can automatically integrate with the desktop of the client machine. Whether or not this happens depends on both client-side settings in the Java environment as well as server-side settings on the Application Server. See #Java Java WebStart settings for more information on the client-side Java WebStart settings and #Smart Client settings for more information on the Application Server settings.

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  • 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
      For more information on Branding see Branding
    • Locale Settings
    • Solution Settings

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

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Java Control Panel

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 installation.

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 Console 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

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Shortcut creation

Advanced > Settings > 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

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Network settings

General > Network Settings > Network Settings

Allows the configuration how the Java WebStart application accesses the internet

Java Console

Advanced > Settings > Java console

Opens an additional logging window when a Java Webstart application is launched

Temporary Internet files

General > Temporary Internet Files > Settings

Here the location where the Java WebStart cache is stored can be configured

Logging & tracing

Advanced > Settings > Debugging

Exposes the ability to enable tracing and logging. The tracing output will appear in the Java console and also in the log if Logging is enabled

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.Java Web Start

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Java WebStart cache

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Depends on the configuration ()

The cache of all libraries and resources downloaded by Java WebStart

Servoy cache

.server directory in the user's home directory

Contains the cached solutions, i18n-messages and client settings

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