Browser version required for viewing PATROL Console for UNIX Help

This topic provides information about the browsers required for viewing the PATROL Console online help on UNIX platforms. 

• • • Installation Requirement
    • Download Location
    • Required Environment Variables Settings for the Browser
    • LANG Variable
    • PATH Variable
    • PATROL_BROWSER Variable
    • EXAMPLE

One of the following browsers are required to view PATROL Help in PATROL version 3.x:

• UNIX: Netscape Navigator version 3.01 through 4.78
• Red Hat Linux: Netscape Navigator version 4.x

Installation Requirement

You must install Netscape Navigator on the computer where the PATROL console resides. You can install Netscape anywhere on your UNIX computer as long as the binary is in the path.

Download Location

Netscape Navigator is supplied by Netscape Communications Corp. You can locate the browser at http://home.netscape.com/download.

Required Environment Variables Settings for the Browser

The LANG, PATH, and PATROL_BROWSER environment variables must be set for the Help browser to run properly. The following sections describe these variables.

LANG Variable

The UNIX LANG environment variable must be set to C so that Netscape Navigator will work properly. Otherwise, you might experience product failures.

Type of Shell	Export Command for LANG Variable
Bourne	LANG=C export LANG
Korn	export LANG=C
C	setenv LANG=C

PATH Variable

The PATROL user account PATH variable must contain the location of the directory containing the Netscape files. If the directory containing the Netscape files is not in the path, add the directory to the PATROL user account path. This requirement applies only to the PATROL user account on the PATROL console computer.

Type of Shell	Export Command for PATH Variable
Bourne	PATH=$PATH:/netscape_location export PATH
Korn	export PATH=$PATH:/netscape_location
C	setenv PATH=$PATH:/netscape_location

PATROL_BROWSER Variable

When PATROL starts the Help browser, it uses the command in the PATROL_BROWSER environment variable. As a default, the PATROL_BROWSER environment variable contains the following command:

Type of Shell	Export Command for PATROL_BROWSER Variable
Bourne	PATROL_BROWSER=netscape -display $DISPLAY -install -iconic export LANG
Korn	export PATROL_BROWSER=netscape -display $DISPLAY -install iconic
C	setenv PATROL_BROWSER=netscape -display $DISPLAY -install iconic

To use different arguments, set the value of PATROL_BROWSER to the appropriate string.

EXAMPLE

For a Korn shell:
 export PATROL_BROWSER=/usr/local/bin/netscape -raise