Internet Browser Settings

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New RMS has been created with Microsoft's dot.Net development environment; therefore it works best with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. However, there are a few things you can check before you start to make sure your web browser is set correctly for this system.

All instructions start with "click Tools, then Internet Options.

Cookies: Privacy tab. Set bar to "low"
Javascript: Advanced tab. Make sure the checkbox is unchecked for "disable Java script".
Temporary Internet Files: General tab. Click button to delete temporary internet files.

Explanation

Cookies: RMS doesn't use cookies but it uses session variables to store database keys when you log in and use certain screens. These variables are stored in the section of your PC available for this (temporary internet files). The purpose is to reduce the load on the database which reduces response time. This helps especially with dial-up users.
Javascript: RMS uses client-side Javascript to perform forms validation because it is the only script recognized by Internet Explorer, Netscape and Mozilla. Forms validation is necessary to prevent you from entering the wrong type of data in forms which would cause an error. For example, a date field must only contain a date; numeric fields must only contain numeric values, etc.
Temporary Internet Files: RMS makes no special use of your PCs cache (temporary internet files) except to store a few session variables referred to above. Every time you visit an internet site, everything you see on every screen is downloaded to your PCs cache. The cache size is fixed and when it is full, it won't accept any more data. It is a good practice to periodically empty your cache.

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