BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server 2018 Administrator's Guide
Customizing the user interface
You can easily customize items in the Meridian Explorer client application user interface as described in the following table. If you replace files, you must restart Internet Information Services and clear the user’s browser cache for the changes to take effect.
For information about changing the Home page header text and the application colors, see Customizing the colors and header.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Logo shown on the Home page |
Replace C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\Images\Custom\CompanyLogo.png. |
| Icons for each file extension used by documents |
Replace C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\Images\Custom\Extensions\<FileExtension>_icon.gif Note Do not replace DOC_DEFAULT.gif or TAG_DEFAULT.gif. |
| Icons for each tag type | Replace C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\Images\Custom\Extensions\<TagTypeName>_icon.gif |
| Icons for each view |
Replace C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\Images\Custom\ViewImages\<RepositoryName><ViewInternalID><ViewID>.png. An example filename is BCRepository_C68DA_DOC_671C1.png. <ViewInternalID> is a 5 character sub-string of the view GUID, which is not visible in the user interface. If existing icon files are not present to follow as the filename pattern, export the BCUserSettings table, Data column from the configuration database and examine the DocumentViewSchema.Name value. <ViewID> can be found in the VIEW ID column of Explorer Views list and includes the view type prefix DOC, TAG, AREA (project). To show the icons at a larger size on mobile devices, set the value of the HomePageLargeViewIcons setting to true in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat. |
| Thumbnail images shown for each tag type |
Replace C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\Images\Custom\Thumbnails\ObjectTag\<TagTypeName>.png Note Do not replace DEFAULT_OBJECTTAG.gif. |
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Date format shown in the view results list and on property pages |
Add new rows with the names ServerDateFormat and ServerTimeFormat in the first (settings) column of the General worksheet in the resource file for the user’s preferred language. Resource files for all of the supported languages are located in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Languages by default. In the second (values) column, type the Windows character pattern in which to display the date or time, for example, MM/dd/yyyy and h:mm tt. Restart the BlueCielo Enterprise Server service and Internet Information Services for your changes to take effect. Note The DateFormat and DateTimeFormat settings are used by JavaScript and do not affect the display of metadata by Meridian Explorer. |
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Change the text shown in the client application |
Find and modify the text in the General worksheet in the resource file for the user’s preferred language. Resource files for all of the supported languages are located on the server in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Languages by default. |
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Maximum number of sub-folders shown in the navigation tree |
Change the value of the MaxChildFolderCount setting in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat. |
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Maximum number of property values shown in the navigation tree or in lists. |
Change the value of the MaxChildValueCount setting in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat. |
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Always save redlines in the rendition file, not the original file. |
Change the value of the StoreFeedbackRedlineOnRendition setting to true in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat. If the document does not have a rendition, the data will be stored on the original file. To configure a feedback page to show renditions, see Creating and editing repository views. |
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Hide the Meridian Wishlist item on the Other Options menu |
Change the value of the AhaPortal setting to false in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat. |
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Hide the views bar at the bottom of the page. |
Change the value of the HideViewBar setting to true in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat. |
| Enable documents downloaded by Meridian Explorer for the iPad to open on the device. | Change the value of the IOSSchemaForDownload setting from https to mibrowser in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat. The value must also be listed under LSApplicationQueriesScemas in the plist file. |
| Warn users that viewing a large file make take a long time. | Change the value of the LargeViewFileSizeToWarnInKb setting in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat. A warning will be shown for files that exceed this size (in KB). The default value is 1024 (KB). If set to 0, no warning is shown. |