Connections dialog

When you launch the Service Manager Windows client, the Connections dialog box appears. You can use the dialog box to set up new connection shortcuts to the server and to manage existing connections shortcuts.

The Connections dialog box is important if you are an administrator using the Client Packaging Utility to create a single branded installation.

Click the filter button to filter server connections so that only a few connections are displayed or a specific connection is displayed. By typing the beginning letters or complete name of the connection in the filter text box, so only those connections that match what you type appear in the list of server connections.

Note Some options may not be visible on a repackaged client.

The Connection tab on the Connections dialog box has the following options.

Option Default value Definition
Name New_configuration Type the name of this connection.
Use Login/Password Enabled When this option is enabled, Service Manager uses the login name and password information defined in the Connection dialog to create a client/server session.
Use Trusted Sign-on Disabled When this option is enabled, Service Manager uses the login name and password information defined in a trusted authentication source, such as Windows Integrated Authentication, to connect to the server.
User name Windows user name Type your user name to log on to the named server.
Password None Type your password to log on to the named server.
Remember my password Disabled Select this option to log on automatically without retyping your user information each time.
Automatically login Disabled Select this option to log on automatically when you start the Service Manager client.
Server host name localhost Type the name of the Service Manager server.
Server port number 13080 Type the port number assigned to the Service Manager server. The default Service Manager port number is 13080.
Language None Choose the language to use for this session. You may want to create session connections in multiple languages if you work with international customers.
Connection identified by a color Disabled This option enables you to assign a different color to each connection. By default, all client connections have the same background color as your Windows text editor.
Connection color None

Choose a standard or custom color from the color palette.

Tip A custom color can improve the contrast or identify multiple connections. Lighter colors improve the readability of the forms.

Advanced tab

The Advanced tab on the Connection dialog has the following settings.

Option Default value Definition
Compress SOAP messages Enabled

When this option is enabled, SOAP messages are compressed by using GNU zip (gzip) encoding. Gzip works similarly to WinZip™, a compression utility for Windows.

Note You can disable this option globally in the sm.ini file.

Use SSL Encryption Disabled

When this option is enabled, server’s demonstration certificate is used to encrypt your data when transmitting it.

Note You can enable more robust SSL encryption options from the sm.ini file.

Trace SOAP traffic Disabled When this option is enabled, the client logs SOAP messages.
Connect to External Load Balancer Disabled When this option is enabled, the Windows client supports an external hardware load balancer.

Related topics

Clients

Log on to the Windows client

Create a connection