View Local and Remote Sample HTM Files in Internet Explorer

GENESIS64 provides sample published htm files which you can use in GraphWorX64 and display in Internet Explorer. You can view the files on your local computer or via a remote computer. However, in order to view the htm files locally when they reside on a remote computer, you will need to open each htm file in Notepad and change a parameter from localhost to the remote computer name.

 

NOTE: A utility was released in GENESIS64 v10.5 which will allow a user to open an htm file from a remote computer without having to change any parameters.

 

Before you can view any published display in Internet Explorer, you need to follow the steps in the Running in Internet Explorer topic.

 

To Open a Sample .HTM File Locally

If the sample htm files are located on your local computer and you want to display them in Internet Explorer follow the steps below. The sample htm files are located in the C:\ProgramFiles\ICONICS\GENESIS64\Websites\PubDisplay folder (or wherever you have GENESIS64 installed locally).

 

For the purpose of this explanation, we will be using the Ship.htm file.

  1. Start Internet Explorer.
  2. Type the following in the address bar:

http://localhost/GENESIS64/websites/pubdisplay/ship.htm

  1. Press the Enter key. The ship.htm file displays in Internet Explorer in runtime mode. See Figure 1 below.

Figure 1 - Local ship.htm file in Internet Explorer

 

To Open a Remote Sample .HTM File within Internet Explorer Locally

You may need to access a sample htm file on a remote computer but display it locally within Internet Explorer. In this case, where the htm file is remote, you will need to change a parameter within the htm file. Follow the steps below:

 

NOTE: A utility was released in GENESIS64 v10.5 which will allow a user to open an htm file from a remote computer without having to change any parameters.

  1. Connect to the remote computer and locate the htm file.
  2. Right click the htm file and select the Open With Notepad command. If Notepad is not listed select Choose Default Program… and select or navigate to Notepad.exe.

Figure 2 - Open with Notepad Command

  1. In the open .htm file, change the parameter text 'localhost' to the remote computer name. The remote computer name is the name of the computer you connected to in step 1. See Figures 3 and 4 below.

Figure 3 - Remote htm File Opened in Notepad

 

Figure 4 - Remote htm File “localhost” changed to Computer Name

  1. Save the file.
  2. Open Internet Explorer on your local computer.
  3. In the address bar type the following using the remote computer name:

http://localhost/GENESIS64/websites/pubdisplay/ship.htm

 

The remote htm file will display in Internet Explorer, see Figure 5.

 

Figure 5 - Remote htm File displayed Locally in Internet Explorer