Using the Option Manager

The following table describes the features of the Option Manager on a Win32 device.

Table 1. Option Manager preferences for Win32

Field

Enables/disables or sets

Additional details

BROWSER TAB

Dragging cursor

What happens when you drag the stylus or left-click dragging with the mouse pointer

With scrolls selected, dragging scrolls the content window; with selects, dragging selects text in the content window. See Working with text.

Minimum font size

The minimum font size in which text is displayed.

Select None (the default) to leave font size under page control. Select Small, to allow the smallest text to be displayed in the smallest size. Select Medium to force the smallest text to be displayed in the medium size. Select Large to force all text to be displayed in the largest size.

Maximum font size

The maximum font size in which text is displayed.

Select None (the default) to leave font size under page control. Select Large, to allow the largest text to be displayed in the largest size. Select Medium to force the largest text to be displayed in the medium size. Select Small to force all text to be displayed in the smallest size.

CONTENT TAB

Show Tables

Showing tables for pages that are not specifically designed for M-Business Client.

If you choose not to display tables, you still get the text from the tables, but the text will not appear in a table.

Show Images

Synchronizing images.

If you choose not to display images, they are not synchronized at all. Electing not to display images saves memory on your device.

Enable JavaScript

The display on the device of pages containing JavaScript that have not been marked with the HTML <HandheldFriendly> tag (not written specifically for M-Business Client).

For more information on using JavaScript, contact your system administrator.

Note: This preference option only appears in the Application Edition and Web Edition Pro versions of M-Business Client.

Show JavaScript Errors

The display of an error message when JavaScript causes an error or does not function properly

Show JavaScript Errors is a useful debugging tool for channel developers, but it does not provide useful information for most users.

ONLINE TAB

Max Cache

The maximum size in KB of pages stored in the memory cache on your device.

See Managing online cache.

Online Images

Image bit depth when browsing online.

See Setting bit depth for online images.

Go Online

Automatically

The device to automatically go online when you try to open or link to a page which is not on the device, while the device is offline.

If not enabled, you will receive a notifier that the page you linked to is not available on your device.

To set preferences
  1. Choose Tools » Options.

    The Option Manager is displayed, with the Browser tab active.

  2. Click or tap the tabs to display different sets of options.

    Option Manager, Browser tab, on Win32 device
    Option Manager, Content tab, on Win32 device
    Option Manager, Online tab, on Win32 device
  3. Select or clear the checkboxes beside your preferences.

  4. Click OK.