ABLETM
Advanced Bindery Library
Exchange
Reference
Guide
Volume 3
User Interface
Version 6.6.1
ABLEä Ventures, LLC
Copyright by ABLEä Ventures, LLC
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from the ABLEä
Ventures, LLC.
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The ABLEä Ventures, LLC assumes no responsibility for errors that may appear in this document.
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ABLEä
is a trademark of Mekatronics, Inc. / Bendror International Inc. 1987-2001
3. Logging Out and User Time-Out
4. Navigating Between ABLE Screens
6.2
Index & Contents Help Services
Release Notes
V6.0 Preliminary release for review.
V6.01 Changes for ABLEä release 6.01.
V6.02 Changes for ABLEä release 6.02.
V6.2 User Id and Password changed to 32 characters.
V6.4 Changed copyright.
The ABLEä Reference Guide is comprised of multiple volumes. The collection of volumes describes the functional and operational characteristics of ABLEä. The volumes are:
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Volume |
Reference Guide |
File Name |
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1 |
r6-intro.htm |
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2 |
Library User |
r6-library-user.htm |
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3 |
r6-user.htm |
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4 |
r6-title.htm |
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5 |
R6-style.htm |
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6 |
r6-report.htm |
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7 |
r6-control.doc |
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9 |
r6-maint.htm |
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10 |
r6-transfer.htm |
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12 |
R6-emboss.htm |
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13 |
r6-help.htm |
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15 |
r6-bill.htm |
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16 |
r6-pm.htm |
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19 |
R6-s3.htm |
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20 |
r6-linstall.htm |
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21 |
r6-binstall.htm |
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22 |
r6-ezcut.htm |
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23 |
r6-ftp.htm |
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24 |
r6-alink.htm |
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25 |
r6-zlink.htm |
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27 |
r6-file-import.htm |
The human interface to ABLEä is the same interface as from any program executed from a web browser such as Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Therefore, anyone familiar with Internet access and typical Windows programs can easily adapt to ABLEä.
The user’s PC is a standard Pentium II PC requiring only a browser (Internet Explorer ) and Internet access via an ISP (Internet Service Provider). Note: the ISP is optional if the Standalone version is used.
The steps for starting ABLEä are:
· Start you PC and login to your ISP via your browser.
· Enter the address of your ABLEä Binder’s web site.
· Select the ABLEä icon on the binders page.
· Login: Enter your Account Id, User Id, and Password. (The Account Id is assigned by your bindery)
· The ABLETM Login screen with the copyright notice is displayed.
You may Log out of ABLEä by selecting the File: Log Out service from the menu bar.
If the user takes too long to select the next operation, the user will be requested to log in again. This will prevent unauthorized use when the user walks away from their workstation.
You navigate from screen to screen using the Window menu bar selection. The Windows selection lists the programs available. Simply select the program you wish to use.
ABLEä provides the following levels of user access to services:
Administrator (Manager)
Supervisor
Basic
Read Only
Table 1 provides an overview of the services for each of the access levels. Refer to the File Maintenance volume for details.
Note that services that are not allowed for a specific user appear in gray on the ABLETM screens.
Table 1 - Access Levels and Services
|
Service |
Administrator |
Supervisor |
Basic |
Read Only |
|
Add Update Users |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Update Own Password |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
File Maintenance – all services - read only |
Yes Yes |
No Yes |
No No |
No No |
|
Title Composition |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Setup System
Parameters |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Bindery Transfer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Reports |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Change Menu Options |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
ABLEä has extensive on-line help facilities. There are the following services:
· Tool Tips
· Index & Contents Help Services
· Help Buttons
The help text is read using a browser (Internet Explorer). There information is in an HTML & XML format. You can reference the help text either from within ABLEä or by running your browser and identifying the appropriate web page.
ABLEä Standalone – Single c:\able\library\help *
ABLEä Standalone – Network f:\able\library\help *
ABLEä Web Access http://<your binders ABLE web site>/help
* check with your administrator for the exact location since ABLEä may have been installed in a non-standard directory.
When the cursor is moved onto a screen field label or action button, an explanation of the field / button is displayed. This is referred to as a Tool Tip. Using the Tool Tips is an easy way to understand every field and button on the ABLETM screens.
Comprehensive online is available using this standard “Windows-like” help facility. Help is invoked by selecting the Help menu bar selection. The Help menu selection provides,
Index
Screen Help
Title
Collation
History
Job Status
Bindery Transfer
Reports
Catalog
System (ZLink)
File Maintenance
About ABLE
Index
The index selection causes a new window to be opened with an alphabetized list of help topics. Selecting a help topic causes the associated help text to be displayed. The help text is a reference (hyperlink) to a section in an ABLEä reference document The user can then page up and down the document and utilize the hyperlink capabilities within the document.
Screen
Help
Each major ABLEä screen has an entry in this menu selection. The help text display is identical to the Index help text describer above.
About ABLEä
This menu selection provides the ABLEä version number and miscellaneous ABLEä information.
There are a few screens that have help buttons as a convenience for referencing help. The help text display is identical to the Index help text describer above.
ABLEä utilizes a wide variety of security measures.
User Id and Password
The User Id and Password are 32 characters for enhance security.
Digital Signatures
ABLEä utilizes digital signatures to digitally sign ABLEä Java applets distributed over the Internet. MS-Internet Explorer (your browser) uses these signed files to determine the privileges granted to Java applets and JavaScript scripts and to authenticate and authorize the automatic installation of them. This is accomplished using a Digital Id (Class 3 for Commercial Software Publishing) licensed from Verisign (http://www.verisign.com/).
Electronic software distribution over networks involves potential security problems. To help address these problems, VeriSign offers a technology called Object Signing. Object Signing allows users to get reliable information about code they download in much the same way they can get reliable information about shrink-wrapped software.
Object Signing™ technology, when used in conjunction with VeriSign's Software Publisher Digital IDs™, lets end users identify who published software and verify that software has not been tampered with or altered since the time it was uploaded. It also informs users if Java applets are requesting special privileges, such as writing to the hard disk. By presenting this information to users, users can then make informed decisions about downloaded software; for example, whether to allow a signed Java applet to access specific system resources.
Object Signing allows developers to digitally sign any type of file that they may wish to distribute over the Internet. IE uses these signed files to determine the privileges granted to Java applets and JavaScript scripts and to authenticate and authorize the automatic installation of IE plug-ins. IE 4 & later versions support Object Signing.
Refer to the Verisign web site for additional information about our Class 3 Digital Id for Commercial Software Publishing.