Version 6.3.8 for OpenVMS
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About the Logon Page

When you start the Natural Web I/O Interface client or Natural for Ajax in the browser, a logon page appears. The entries in this logon page depend on the settings in your configuration file (see Managing the Configuration File for the Session).

This document covers the following topics:


Starting a Natural Application from the Logon Page

In order to start a Natural application from the logon page, you enter one of the URLs listed below inside your browser. Different names and locations are used for the logon pages, depending on the application/web server and the type of client that you are using.

where <host> and <port> are the host name and port number of your application/web server.

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Examples of Logon Pages

For each session definition that has been configured in the configuration file, an entry appears on the logon page. If the user selects the corresponding entry, only those parameters that were not preconfigured in the configuration file need to be specified in the logon page in order to start the application. Usually, you will preconfigure all connection parameters except user name and password.

The look of the logon page depends on the type of client that you are using.

Natural Web I/O Interface Client

The following example shows part of a logon page which results from a configuration file in which no special entries are defined for a session:

Logon page

The following example shows part of a logon page which results from a configuration file in which many settings are already predefined (including user ID and password):

Logon page

To log on to a session, you have to specify all required information in the logon page (for example, you select a session from the corresponding drop-down list box). When you choose the Connect button, the screen for the selected session appears.

Natural for Ajax

The following example shows part of a logon page which results from a configuration file in which no special entries are defined for a session:

Logon page

The following example shows part of a logon page which results from a configuration file in which many settings are already predefined (including user ID and password):

Logon page

To log on to a session, you have to specify all required information in the logon page (for example, you select a session from the corresponding drop-down list box). When you choose the Connect button, the screen for the selected session appears.

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Changing the Password in the Logon Page

Currently, this functionality is only available for Natural for UNIX, Natural for OpenVMS and Natural for Windows.

The following information applies when the fields for entering a user ID and a password appear on the logon page. These fields do not appear when user ID and password have already been defined in the configuration file; in this case, it is not possible to change the password in the logon page.

When your password has expired, you are automatically asked for a new password. When you try to log on with your current password, an error message appears and input fields for changing the password are shown.

Start of instruction setTo change the password with the Natural Web I/O Interface client

  1. Choose the Change password button in the logon page.

    The name of this button changes to Don’t change password and the following two input fields are shown in the logon page:

  2. Enter your user ID and your current password as usual.

  3. Enter the new password in the two input fields.

  4. Choose the Connect button to change the password.

    Or:
    If you do not want to change your password, choose the Don’t change password button. The two input fields will then disappear.

Start of instruction setTo change the password with Natural for Ajax

  1. Click the title Change Password to show the content of this input area.

    The following two input fields are shown in the logon page:

  2. Enter your user ID and your current password as usual.

  3. Enter the new password in the two input fields.

  4. Choose the Connect button to change the password.

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Browser Restrictions

The browser's "Back" and "Forward" buttons do not work with the two types of clients and should therefore not be used.

If you want to run two Natural sessions in parallel, you have to start a new instance of the browser (for example, by choosing the corresponding icon in the Quick Launch toolbar of Windows). You must not use the browser's "New Window" function. This would result in one session running in two browsers, which is not allowed.

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