The Display Viewer is a stand-alone Java application. It can either access your data source(s) directly or it can connect to the Data Server. For step-by-step instructions on how to deploy the Display Viewer Application, see Application with Served Data or Application with Direct Data Connection.

This document describes system requirements and how to configure and run the Display Viewer Application.

System Requirements
 

Basic system requirements In addition to basic system requirements, if you are not using the Data Server, refer to the Data Sources section of this documentation for system requirements and setup specific to your data source.

Configuration
If initialization files are present in a specified directory, the current directory or in the lib directory (found in your installation directory) they will be used to set application options. See Application Options for more information on creating initialization files.

NOTE: Application options set on the command line will override values in initialization files. See Appendix C for more information on using command line parameters.

RTV_JAVAOPTS
Java options specified in RTV_JAVAOPTS will be used by the run_viewer scripts. NOTE: These options will not be used when the Display Viewer is started from the Windows Start menu.

Running the Display Viewer Application

In an initialized terminal window:

type run_viewer

NOTE: If no file is specified on the command line, the Display Viewer Application will open init.rtv. If the file init.rtv is not found, a blank display will open. Once the Display Viewer Application is open, you can access display files by selecting File>Open.

By default, the Display Viewer does not require a login. Login can be enabled at setup to support role based security. The default user name and password are:

User Name: admin Password: admin

NOTE: It is possible that your system administrator may have configured another user name and password. In this case, you may also need to select a role.

View Options
Since editing is not allowed there are no editing dialogs, no toolbar, and menus are limited to File, View, Tools, and Help. To include editing dialogs for viewing only, run the Display Builder with the editing disabled instead of running the Display Viewer. Several options are available to control how you view a display, including multiple display panels.