BusinessPhone Communication Platform 4.0
Start of Operation BP Management Suite

## MS Internet Explorer configuration

To use the MS Internet Explorer with the BMS, the MS Internet Explorer has to be properly configured. How to login to BMS, please see section First start-up and login to BMS.

### Start of MS Internet Explorer

To start the MS Internet Explorer click on the icon to start the program. The Explorer window will pop up on the screen.

Now the URL of the BMS can be entered. The URL is defined in the installation of the BMS. The BMS Start-up dialog will pop up and starts the Login dialog immediately. The Start-up dialog is only necessary for starting the login dialog. It can be closed when the login dialog is displayed.

In the field in the middle of the screen, “Check OK” is displayed. This means, that the MS Internet Explorer is defined correctly and the BMS dialogs can be displayed.

In case of JavaScript is disabled, the Login dialog is not started and the following text is shown in this field: “Please enable JAVASCRIPT”.

JavaScript has to be enabled and the Login started again.

### MS Internet Explorer 6.x

#### Home Page

If MS Internet Explorer is used exclusively with the BMS, the Home Page should be set to “about:blank” (no page is shown) or to the address of the BMS Server (starting with the BMS Login Page). In case of a single user installation, the BMS Server address would be “local host”.

#### Temporary Internet Files

This dialog can be reached by selecting the Settings button in the Internet Option/General tab.

The setting “Every time you start Internet Explorer” should be selected. “Automatically” or “Never” might perform better, but could cause problems if the BMS is upgraded. The “Every visit” setting would result in very poor performance.

#### Security Settings

The BMS user interface uses advanced features of the MS Internet Explorer, that can be disabled in the security settings. For a single user installation the BMS Server is located in the local intranet zone. To make sure that all necessary features are enabled, select “Local intranet” in the Security tab and select the Custom Level button.

The following settings are important:

- “Submit nonencrypted form data” has to be set to “Enable”.
- “Active scripting” has to be set to “Enable”.

#### Password autocomplete

The password autocomplete feature is a potential security problem and should be turned off.

This can be accomplished by entering the AutoComplete section in the Content tab and disabling the “User names and passwords on forms checkbox”. The “Forms” checkbox should be disabled too.

#### Enabling pictures

The tree and some dialogs of the BMS user interface, use of pictures and animations. To enable these options, open the advanced tab and enable the “Play animations” and “Show pictures” options.

### MS Internet Explorer 5.x

#### Home Page

If MS Internet Explorer is used exclusively with the BMS, the Home Page should be set to “about:blank” (no page is shown) or to the address of the BMS Server (starting with the BMS Login Page). In case of a single user installation, the BMS Server address would be “local host”.

#### Temporary Internet Files

This dialog can be reached by selecting the Settings button in the Internet Option/General tab.

The setting “Every time you start Internet Explorer” should be selected. “Automatically” or “Never” might perform better, but could cause problems if the BMS is upgraded. The “Every visit” setting would result in very poor performance.

#### Security Settings

The BMS user interface uses advanced features of the MS Internet Explorer, that can be disabled in the security settings. For a single user installation the BMS Server is located in the local intranet zone. To make sure that all necessary features are enabled, select “Local intranet” in the Security tab and select the Custom Level button.

The following settings are important:

- “Submit nonencrypted form data” has to be set to “Enable”.
- “Active scripting” has to be set to “Enable”.

#### Password autocomplete

The password autocomplete feature is a potential security problem and should be turned off.

This can be accomplished by entering the AutoComplete section in the Content tab and disabling the “User names and passwords on forms checkbox”. The “Forms” checkbox should be disabled too.

#### Enabling pictures

The tree and some dialogs of the BMS user interface, use of pictures and animations. To enable these options, open the advanced tab and enable the “Play animations” and “Show pictures” options.

Revision: B © Ericsson Enterprise 2003