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Products: WebStation
Functionalities: Basic Functionality
Product version: 1.8, 1.9
3/14/2018

Configuring WebStation to Run in Kiosk Mode

You configure WebStation to run in kiosk mode when you want the user to access only a single object in your system, without any toolbars.

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You can configure to run WebStation in Internet Explorer in kiosk mode when you want to limit the users’ access to Internet Explorer.

When kiosk mode is used, the toolbar, menu, and right-click menu, are disabled. Most keyboard shortcuts, such as alt + F4 to close Internet Explorer, is still working.

Use the guest log on if you want the user to get immediate access to WebStation in kiosk mode. For more information, see Guest Logon in WebStation .

Configure WebStation to Run in Kiosk Mode

To be able to run WebStation in kiosk mode, you decide which object in WebStation the users' will have access to, such as a graphic, a viewer, or a panel. You can of cause also open the whole WebStation workspace in kiosk mode but the most common way to use kiosk mode is to just open one object, for example, a graphic.

The easiest way to configure WebStation to run in kiosk mode is to create a shortcut to Internet Explorer in Windows and add the command for kiosk mode (-k).

After you have created the shortcut, you open the object you want the users' to have access to in WebStation in a new window. Then you copy the full address to the object and paste it, within quotation marks, after the command –k in the target box in the Shortcut tab in the properties dialog box of the Shortcut.

Use the following syntax in the Target box in the shortcut properties dialog box when you want to use kiosk mode:

 
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Remove the Toolbar when a Graphic is Opened in Kiosk Mode

When you use kiosk mode to open a graphic and you do not want the user to see the Reset zoom menu, you can hide it with the hide toolbar command, <>HTB<>. The commando is added after the new_window command. The <>HTB<> can also be used without using kiosk mode, for example when you want to add a shortcut to a specific object.

Use the following syntax in the Target box in the shortcut properties dialog box when you want to hide the toolbar:

 
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To configure WebStation to run in kiosk mode

  1. Right-click on the desktop, point to New, and click Shortcut .

  2. In the Type the location of the item box, click Browse .

  3. In the Browse for File or Folders box, browse to iexplore.

  4. Click OK .

  5. Add "-k" after the address to iexplore.

     
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  6. Click Next .

  7. In the Type name for this shortcut box, type the name, for example WebStation in Kiosk Mode.

  8. Click Finish .

  9. Log on to WebStation using the same account as you want to use for the kiosk mode.

  10. Open the object you want WebStation to display in kiosk mode.

  11. Copy the address in the address field.

  12. Right-click the Shortcut and click Properties .

  13. Click Shortcut .

  14. Paste the address, within quotation marks, in the Target box after the command -k.

     
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  15. Click OK .

See Also

  • WebStation in Kiosk Mode