User's Manual

4 Installation and Configuration

Using WebIdentity requires installing and configuring two different modules: the client and the server. For each system

specific software components to install and configure are provided.

4.1 Client

WebIdentityDL operation on the client requires the installation of a software component: in Windows environment for

the Explorer browser it will be an activex, in all other cases it will be a plug-in.

In the event of a WebIentity3p model a driver will also have to be installed.

4.1.1 Example – installation of a web page

The following HTML code enables installing and updating the ActiveX client of WebIdentity in Explorer

automatically:

The OBJECT

tag enables inserting in the HTML document the ActiveX univocally identified by means of the

class id, which for ActiveX client is 878A0D61-48D2-11D3-A75D-00A0245382DE. The ID attribute

identifies the object univocally inside the document by means of a label, thus enabling interaction. The

CODEBASE attribute is necessary in case ActiveX is not present on the client. Such an attribute specifies the

location (URL) from which the component is downloaded automatically. In addition to the URL it is possible

to enter the control version ( #version= ) so that it can be downloaded, if more recent than the installed

version. The EMBED tag enables inserting in the HTML document the client WebIdentity Plug-In univocally

identified with the TYPE application/x-wicli-plugin tag.

For Microsoft Windows the ActiveX WebIdentity client for Internet Explorer and the Plug-In WebIdentity client for

browsers derived from the Gecko engine (Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox) are available.

Hereunder listed are the various cases and the software that it is necessary to install for using WebIdentity.

4.1.2 EXPLORER USERS IN POSSESSION OF A WEBIDENTITYDL DEVICE

WebIdentityDL does not require any drivers; therefore within all operating systems (except for Windows 98) the user

just has to connect to the website that employs WebIdentity.

The download of the new activex will be managed by the browser (like with the previous example) which will require

the user to provide the necessary confirmations.

No other operations are required, excepting that of using an Explorer configuration that enables downloading and

running signed activex.

The name of the cab which contains the activex is wicli.cab

At present supported only by Internet Explorer 4.0+ and following

id="WIDrvCli" codebase="software/WICli.cab#version=4,0,0,0"

VIEWASTEXT>

height="1" hidden="true">

</object>