End user differences

This list shows important differences which are visible to end users:

  • If the Infor Ming.le-LN Plug-in is used, LN UI users cannot select a user profile during LN UI startup. Users can change the default user profile and the user profile settings through the Options > Settings menu option.
  • Floating sessions start differently compared to Web UI. When a floating session is started in LN UI, a new browser window is opened. By default, most browsers do not allow a new browser popup. To enable this feature, the user must explicitly configure the browser to always allow browser popup windows for the web site that hosts LN UI.

    You cannot start a floating session from a floating session. If a new session is started from a floating session, this new session is always opened in the same browser window as the original session, even if you hold down the Ctrl key.

  • LN UI follows the zoom level settings of the browser. This setting was ignored by Web UI.
  • When transferring files from the server to the client, or from the client to the server, the UI behavior differs compared to the Web UI. In LN UI the user must always explicitly acknowledge the client file access operations. This is caused by an HTML5 security restriction. An example of such an operation is the export to spreadsheet feature, which is available in most Infor LN sessions.
  • LN print sessions do not show a list of locally installed printers on the Device Tab. This is caused by an HTML5 security restriction, which does not allow direct access to client side printers.
  • The format of date, time, and numbers does not follow the client operating system settings, like in Web UI. If the language is one of the supported languages, these formats are directly related to the language and regional settings selected in the browser. If the Infor Ming.le-LN Plug-in is used, see the Infor LN UI User Guide for more information.
  • Keyboard shortcuts for frequently used commands differ from the shortcuts used in Web UI and Worktop. In addition, LN UI remaps the keyboard shortcuts for 4GL form commands. This is because many existing shortcuts conflict with shortcuts used by browser(s) and platform. For details about keyboard shortcuts in LN UI, see "Keyboard shortcuts" in the Infor LN UI User Guide.
  • LN UI does not support automatic hyperlink recognition in multi-line text fields and the text editor session.
  • In the text editor session, LN UI does not support the Import file and Export file commands. This is caused by an HTML5 security restriction.
  • When the application shows a non-interrupting message window, either because non-interrupting message mode is enabled or because the application autonomously generates a non-interrupting message, this message window does not popup automatically in LN UI. Instead, a flashing icon is displayed in the status bar. The user must click this icon to show the non-interrupting message window.
  • In LN UI, the General Table Maintenance (ttaad4100) and Display General Table Information (ttaad4500) sessions look and behave like normal sessions. In Web UI, these sessions look like old style character mode sessions.
  • LN UI does not support sending e-mails through a client side Outlook client or other e-mail client.
  • In LN UI, the Select Activity top-level options menu item has been renamed to Debug and Profile 4GL.
  • This table shows menu items which are not present in the LN UI top-level options menu:
    Menu item Remark
    Cache Menu No caching of menu items in LN UI.
    Refresh Menu No cache to be refreshed in LN UI.
    Show Mandatory Indication In LN UI this option is always on.
    Auto Complete Settings In LN UI this option is always on. The maximum number of entries is fixed to 7.
    Show Excluded Business Processes In LN UI you can set this option in the User Profile Details (uigwt0102s000) page.
    Show Only Main Processes In LN UI you can set this option in the User Profile Details (uigwt0102s000) page.
  • On any field of a details session in LN UI, the Hide field and Field Help options are displayed when the user right-clicks the mouse while holding the Alt key, or the Ctrl key, pressed.
  • LN UI does not support file:// URLs in the open.url.local 4GL function. Also, not all browsers support a hyperlink that is created from a Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) path such as \\server\folder\resource . This is caused by security restrictions: modern browsers prohibit local file access if the top-level window is fetched with http:// or https://.
  • LN UI only supports server dates. Clearing the Server Date check box in the Maintain Parameters (ttaad0100m000) session does not result in client dates.