Starting Dataloy VMS in Internet Explorer?

Question

When starting Dataloy VMS in Internet Explorer a message pops up similar to this: "Do you want to open or save client.jsp...". What steps should be taken to open the system?

Answer

To start Dataloy VMS follow the below instructions:

To start Dataloy VMS:

  1. Start Dataloy VMS in Internet Explorer.
  2. A pop-up bar a the bottom of the screen will display stating "Do you want to open or save client.jsp..." or similar.
  3. Click Save in the pop-up bar. The Dataly VMS file will download.
    Once the file is downloaded a message will state that the download is complete. Ā 
  4. Click either
    1. Open folder or
    2. open the downloads folder on your computer and locate the downloaded file (i.e. client.jsp).
  5. Right-click on the file and select Open with.
  6. Locate the Java installation on your computer.
  7. Select javaws as the default programĀ (location: the bin folder of the Java installation: C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin/javaws).
  8. Click OK. Dataloy VMS will start.