In the difference to a surf set global options of the WebAssistant
are set here.

Control keys of the dialog have the following functions:
- Help
Displays the corresponding description at the browser.
Note:
If the description isn't displayed, then you enter the browser in Options/General/Browser. - OK
Adjust options are taken permanently. The dialog is closed. At the next start the adjust options are used again. - Apply
Adjust options are taken temporarily. - Reject
Changes are not taken. - Cancel
Changes are not taken. The dialog is closed.

General
Comprehensive options are summarized in the category general.
Report
You can hereby display the URLs processed in the WebAssistant
in different detail views.
- Traffic Statistic
Display a traffic statistic in the main menu. - URL Report
Display of reports in the main menu. - Browser Server Protocol
Display HTTP protocol betweenWebAssistant, browser and server in an additional window.
Note:
You need this information only to a purpose of an analysis of the loaded URL. The surfing is slowed down by the reporting.
Create and display URL-History lists
Collect URLs according to following criteria.
In the surf mode online
- Every new HTML page and their title
- Any not found URL
In the surf mode offline
- Any not found URL
- At forms with the action POST
- At forms with the action GET
Note:
A link to URL History pages are available also by
navigation (command ls).
You can delete the delete
function every URL History on the respective HTML
page.
Proxy Server
The WebAssistant
communicates with the browser via a port. The port 8080
is used on your local computer (IP address 127.0.0.1)
by default.
Note:
Setting is taken at the next start of the WebAssistant!
Rights of access
Specification of browsers (computers) with access to the WebAssistant:
- Local
Only the local computer has access. - IP area
Computers within the specified IP area have access. - Public
Every computer has access.
Note:
You reach the fastest access with the setting Public. At this setting, you should however block unwanted access from the outside with e.g. a firewall.
Browser
You can specify which browser shows additional information of WebAssistant
(Homepage, Help, Update/News, Contact). Usually, this entry is not necessary
because your standard browser is used.
Furthermore you can specify, whether the WebAssistant
shall start the browser as well as used start page.
Language
You can select between English and German. In the user interface both languages are available. Documentation is however available in the delivered ZIP-archive only in one language.
If you would like the documentation in German then download the ZIP archive from the website of MM3Tools.
Taskbar / Dock
The main menu is on the desktop per default.
The main menu can alternatively be operated about the MM3 symbol in the
notification area of the taskbar
Note:
The changed settings are available at the next start of the MM3-WebAssistant.
This option is available only for the operating systems Windows and Mac
OS X.

Navigation
With your browser you can in addition navigate in the directory structure of the cache archive now. For this you enter the command ls into the address bar.
Display Domain Directory
The representation of the Domain Directory is dependent on the number of the domains to be displayed. The switchover between the different display modes is dependent via the number of the domains to be displayed. Following modes are possibly:
- Full Specified
Display of the Full Specified Domain with a link to this domain
and an indicator for an available HTML page in the domain with a link to this page
and command ls list the directory of the domain - Compact
Visualization is made out per domain in a line.
If only one entry exists for a domain, then the Full Specified Domain is displayed. - Simple
Visualization is made out per domain in a line.
Beyond this the representation can be restricted to a string with
a filter .
Note:
The term Domain is used as short name for Secondary-Level Domain. We otherwise describe this as a full specified Domain. At this we assume per default the protocol HTTP.
Display Directory
The number of listed HTML files in a Page is configurable. The HTML files are listed with their title and description as well as approx. 200 characters text. An indicator is additional activating. The indicator displays, whether HTML pages are available in a sub-directory.
Sidebar
The command ls can be alternatively displayed also in a sidebar of the browser.
For the browser Netscape, Mozilla or Opera see Navigation/Sidebar.
Sidebar of the MS Internet Explorer corresponds to its search window. The URL needed for this has to be entered in.
Determining URL of the search window:
You use the WebAssistant
in the offline mode and open the search window (View/Explorer-Bar/Search).
The error message issued will include the URL.
Java-Script
Pages for navigation can be displayed on the browser with and without java script. With java script more action is available.
Font size
You can select the smallest font size at pages for navigation.

Search
Hitlist
Result of a search is displayed as a hitlist. The files (pages) are
listed with their URL, size, date of archiving as well as 200 characters.
The number of hits on a page to be represented is adjustable.
Marking
You can display every page of a hit. The link "Marker" marks in addition the search words in the page. The marking is configurable with a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS).
Further see menu Search

Update
With this option you can actualize the WebAssistant.
Version of the
WebAssistant
is viewed.
You can in addition import a new license here.
Manual Update
Following functionalities are available:
- Check
Checks whether a new version ofWebAssistant exists.
- Download
Download the new version. At the next start of the MM3-WebAssistant the new version is used.
Auto Update
Checks, if there is a new version available weekly or monthly. The check cannot be deactivated in the evaluation time.
License Administration
You get information about:
- Edition and licensee
- License Agreement
- Purchase of a license
- Import of a license
Some further Parameter can be defined at the call of the program.