On Windows platforms you can control which Communicator components open initially, and what they do when they open, with command line configuration options. There are also some command line options that apply to Communicator on the UNIX platform.
Options Syntax
Result | Command | Parameters |
Open the Composer and load a particular HTML document | -EDIT | [file_name] |
Open Navigator and optionally display a local HTML document | [file_name] | |
Open Navigator regardless of any conflicting preferences | -BROWSER | |
Open the Inbox | -INBOX | |
Open a specific folder as you would the Inbox | -FOLDER | [foldername] |
Open the Collections window to see all folders | -FOLDERS | |
Open the Address Book | -ADDRESS | |
Import an LDIF file into the Address Book | -IMPORT | [LDIF_file_name] |
Open Netscape Messenger | ||
Open the Collections window and go to the first subscribed discussion | -NEWS | |
Open the Composer | -COMPOSE | |
Open the Composer with attachments | -COMPOSE | [@attachments] || [-attachment] |
Open the Composer, automatically inserting message and attachments | -COMPOSE | [message @attachments] [message -attachment] |
Open the Composer, without a document | -EDIT | |
Set the online or offline startup mode | [OFF|ON] | |
Run Communicator using a particular user's profile (profile.cfg file) | -P | [user's profile name] |
Before Communicator opens, ask the user to fill out a new profile | -NEW_PROFILE | |
Before Communicator opens, display the Profile Manager so the user can choose the correct identity | -PROFILE_MANAGER |
Parameter Definitions
message | The name of a message file, including its full path. The default search location is the temp directory. |
attachments | The name of an attachments list file, including its full path. The default search location is the temp directory. |
foldername | The exact name of the folder to open. |
file_name | The full path to the HTML document. |
URL | The URL of the page to display. |
LDIF_file_name | The full path to the LDIF file. |
ON | The online mode flag. |
OFF | The offline mode flag. |
user's profile name | The individual user's name as it appears in the Profile Manager |
Syntax Rules
Windows 3.1 Differences
Options Syntax
Result | Command | Parameters |
List all command line options | -help | |
Position and size the Messenger and Collabra windows | -geometry | =WxH+X+Y (the default is 620x950+630+40) |
Use a specific server visual | -visual | |
Install a private colormap | -install | |
Use the default colormap | -no-install | |
Set the maximum number of colors to allocate for images (when not using -install) | -ncols | |
Force 1-bit-deep image display | -mono | |
Set a specific X resource | -xrm | |
Execute a command in an already running Netscape process | -remote | |
The ID of an X window to send the -remote commands (if unspecified, the first window found is used) | -id |
A Note About Kiosk Mode
Previous versions of Netscape Navigator offered a kiosk mode using a -k switch to open the browser without navigation features so users could be confined to the content displayed. Netscape Communicator replaces this feature with canvas mode, which uses JavaScript to expand your control over the appearance and features of the browser window. See the discussion of Canvas Mode Syntax for more information.
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