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The Empirica Signal application requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer (IE) browser, version 11.0.
You can configure IE to print graphs and other outputs, such as case details, that use color and download data.
To configure IE:
1. Open Internet Explorer browser.
2. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
3. On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Printing section.
4. Check Print background colors and images. This setting allows the Empirica Signal application to print the color key along with a graph, and the shading for table column headers and grid lines.
5. In the Security section, clear the Do not save encrypted pages to disk check box so that the application can download data.
6. Click OK.
Due to a limitation in IE, when you download data you may not be able to use the Open button in the File Download dialog box. If you encounter problems opening a file, use the Save option and then open the saved file. Or, you can clear Internet Explorer's cache.
To clear the cache:
1. Open the Internet Explorer browser.
2. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
The Internet Options dialog box appears.
3. On the General tab, and in the Browsing history section, click Delete…
The Delete Browsing History dialog box appears.
4. Select the check box next to each category of information you want to delete.
5. Click Delete.
6. Close the Internet Explorer browser.
Because the appearance of many pages presented by the Empirica Signal application relies on choices made on previous pages, Oracle recommends that you do not use the browser's Back button. Choices made on other pages may not be captured appropriately. To make navigation between pages easier, while providing accurate information on each page, Back links appear on many application pages. It is preferable to use these Back links, and tabs, to navigate.
Do not run more than one session of the application using multiple browser sessions or several tabs in the same browser.
Some features of the application and its online help system rely on the use of dialog boxes. If you have pop-up blocking software installed, it might prevent these dialog boxes from opening.
To turn off the pop-up blocker:
1. Open the Internet Explorer browser.
2. From the Tools menu, select Pop-up Blocker, and then select Turn On Pop-up Blocker to toggle it off.
To allow pop-up windows only for the website on which you run the application:
1. Open the Internet Explorer browser.
2. From the Tools menu, select Pop-up Blocker, and then select Pop-up Blocker Settings.
The dialog box appears.
3. Add the Empirica Signal website to the list of allowed sites.
For certain features in Empirica Signal, you can download to a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. To do so, you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader is freely distributed software for viewing and printing PDF files, and is available at www.adobe.com.
You also need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view any PDF files that may be provided as links in this help system.
A PDF file that you create for a topic might include links to open ZIP files that are attached to the topic. Security features in Adobe Acrobat Reader might prevent you from opening a ZIP file from within the PDF file. See the Adobe website for instructions on modifying this behavior.
If you are using Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.x, you might need to set link options correctly to view certain types of attachments from within a topic PDF file.
If you create ZIP archive files when downloading data, you must have a ZIP file compression and extraction utility, such as WinZip, installed on your computer. WinZip is available at www.winzip.com. You must also associate the file extension .zip with the ZIP file utility.
Note: If your PC runs Windows XP, you do not need to install a ZIP file utility.
If you plan to download data to Microsoft Excel®, make sure that Excel is installed on your computer.
To view files that you create by downloading data to SAS Version 5 transport files (.xpt files), you need the SAS® System Viewer. The SAS® System Viewer is freely distributed software for viewing and printing .xpt files, and is available at www.sas.com.
To use files that you create by downloading data to SAS data step definition files (.sas files), you need Base SAS®. Base SAS® is a third-party application that you can purchase at www.sas.com.
To run the built-in reports delivered with the Empirica Signal application, you must set up a data stub, as described in AERS (1q03: S) Configuration Installation Instructions (located in the Data_Stub folder on the installation CD).
Depending on security settings in Internet Explorer, a warning such as, “Do you want to allow this webpage to access your Clipboard?”, might appear when you click the Copy to Clipboard link. This question can be avoided by adding the Empirica Signal URL to the browser’s trusted sites.