Controlling Netscape helper applications
Walter Giesbrecht
walterg at yorku.ca
Wed May 1 16:10:49 EDT 1996
We are about to set up a large number of public Windows-based workstations
with Netscape, primarily to allow access to our web-based catalogue, but
also to provide wider access to the Net within the library. All installations
will have a number of helper applications (Panorama, Adobe Acrobat,
telnet client) installed as well.
The question I have for you all is: how do we make sure that these
helpers are shut down when no longer being used? One can imagine the
effect on system resources of multiple copies of <pick your helper app>
all sitting in memory. Is there any way we can (reliably) force the
system to shut down all unused applications after a defined period of
time? One of our technicians thought he heard of a way to use the screen
saver to do this; do any of you know?
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Walter W. Giesbrecht walterg at yorku.ca
York University Libraries
North York, Ontario, Canada
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