An application that does not delegate authentication to the single sign-on server. Instead, it displays an HTML login form that asks for an application user name and password. At the first login, you can choose to have the server retrieve these credentials for you. Thereafter, you are logged in to the application transparently.
an application independent from the WfMS
an application that interfaces to the MMSC
an individual software package which can be used by a WfMS
relative to Montage, an external application is an independent Windows program running in its own exterior window on the Windows desktop, as a separate process. This is contrasted to Montage's built-in viewers, which are sub-programs that have associated forms residing within the Montage Desktop window, running in the same process. The window belonging to an external application is referred to as an external window, and a Shortcut to an external application is termed an external Shortcut.
An application that runs outside of the Media Center process, unlike hosted HTML applications and add-ins, which run inside the Media Center process. file format The structure or organization of data in a file. File format is usually indicated by the file name extension. See Also: file name extension , file type
an application on your computer, that is distinct from the "main" application. In the context of Director, an external application would be one running separate from the Projector such as Acrobat, as opposed to an Xtra which is considered a component of the Projector. Zeus Productions offers several utilities to integrate external applications with Director, such as zScript, zOpen and zLaunch.