External Application Integration Configuration

The following table describes the External Application Integration Configuration options.

Option name Value Description
External App cancel popup button text An alphanumeric value from zero to 40 characters. Specifies the text that is displayed on the information message button when the third-party web application service is unavailable.
External App cancel popup text An alphanumeric value from zero to 255 characters. Specifies the text that is displayed on the information message when the third-party web application service is unavailable.
External Application Id An alphanumeric value from zero to 255 characters. Specifies the unique identification of the third-party web application service.
External Application Plugin Data 1–4 An alphanumeric value from zero to 255 characters. Specifies the data element used to configure the application plug-in.
External Application Plugin Key An alphanumeric value from zero to 255 characters. Defines the key that is used to run the external application.
POS Button Label Text An alphanumeric value from zero to 40 characters. Specifies the text that is displayed on the POS button.
Release Peripherals From POS Yes/No Enables the POS to release peripheral devices so they can be used by an external application. When this parameter is enabled, the POS releases the peripheral devices before launching the external application.

Sample data

The following table provides sample configuration for POS systems that are integrated with a loyalty web application and use the application to perform client lookup functions.

Option name Value
External Application Id OrderAndShipMerchandise
External App cancel popup text Loading Order and Ship Application - Please Wait
External App cancel popup button text Cancel
External Application Plugin Key ExternalWebApplicationClient
External Application Plugin Data 1 webappurl=<website url>
External Application Plugin Data 2 browserpath=%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
External Application Plugin Data 3 browserargs=--fullscreen -kiosk --new-window
External Application Plugin Data 4 sessionidprefix=OAS,
sessionidqueryname=SessionID,
languagequeryname=lang,
trainingmodequeryname=trainingmode,
EnableRelaunchWarning=yes
POS Button Label Text Order & Ship Merchandise
Release Peripherals From POS No