Linking to CESAR

The web browser that links to CESAR can be launched from more than one of the showroom process's sequential stages, corresponding to three Autoline Showroom forms:

• Selecting a manufacturer on the Select A Franchise form

• Selecting a model on the Select a Model form

• Selecting a variant on the Vehicles Matching Criteria Entered... form

The process is described in CESAR New Vehicle Quotation Process.

CESAR Browser

Note: This help page describes only the browser's functions. For instructions on using CESAR's facilities, in other words the contents of the browser's main display area, refer to CESAR documentation.

The CESAR browser connects to the CESAR internet site. It is invoked by clicking the Launch Vehicle Configurator button or the Launch Vehicle Configurator option on the Tools menu of an appropriate Autoline Showroom form:

• Select A Franchise form
• Select a Model form
• Vehicles Matching Criteria Entered... form

It logs into the CESAR dealer front end, starting in Create Wholesale Offer mode. The browser's Stop, Back, Forward and Refresh buttons behave exactly like their counterparts in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Menu Bar and Toolbar:

Menu bar	Toolbar	Action
Actions > Back		Displays previous page
Actions > Forward		Displays next page
Actions > Stop		Abandons any outstanding download request
Actions > Refresh		Re-downloads the displayed page
Actions > Exit		Closes the browser, returning you to Autoline Showroom
Get wholesale configuration...		Downloads to Showroom the wholesale offer configured with CESAR
Help		Displays this help page in a web browser

Clicking the Exit button or selecting Actions > Exit from the menu bar may display a Confirm input message:

No valid configuration has been downloaded yet from CESAR. Are you sure you want to Exit?

Click one of the Confirm input dialog's buttons:

Stay in browser: Closes the dialog box

Exit: Returns you to Showroom without downloading a new configuration. You cannot continue with the showroom process until a vehicle configuration has been downloaded.

Note: If CESAR is unavailable, you can continue specifying the vehicle configuration by using Showroom in off-line mode.