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Access It! Universal Web Client Integration
Overview
This document outlines the steps needed to setup the Access It! Universal Web Client. The following steps need to be completed on the intended Web Server. In most scenarios, the Web Server will be the same machine as the Access It! Universal Server (machine with dongle attached). When using a separate Web Server, additional steps are required and are outlined below in the section ‘Configuring Access It! Universal Web Client for a Separate Web Server’.
Prerequisites
• Access It! Universal is installed.
▲ Both versions of the Access It! Universal software and Web Client must be the same.
• Internet Information Services (IIS) is required.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or higher is required.
Setup
Internet Information Service (IIS) Windows XP
1.) Open Add/Remove Programs (Start | Control Panel)
2.) Click Add/Remove Windows Components from the left hand menu 3.) Select Internet Information Services (IIS) and click Details…
4.) Check the following items:
Common Files Documentation
Internet Information Services Snap-In SMTP Service
World Wide Web Service 5.) Click OK button
6.) Click Next button
▲ AWindows installation disk may be required to install IIS.
7.) Close Add/Remove Programs
Windows Server 2003
1.) Open Add/Remove Programs (Start | Control Panel)
2.) Click Add/Remove Windows Components from the left hand menu 3.) Select Application Server and click Details…
4.) Check the option ASP.NET
5.) Select Internet Information Services (IIS) and click Details…
6.) Check the following items:
Common Files
Internet Information Services Manager SMTP Service
World Wide Web Service 7.) Click OK button
8.) Click Next button
▲ AWindows installation disk may be required to install IIS.
9.) Close Add/Remove Programs
Windows Vista/Windows 7
1.) Open Programs and Features (Start | Control Panel | Programs) 2.) Click Turn Windows Features on or off link
▲ The Windows Features window opens.
3.) Expand Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.) Expand Web Management Tools
5.) Expand IIS 6 Management Compatibility 6.) Check IIS 6 Management Console
7.) Check IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility 8.) Collapse IIS 6 Management Compatibility
9.) Check IIS Management Console 10.) Collapse Web Management Tools 11.) Expand World Wide Web Services
12.) Expand Application Development Features 13.) Check the following items
.NET Extensibility ASP.NET
ISAPI Extensions ISAPI Filters
14.) Collapse Application Development Features 15.) Expand Common HTTP Features
16.) Check the following items Default Document Directory Browsing HTTP Errors Static Content
17.) Collapse Common HTTP Features 18.) Expand Health and Diagnostics 19.) Check the following items
HTTP Logging Request Monitor
20.) Collapse Health and Diagnostics 21.) Expand Performance Features 22.) Check the following items
Static Content Compression 23.) Collapse Performance Features 24.) Expand Security
25.) Check the following items Request Filtering 26.) Collapse Security 27.) Click OK button
▲ AWindows installation disk may be required to install IIS.
28.) Click OK button
29.) Navigate to Control Panel | System and Security | Administrative Tools 30.) Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
31.) On the left pane, expand the Server name 32.) Select Application Pools
33.) Right Click on DefaultAppPool and select Advanced Properties 34.) Set .Net Framework Version to v4.0
35.) If using a 64bit OS, set Enable 32-Bit Applications to True 36.) Click OK
37.) Close Internet Information Services (IIS)
Windows 8
1.) Open Programs and Features (Control Panel | Programs) 2.) Click Turn Windows Features on or off link
▲ The Windows Features window opens.
3.) Expand Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.) Expand Web Management Tools
5.) Expand IIS 6 Management Compatibility 6.) Check IIS 6 Management Console
7.) Check IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility 8.) Collapse IIS 6 Management Compatibility
9.) Check IIS Management Console 10.) Collapse Web Management Tools 11.) Expand World Wide Web Services
12.) Expand Application Development Features 13.) Check the following items
.NET Extensibility 3.5 .NET Extensibility 4.5 ASP.NET 3.5
ASP.NET 4.5 ISAPI Extensions ISAPI Filters
14.) Collapse Application Development Features 15.) Expand Common HTTP Features
16.) Check the following items Default Document Directory Browsing HTTP Errors Static Content
17.) Collapse Common HTTP Features 18.) Expand Health and Diagnostics 19.) Check the following items
HTTP Logging Request Monitor
20.) Collapse Health and Diagnostics 21.) Expand Performance Features 22.) Check the following items
Static Content Compression 23.) Collapse Performance Features 24.) Expand Security
25.) Check the following items Request Filtering 26.) Collapse Security 27.) Click OK button
▲ AWindows installation disk may be required to install IIS.
28.) Click OK button
29.) Navigate to Control Panel | System and Security | Administrative Tools 30.) Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
31.) On the left pane, expand the Server name 32.) Select Application Pools
33.) Right Click on DefaultAppPool and select Advanced Settings 34.) Set .Net Framework Version to v4.0
35.) If using a 64bit OS, set Enable 32-Bit Applications to True 36.) Click OK
37.) Close Internet Information Services (IIS)
Windows Server 2008
1.) Open Programs and Features (Start | Control Panel)
2.) Click Turn Windows features on or off from the left hand menu
▲ The Server Manager opens.
3.) Select Roles from the left hand tree
4.) Click the Add Roles link from the right hand pane
▲ The Add Roles Wizard opens.
5.) On the Before You Begin page, click the Next button 6.) On the Select Server Roles page, check Web Server (IIS)
▲ If prompted to install any required features for IIS click the Add Required Features button.
7.) Click the Next button
8.) On the Web Server (IIS) page, click the Next button 9.) On the Select Role Services page, check the following:
Web Server
Common HTTP Features Static Content Default Document Directory Browsing HTTP Errors Application Development
ASP.NET
▲ If prompted to install any required features or role services, click the Add Required Role Services button.
.NET Extensibility ISAPI Extensions ISAPI Filters Health and Diagnostics
HTTP Logging Request Monitor Security
Request Filtering Performance
Static Content Compression Management Tools
IIS Management Console
IIS 6 Management Compatibility IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility IIS 6 WMI Compatibility IIS 6 Scripting Tools
IIS6 Management Console 10.) Click the Next button
11.) On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click the Install button
▲ The Installation Progress page appears and installation begins.
12.) On the Installation Results page, click the Close button 13.) Close out of the Programs and Features window
14.) Navigate to Control Panel | System and Security | Administrative Tools 15.) Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
16.) On the left pane, expand the Server name 17.) Select Application Pools
18.) Right Click on DefaultAppPool and select Advanced Properties 19.) Set .Net Framework Version to v4.0
20.) If using a 64bit OS, set Enable 32-Bit Applications to True 21.) Click OK
22.) Close Internet Information Services (IIS)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Setup
▲ This option may already be installed with the Operating System.
1.) Extract the contents of Access It! Universal Web Client.zip 2.) Run dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
3.) After reading the license agreement, select I have read and accept…
4.) Click Install button
Access It! Universal Web Client Setup 1.) Run Setup.exe
2.) Click Next button 3.) Click I Agree
4.) Leave Site, Virtual Directory, and Application Pool at default settings 5.) Click Next button
6.) Click Next button 7.) Click Close button
Configuring Access It! Universal Web Client for a Separate Web Server
▲ The following applies only when using a separate web server.
1.) Browse to the Default Web Site file path
▲ The default file path is %SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot
2.) Open the AIUniversal folder 3.) Open Web.Config using notepad 4.) Locate the section titled <appSettings>
5.) Locate the setting <add key=“DefaultRegionalServer” value=””/>
6.) Within the quotes of value, enter the name of the Access It! Universal Server (machine with dongle attached)
▲ Example –<add key=“DefaultRegionalServer” value=”AIUNIVERSALSERVERNAME”/>
Launching Access It! Universal Web Client
1.) Open Internet Explorer (Start | Programs) on any PC that has network access to the Access It! Universal Web Server.
2.) Browse to one of the following addresses:
http://SERVERNAME/AIUniversal
http://SERVERIPADDRESS/AIUniversal
▲ When logging into the Web Client, a username without a password is NOT valid.
Uninstalling Access It! Universal Web Client
1.) From the Add or Remove Programs Menu, select Access It! Universal Web Client and then click Remove.
2.) Click Yes to the Are you sure you want to remove Access It! Universal Web Client from your computer? message box.
