Installation Guide & Checklist
This installation can easily be completed by anyone with basic Windows familiarity.
Installation should take about 20 minutes.
Current Version - 2.0.6 (build 1)
released February 6, 2006.
Please be sure you have the latest version downloaded from our secure server (ssh.getproof.com).
Pre-Requisites
Web Server
MDAC 2.6 or higher (Need to check which version you have? Click Here)
IIS version 5.x or higher
.NET Component Framework
Connectivity between web server and DB server. *
Database Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with SP3 or higher
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with latest SP
Vision Professional Database
Client Software
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
* IMPORTANT! Network Security is your responsibility. If you are concerned about securing your web applications, we strongly recommend you use the GetProofWeb Application Framework to safely expose data to authenticated users via secured and encrypted connections and sessions.
IMPORTANT! The following steps are based on a Windows 2000 installation. If your OS differs, please select applicable equivalent options, where necessary.
Assumptions
The following instructions assume that all pre-requisite software has been installed and configured correctly. This includes Microsoft’s IIS 5.0, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and GetProof’s VisionPro application. It further assumes that the person using this document has a working knowledge of the IIS Management Console and SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
Prior to Installation
Unzip the VisionDirectory.zip file into a directory called VisionDirectory underneath the 'wwwroot' folder in the IIS file structure.
For example, IIS is typically installed at C:\inetpub\wwwroot. Therefore, you should extract the VisionDirectory folder to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\VisionDirectory\).
Note the location of (path to) the delivered files.
Using Query Analyzer, run the VisDir.sql file against your Vision Database to create a new view for VisionDirectory (SQL script downloadable from SSH).
1. Create Virtual Directory
Open Internet Services Manager (Internet Information Services).
(for IIS6.0 only) Navigate to the web server that will run VisionDirectory.
Right-click the web site node you will use and select New... | Virtual Directory...
Click Next then type "VisionDirectory" as the name of the Virtual Directory
Click Next then browse to or enter the path to the VisionDirectory files (unzipped previously).
Click Next | (no changes) Next | Finish
Right-click your new virtual directory (called VisionDirectory) and select Properties
On the Documents tab, add "redirector.aspx" as your (only) default document.
Click OK button to save changes.
Close Internet Services Manager (Internet Information Services).
2. Establish DB Connectivity
Use a text editor to modify the appSettings section in the file named web.config to include the connection information to the Vision Database.
The web.config file is located in the root directory of the delivered files (unzipped previously).
Modify only the following parameters with your Vision Database connection credentials and Default Entity Code:
<add key="Server" value="SERVERNAMEHERE" />
<add key="UserId" value="USERNAMEHERE" />
<add key="Password" value="PASSWORDHERE" />
<add key="Database" value="DBINSTANCENAMEHERE" />
<add key="Entity" value="ENTITYCODEHERE" />
3. Set Master Filters
Use a text editor to modify the MASTER Filter Configurable Section in the file named VisionDirectory.aspx. Include the Entity, PracType, and Status codes
(from your Vision Database) that you want to be visible in the Directory.
The VisionDirectory.aspx file is located in the root directory of the delivered files (unzipped previously).
Modify only the following parameters with your allowed codes: (for multiple parameters, separate with pipe symbol - no spaces)
<!-- HardCoded Entity Filter (EntityCode|EntityCode|EntityCode) --><asp:TextBox ID=" ... etc ...
Height="8px">AAA|BBB</asp:TextBox/>
<!-- HardCoded PracType Filter (options: P|A|R) --><asp:TextBox ID=" ... etc ...
Height="8px">P|A|R</asp:TextBox/>
<!-- HardCoded Status Filter (StatusCode|StatusCode|StatusCode) --><asp:TextBox ID=" ... etc ...
Height="8px">AAA|BBB|CCC|DDD|EEE|FFF</asp:TextBox/>
VisionDirectory is now installed. Access VisionDirectory with your browser at http://<WebServer>/VisionDirectory