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Common Configuration Manager plug-in

This plug-in is used to configure XBOUND applications and XBOUND Platform Service.

Background – XBOUND applications

XBOUND applications use a number of settings, such as the connection to the XBOUND server, logging settings, or the temporary working directory. These settings are stored in a configuration file, xboundConfiguration.foxconfig (default location C:\ProgramData\ReadSoft\xbound). The path to the file is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Common Configuration Manager.

This file contains a section for each application that uses it. However, it also has a <CommonSettings> section that contains settings that apply to the all of those applications.

When an application is started:

  1. It first looks for its application-specific settings in the xboundConfiguration.foxconfig file on the local computer .

  2. If there are none, then the settings in the <CommonSettings> section of that file are used.

  3. If there are no local xboundConfiguration.foxconfig file, then the application looks in xboundConfigurationCommon.foxconfig in a central location.

Background – XBOUND Platform Service

The configuration settings for XBOUND Platform Service are stored in a configuration file, XBOUNDPlatform.exe.config (default location C:\Program Files\ReadSoft\xbound).

Using the Common Configuration Manager

The Common Configuration Manager helps you to specify the settings in both of the above-mentioned configuration files. Read more about:

You also use the Common Configuration Manager to:

Note: In order to save changes in the Common Configuration Manager, you must run the Management Center as an Administrator.

The file name of this plug-in (in case you need to add it to the XBOUND Management Center, for example) is xboundPlugInCommonConfigurationManager.dll.

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