Configuring common application settings

For background information, see Common Configuration Manager plug-in.

Use this procedure to configure settings that are used by multiple applications:

1. Using the XBOUND Management Center, open a console containing the Common Configuration Manager.

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

2. In the navigation pane, select Local Common Properties.

3. On the right side, specify the appropriate configuration settings. (More information about the settings.)

   Binding tab
   Here you configure the technical settings for how an XBOUND application connects to the XBOUND server.
   Binding	Select the connection type. Supported communication protocols: Native (based on TCP/IP, developed by and recommended by ReadSoft). Remoting (based on .NET Remoting). WebService (based on SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol). WCF (Windows Communication Foundation, distributed computing with .NET).
   Application server name	Type the URL that is used to access the XBOUND server.
   Additional application servers	Further application servers that can be used for failover or for automatic load balancing (see Round robin below).
   Round robin	Enable round robin to use additional application servers are used for automatic load balancing. Or, disable round robin to use the additional application server(s) only for failover. Failover example:
   File System Logging tab
   Here you can activate logging to the file system and adjust the settings.
   Log to file	Select if applications are to log to the Windows file system.
   File name	Type the name of the file into which the log messages are to be written.
   Folder	Select the directory to which the log file is to be written.
   Format	Select the format of the logging (either XML or text).
   Log level	Select the desired level of logging (described in Setting up logging).
   Service Logging tab
   Here you can activate logging to the central service log and adjust the settings. You can query the central service log using the Log Explorer or Process Monitor.
   Log to Logging database	Select if applications are to log on to the service logging database.
   Binding	Select the connection type. Supported communication protocols: Native (based on TCP/IP, developed by and recommended by ReadSoft). Remoting (based on .NET Remoting). WebService (based on SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol). WCF (Windows Communication Foundation, distributed computing with .NET).
   Application server name	Specify the URL of the logging server, including the protocol and port number. Example: tcp://testserver:4445 (the protocol is TCP and the port number is 4445). Tip: You can specify multiple servers using a pipe symbol ( | ) as separator. If the first server fails, the next one is used. Example: tcp://testserver:4445|tcp://logserver:4445
   Log level	Select the desired level of logging (described in Setting up logging).
   Event Log tab
   Here you can activate logging to the Windows Event Log and adjust the settings.
   Log to Windows Event Log	Select whether applications log messages to the local Windows Event Log.
   Log level	Select the desired level of logging (described in Setting up logging).
   Other Settings tab
   Working folder	When XBOUND processes save data temporarily, by default the Temp directory is used. If you want the data to be temporarily saved in another directory, specify which one.
   Polling cycle (ms)	How often the XBOUND Activities service checks for new documents (in milliseconds). Note: Collectors do not use this setting. Collectors check their sources every 30 seconds. This is not adjustable.
   Relogin cycle (ms)	Type a time interval (in milliseconds) for how often XBOUND Activities services perform a new login to XBOUND.
   Log warnings when licenses reach these limits	Specify when XBOUND is to warn you about the number of remaining licenses. If the number of licenses falls below this amount, a warning is displayed in the Log Explorer.

   These settings are also available on the Other Settings tab:

   Localization settings	Select the display language (the language of the DOCUMENTS user interface).
   Cache settings	Number of documents in queue – Activates a pre-fetching function in which GetNextDocument() starts a background thread that checks out and loads batches. Cache media – When pre-fetching is activated (see above), this option loads media in the file system, too.
   Other settings	Asynchronous check-in procedure – Check-in is transferred to a background thread. Disadvantage: You lose some control if errors occur.

4. Select File > Save:

   

These settings are saved in C:\ProgramData\ReadSoft\xbound\xboundConfiguration.foxconfig.

Related topics

Configuring application-specific settings

Configuring applications centrally

Setting up XBOUND: Overview