Internet
Inquiry Installation
IIS
7 issues
Prerequisities
- Microsoft
NT/2000/XP server or workstation with Internet Information Server 2 (IIS2
or higher)
- Softlink
Alice already installed and accessible from the server that Internet
Inquiry will run on
- Internet
Inquiry registration Name and Code
- Softlink
Alice Registration with Internet Inquiry code. (registration
modules contains '8' in the /A section).
- The
user ‘SYSTEM’ needs to be granted full rights to the
directory where Alice is installed.
AfW Internet
Inquiry and WAN server are installed onto the Windows fileserver.
Logon to the
fileserver as Administrator.
Insert the
Softlink Alice CD into the CD drive. It the installation program does not start
automatically, Run D:\SETUP.EXE.
Select Softlink
Alice, Internet Suite, Next.
Tick Softlink
Alice WAN Server and Softlink Alice Internet Inquiry
and click Next
The WAN Server
installation should find any existing Softlink Alice installations provided
Alice has been run on the server to establish an AFW.ini file.
IMPORTANT: The path to the location of Alice needs to
be an absolute path.
It must NOT be mapped directory that will not
exist when the WAN server service is run.
OK: C:\alice\oasis or \\server\alice\oasis
NOT OK: L:\oasis (where L: is a mapped drive letter)
IMPORTANT
Enter the
Registration details for Softlink Internet Inquiry EXACTLY as they have been
supplied.
Note: The
registration details are NOT validated at this time, but the Internet Inquiry
Service will not start if the registration details are incorrect.
Click Next, Next,
Next, OK, Next, Next.
Enter the library
name you wish to be displayed.
Don't change the
host IP or Port unless you know what you are doing.
IMPORTANT: If installation is on Windows Server
2003 or 2008, change the Destination folder to C:\InetPub\wwwroot\scripts (or whatever path is appropriate
for the default web site)
If the WWW
Services cannot be shutdown for any reason, the following message will appear.
Under normal
circumstances you should never see this message.
Tick Launch
Installed Services and click Finish.
1.
Enable the AfWiinq.dll executable to be run from the web site
Start, Administrative Tools,
Internet Information Services, Web Sites, (Default or
specific) Web Sites, {Right Click}, Properties, Home Directory.
Set Execute Permissions = Scripts and Executables
2. Add
Afwiinq.dll as a permitted Web Service Extension
Start, Administrative Tools,
Internet Information Services, Web Service
Extensions,
Action, Add a new web service extension, Alice
Internet Inquiry.
Note: Only the entry for
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Scripts\AfWiInq.dll is required.
Windows Server 2008 comes with IIS 7 which has different steps for
enabling the AfWiinq.dll executable to be run from the web site
1.
Enable the AfWiinq.dll executable to be run from the web site
Start, Administrative Tools,Internet Information
Services, Handler Mappings
Right Click ISAPI-dll entry and Select Edit Feature
Permissions
Tick Execute
and Click OK
2. Add
Afwiinq.dll as a permitted ISAPI handler
Start, Administrative Tools,
Internet Information Services, ISAPI and CGI
Restrictions,
1. Alice
will not perform a shutdown after Internet Inquiry has been installed
Incompatible
versions of Alice and Internet Inquiry services have been installed. Ensure
that the most recent versions of both are being used.
2.
Internet
Inquiry Service will not start.
Check that the Registration details entered in AfW Internet inquiry in Control panel
are EXACTLY correct. The validity of the registration is not checked during
installation but the services will not start if the registration details are
wrong.
3.
Internet
Inquiry only works when the fileserver is logged on.
The user SYSTEM has not been granted full access to
the Alice directory. When the fileserver is not logged on locally, the Internet
Inquiry Service accesses Alice using the user SYSTEM. If SYSTEM does not have
rights to Alice, Internet Inquiry will not work.
A Mapped drive letter has been specified for the
location of Alice. Mapped drive letters only exist when the fileserver is
logged on and hence Alice will be inaccessible. Use an absolute path to point
to the location of Alice files, e.g. C:\ALICE\OASIS
4.
The
Internet Inquiry Web Page displays but searching is not available.
The Internet Inquiry service is not running. Check that it is running using the
icons in Control Panel.
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