Installing OfficeStatus Windows Client

When OfficeStatus Client is installed and starts up for the first time, the user is asked to authenticate by providing a username, password, and OfficeStatus service address.

The OfficeStatus service address is the URL to your organization's OfficeStatus server installation (the one you chose during the server installation process). It generally takes the form of http://www.yourdomain.com/officestatus/ (or something similar).

Once an OfficeStatus user enters the web service address into the appropriate field during authentication, OfficeStatus Client will remember the setting and it won't have to be entered again. It would be useful, however, if end users never had to know (or enter) the OfficeStatus service address at all, and that's where the ClientInstall.ini file comes in. During the installation process, OfficeStatus Client will check the installation source folder for the presence of a ClientInstall.ini file. If it finds one, it uses the contents of this file to establish a default OfficeStatus web service address location.

The format of the ClientInstall.ini file is simple. Here's an example:

[Startup Defaults]

WebServiceAddress=http://www.yourdomain.com/officestatus/

Save this file into the folder that contains the osclient.exe client installation executable on your network. Then be sure to run OfficeStatus client installations from this location, and the ClientInstall.ini file settings will be honored.

Note that the use of ClientInstall.ini is entirely optional - if it exists, it is used. Otherwise it isn't.

This deployment technique helps to reduce the amount of information an OfficeStatus user needs to get up and running with OfficeStatus Client.

Important: The OfficeStatus Server installation process automatically generates a ClientInstall.ini file in the same folder from which it was installed.