ConfigManager utility
ConfigManager utility lets you set a salespoint’s e-mail preferences for use in PrintEZ application or in the middleware server’s e-mail preferences for use in BookEZ application. ConfigManager utility was created in order to write e-mail preferences into the Windows registry. ConfigManager is designed to ensure Salesware e-mail functionality with recent Microsoft operating systems. You can install ConfigManager utility on both your middleware server and affected salespoints. You need to have the registry settings on any Salesware computer that is sending e-mails. For reservation confirmation letters, that is from PrintEZ application on the local salespoint. For red/yellow pod booking capacity warnings, that is from BookEZ application on the middleware server. ConfigManager utility is simply the tool to add registry settings.
Note: You must enter an e-mail subject and body in the SysManager > Preferences > Miscellaneous > Confirmation E-Mail tab. An e-mail can’t be sent without that and you don’t an error in Sales unless you get a verbosity 5 log from PrintEZ application.
Note: The best way to troubleshoot ConfigManager is to run a test e-mail from the Test Middleware screen with PrintEZ application at verbosity 5.
There is an Export button in ConfigManager that can be used to export a file with the registry settings. The default name for this file is emailprefs.reg. If you want to customize the e-mail settings for a specific computer, like the From setting for the e-mail sent from the computer, then you have to install ConfigManager utility on the computer where you want to perform the customization. If you don’t need to perform any customizations, you can:
1. Install ConfigManager utility on one computer, as described in this section.
2. Create the settings that you need, as described in this section.
3. Save the settings to a .reg file using the Export button, as described in this section.
4. Copy the file to the computer that needs the settings.
5. Double-click to add the registry settings.
It doesn’t do any harm to install ConfigManager on every computer, but that really isn’t needed. Use the following rule: Reservation confirmation letters = salespoint licensed for Reservations module; pod booking threshold warnings = middleware server.
The installation for ConfigManager is manual; there currently is no installation program for it.
To install ConfigManager utility:
1. Go to the Program Files > Siriusware folder on your C:\ drive and make a new folder there named ConfigManager.
2. Get the most recent version of c_confmgr_xxxx.exe from the Siriusware Information Portal and save it to fileserver\\ Siriusware\Updates or to the location on your network where application updates are stored.
3. Open C:\Program Files\Siriusware\Runexe_System.INI in Notepad. Copy one of the sections of the .INI file (SysManager section shown here):
[SysManager]
LocalPath=C:\Program Files\Siriusware\SysManager\
UpdatePath=\\fileserver\ Siriusware\Updates\
ExeName=SYSMANAGER.EXE
CompressExe=C_SYSMGR*.EXE
HelpName=SYSMANAGER.HLP
CompressHelp=C_SM_HELP*.EXE
CompressMisc=C_SM_MISC*.EXE
IgnoreNetErrors=NO
IgnoreLocalErrors=NO
to the end of the file and edit as follows:
[ConfigManager]
LocalPath=C:\Program Files\Siriusware\ConfigManager\
UpdatePath=\\fileserver\Siriusware\Updates\
ExeName=CONFIGMANAGER.EXE
CompressExe=C_CONFMGR*.EXE
IgnoreNetErrors=NO
IgnoreLocalErrors=NO
Note: Point UpdatePath to the appropriate location.
4. Create a ConfigManager icon on your desktop by copying and pasting one of the 4.3 icons and renaming it to ConfigManager; do this by right-clicking on it and selecting Rename from the menu.
5. Right click again on the ConfigManager icon and select Properties from the menu.
6. Select the Shortcut tab and set Target: to "C:\Program Files\Siriusware\RunExe.exe" ConfigManager. Click on the OK button.
7. Double click the ConfigManager icon to start the application.
With ConfigManager utility running, you can select one of the following two radio buttons for your E-Mail Preferences:
• Send e-mail via your e-mail client (MAPI) or
• Send e-mail directly to an SMTP server.
Messaging
Application Programming Interface (MAPI) and is implemented in Windows. MAPI allows client programs to interface with certain massaging systems and message stores, including e-mail. An alternative is to directly interface with an SMTP server.
If you select the second option, then the following SMTP Settings fields become available and must be populated:
• From: Default From name that you want to display in the outgoing e-mail. This needs to be in the following format: Name <user@company.com> – for example, Test <test@siriusware.com>.
• ServerName: SMTP server name (e.g., mail.aol.com) or IP address.
• Port: SMTP server port (defaults to 25).
• Username: SMTP user log-in name.
• Password: SMTP user password (encrypted when written into the registry).
Click the OK button to write the settings into the registry (KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Siriusware\EmailPreferences) or click the Cancel button to cancel out of the E-Mail Preferences dialog.
Clicking Export, as described at the beginning of this section, allows you to save the settings into the file emailprefs.reg. This file can be copied to other computers where you need to set the same e-mail preferences but do not want to install ConfigManager utility. Double-clicking emailprefs.reg writes the settings into the registry on whatever computer to which it is copied.