Running the test of the User Groupware and installing it

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Testing the application
Create executable
Installing an application

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Running the test of the User Groupware and installing it

Warning
From version 18, the User Groupware evolves. This help page corresponds to the User Groupware kept for backward compatibility. For help on the new version of the User Groupware, see User Groupware.

Testing the application

When testing an application managing user groupware, the first window/page to appear is automatically the login window/page (whatever the first window/page defined in your application).

By default, a single user exists: the supervisor. To login as supervisor, enter the following information in the login window or page:

Name: SUPERVISOR
Password: SUPERVISOR

You can test your application, or configure the User Groupware.

Remarks:

If you don't want to set the first window/page of your application as the login window/page, select "Manual start" in the User Groupware options. Simply use gpwOpen to open the login window.
The windows or pages for managing the User Groupware are run before the initialization code of the project.
The first window or page of your application (defined in the project) will be run after the login window or page (when the user is not the supervisor).
If you don't want to run User Groupware when testing the application, simply uncheck the "Workshop . Set User Groupware" option. If you re-enable the User Groupware again, the data files previously used by the User Groupware will not be deleted.

Create executable

The executable of an application that supports the User Groupware is a multi-instance executable.

When creating the executable to manage user groupware (option "Workshop .. Executable .. Generate Windows executable"), a screen specific to user groupware is displayed in the various stages of executable creation.

This enables you to define the location of the common files of the User Groupware (files containing the information about the users). These files can be common to several applications. In this case, you must specify the path of the data files to be used.
By default, this directory corresponds to a subdirectory of the executable directory (EXE\GPW_<Project Name>_GPW directory).

Note: The path of data files common to the groupware to be used can also be specified when installing the application.

For more details, see The User Groupware data files.

Installing an application

To install an application that uses the User Groupware, select "Workshop .. Create setup procedure".

In the installation wizard, it is possible to customize the file path for groupware (option "Customize groupware file path during installation" in the "Database parameters" screen).

In this case, a screen specific to the User Groupware will be displayed when the application is installed. This screen allows the person who installs the application to:

configure the location of the data files specific to the User Groupware. For more details, see User Groupware files.
enable the history of connections.
enable user authentication via an LDAP directory. In this case, you will have to enter the address of the server, the port number and the LDAP version used.

Remarks:

If the User Groupware data files have been configured for your client, they must be selected when preparing the setup. Therefore, the list of setup files must be customized.
If the groupware data files have not been configured, the Supervisor will be the only user in the application the first time it is started.

Tip If you don't configure the different levels of use of User Groupware for your customers, it's a good idea to provide them with a document listing all the fields in your windows/pages, for optimized configuration.