E-WMS

E-WMS: Installation and configuration of Microsoft IIS on Windows 7 or Windows 8

WMS documentation

Introduction

This document describes how to install and configure Microsoft IIS for E-WMS ASP on Windows 8 or Windows 7, from release 411.

For IIS installation and configuration in release 410 and earlier, please see this document.

Description

Installation of Microsoft IIS

Go to [Start/Control Panel/Programs and Features]
Click in the left panel on "Turn Windows features on or off”
Expand “Internet Information Services” and enable these options:
- Web Management Tools, IIS6 Management Compatibility, check “II6 Scripting tools”
- Web Management Tools, IIS Management console
- Web Management Tools, IIS Management Scripts and Tools
- Web Management Tools, IIS Management Service
At 'World Wide Web Services/ Application Development Features', enable :
- .NET Extensibility
- ASP
- ASP.NET
At 'World Wide Web Services/Common Http features', enable:
- Static Content

Click “OK” and let Windows update. This may take some time.

Configuration of IIS

Go to Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools and start “Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager”
In the left pane, expand server name, “Sites”, “Default web site”
Right-click on “Default web site” and choose “Add Application …” (not: virtual directory)
Alias = the name where the WMS site would be available, for instance "WMS" = will create web address http://servername/wms
Physical path = The path where the IIS files for WMS ASP are located, for example C:\E-WMS\IIS
(note: these ASP files have to be extracted from the Exact.WMS.Web.zip file which is downloaded with the Globe product update)
Click 'OK'.
Click on your WMS virtual directory in the left pane and double-click “Authentication” in the options screen.
Make sure that 'Anonymous Authentication' is enabled and the other methods are disabled.
Optionally: you can configure how decimal separators and dates are shown and entered on the scanner.
Click on your WMS virtual directory in the left pane and now double-click ".Net Globalization" in the upper part of the middle pane. In this screen you can determine what regional settings to apply in WMSclient on the 'hand terminal', by setting the options 'Culture' and 'UI Culture'. This is especially important for input of decimals and dates on the hand terminal.

Set these options to "English (United States) (en-us)" if you want to use the 'dot' as decimal sign. Set these options to "Dutch (Netherlands) (nl-nl)" if you want use the 'comma' as decimal sign. Keep in mind that on a hand terminal the 'dot'
is often a separate key on the keyboard. When entering dates on the hand terminal, the format YYYY-MM-DD (2010-12-31) will always work, regardless of regional settings.

English Us = enter decimals as 5.5 on the mobile device
Dutch (NL) = enter decimals as 5,5 on the mobile device

Application Pool

In IIS, usage of non-default .NET usage or for instance usage of a 32bit application, is managed through IIS 'Application pools'.
Since release 411, E-WMS uses .NET 4, is a 64bit application and uses 'integrated pipelines'.
These are the default settings for the IIS 'DefaultAppPool' which is default linked to new web applications.

Therefore, creating and linking a specific application pool for E-WMS is optional from release 411.
Application pools are also used to isolate web applications. If you are using multiple web applications on this IIS server, it is advised to create a separate application pool for each web application.

Create a new Application Pool

In the IIS manager, expand the server name. Right click on "Application Pools" and select Add Application Pool. Name the Application Pool, for instance WMS.

From release 411, E-WMS requires following configuration:

.NET CLR Version v.4.0.xxxxx
Managed pipeline mode = Integrated

Press OK to save this new Application Pool.

Link Application Pool to E-WMS web site

When a specific Application Pool was configured for E-WMS, it still has to be linked to the E-WMS web site.

Start IIS manager, expand the server name, expand "Sites", expand "Default web site". Click on the E-WMS web site and choose Basic settings in the far right panel. Click on Select and choose the specific Application Pool which was created in the previous step:

Press OK to save this configuration.