IssueNet Central provides a ClickOnce deployment package to allow users to launch the rich client interface from a URL without running an installation package. ClickOnce handles IssueNet assembly versioning and ensures the correct .NET platform is installed. When upgrades to IssueNet are published through IssueNet Central, client computers automatically receive the latest update the next time they launch the application.

IssueNet Central can be configured to allow the available connections to be pre-configured and managed from a central location, easing the deployment and maintenance of IssueNet solutions. Pre-configuring connections for IssueNet Central will allow users to begin using IssueNet immediately without first having to configure a connection.

The pre-configuration of IssueNet Central is a two step process. The correct connections are created and tested from a normal IssueNet client application to ensure the correct server, database, and solution are defined. Then the configuration files are moved to the appropriate location in IssueNet Central to be made available to the end users.

Open the IssueNet Client and create the connections you wish to make available to your end users. The IssueNet Client is used because it will prompt for a specific solution to use with the connection. The IssueNet Administrator is solution neutral and will not prompt for this property. When creating this connection you will want to make sure that the user name specified with the connection is an appropriate default value such as guest or just empty.

IssueNet applications store their connection information in three configuration files. To make this information available through IssueNet Central these files must be moved from their local location to the ClickOnce directory where they can be accessed during the ClickOnce launching of the application. To copy the files;

1. Navigate to the Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Elsinore Technologies directory on the machine used to create the connections and copy the following files:
   • servers.xml
   • datasources.xml
   • connections.xml
2. Navigate to the Program Files\Elsinore Technologies\IssueNet\Web Applications\IssueNetCentral directory on the machine hosting IssueNet Central and paste the files in the ClickOnce subdirectory.

When the user next launches an IssueNet solution from IssueNet Central these configuration files will be downloaded to the client computers isolated storage and used for connection definitions.

Using IssueNet Central for Intercept 4.0 Deployment