WMS Monitor FAQ
Last revised 3/11/2012
1) I've tried to install this on
my IIS server but can't get it to work!
2) I did all the above and it's
still not working!
3) How do I
disable/remove/edit objects on the page?
4) Are there any settings that
can be changed?
5) How is the software licensed
and where can I get it?
6) I want a new feature/change
added.
7) How do I limit what publishing points users can see?
8) I've enabled the administrative buttons but some don't do anything?
9) Buttons on the page are stretched across the screen.
I've
tried to install this on my IIS server but can't get it to work!
First, read about deploying ASP.Net Applications.
The basics steps are to copy the WMSMonitor folder to your
web server, configure this folder as an Application in IIS, make sure the
Read checkbox is checked, set Execute Permissions to "Scripts only",
verify "Default.aspx" is listed in the Documents tab, and make sure
ASP.Net v2.0 is selected in the ASP.Net tab (you did remember to
install the .Net
Framework 2.0 or later, right?) Note that this process varies
a bit depending on the specific IIS version.
I
did all the above and it's still not working!
If you're running IIS6 make sure the "Network Service"
account
has NTFS Read rights to the folder and all files under it. If
you're running an earlier version of IIS, assign these rights to the
"ASPNET" account instead. More information about doing this
is
available here.
Also verify that the ASP.Net v2.0 web
service extension is enabled on your IIS server.
You may also need to run DCOMCnfg to configure security settings for enabling access
to Windows Media Services from an ASP.Net application. Adding the user Everyone will work. Note that for
Windows Server 2008, after you download and install WMS, you may need to modify the AppID registry setting permissions
for Administrators under HKLM\Windows\Software\Classes\AppID for WMS before you can do this.
How
do I disable/remove/edit objects on the page?
Since you can't delete objects out of the ASPX file
without
crashing the program, you'll need to set them to invisible if you don't
want them displayed. This is done by adding visible="false"
to
the line, for example:
<asp:Label
ID="lblServer" runat="server" visible="False"
Font-Bold="True" Style="z-index: 101; left: 8px;
position:
absolute; top: 16px" Text="WMS Server:" Width="720px"
Font-Size="X-Large"></asp:Label>
Additionally, you can freely modify other attributes of the object such
as its location and color.
Are
there any settings that can be changed?
Besides modifying objects in ASPX files as shown above,
there
are also several settings in the web.config file that control the
program's behavior. These settings are listed under the
"<AppSettings>" element in the file, and comments within
the file
describe each one. You can change them using a text editor
like
Wordpad.
How
is the software licensed and where can I get it?
WMS Monitor is shareware and can be downloaded from http://shootingstarbbs.us/files/wmsmonitor.
Please read the About
page for further information.
I
want a new feature/change added.
The author will entertain requests for additional
features/modifications but may ask for compensation. Feel
free to contact him at diskcrasher@yahoo.com.
How do I limit what publishing points users can see?
You can edit the web.config file to allow showing of any/all publishing
points or just one. If you have multiple users and publishing
points, you can install multiple copies of the WMS Monitor application
in IIS, each with its own virtual directory and web.config file
settings. You can also use IIS authentication to password protect access to the page.
I've enabled the administrative buttons but some don't do anything?
Not all buttons will work with all publishing point types.
For example, there is no way to stop an on-demand publishing
point. You can prevent new clients from connecting using the
Accept/Deny button, however.
Buttons on the page are stretched
across the screen.
This is a known problem with some versions of Internet Explorer when a specific width
is not specified on a button. You can fix this by adding a width to the button(s) in the Default.aspx file.