Client Intallation

Note: If you are updating from OLfolders Release 2.0 to a higher software release, both the client and server should be re-installed. For example, updating from Version 2.0 to a higher version, you should do this for the server and the clients, since compatibility cannot always be garenteed.

Launch Microsoft Outlook on the client PC

Since the services are managed differently in each version of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook now features a new menu option: Tools/Install OLfolders. If you use Microsoft Outlook 2000 in Internet mode, this is the only way of installing OLfolders, since this mode does not support any service management functions.

If OLfolders is already installed, the Tools menu will contain menu option ‘Install OLfolders’. This menu option may not be visible until the menus have been completely opened.

Further options include:

Outlook 97, 98 or 2000: Click on > Tools Services/Add/OLfolders
Outlook XP: Click on > Tools/Data File Management/Add

Clicking on > Tools/Install OLfolders displays the following dialog box:

Clicking on > New opens the following dialog box:

Clicking on >Connect opens the following dialog box:

The Computer combo box finds all the servers available within the network when you click on => . Depending on the network configuration, this can take a few minutes. Once you have selected a server, you can select the user.

After entering the password, clicking on > Connect displays all the available profiles, including the data files. Once you have chosen a data file, it is adopted… by clicking on > OK.

If your server works on a different port than the default port, you can enter the port numbers separated by a colon. It is also possible to enter the port in the “Advanced” box.

Tip: Enter the computer name or the IP address manually; depending on the network, the search routine can take a very long time. OLfolders uses the network environment for browsing the network.

Use the ‘Login’ box to enter the name of a user of the OLfolders server. If the server has been entered correctly you can open the Login Name box.

By opening Login Name, you can tell whether or not a network connection to the server exists.

Clicking on > Connect retrieves the data profiles of the server PC and displays them in the Microsoft Outlook tree structure. Once you have selected a data file, a display name is automatically generated for Microsoft Outlook. This consists of the name of the data file and the server name, for instance Personal Folders at Assistant.

Further options

OLfolders is a “store provider” for Outlook, in other words, a new type of data file. This can be added in Outlook via Tools/Services (Outlook 97/98/2000) or via File/New Data File (Outlook XP). It allows OLfolders to be configured directly from the Control Panel/Mail.

Even without changing over the default port, it is possible to set up a connection to the server that uses a different port. The port number is to be entered after the address separated by a colon (separator) (see above).

Running multiple servers in Terminal server

Using OLfolders in a terminal server environment works the same way as using it under normal conditions. However in a terminal server environment, all terminals share the same IP address, so we normally can not start more than one server. If communication between multiple terminals is needed, we must modify place where settings are stored.

Normally, settings are stored in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OLFolders

In order to store settings in a different place for example in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OLFolders. In order to do this, create a text file called config.ini containing a single line of text giving the whole registry key, for example:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OLFolders