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E-WMS - How to install or update WMSclient

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Introduction

This document describes the installation of WMSclient on hand terminal and on PC.

 

Description

WMSclient is a 'thin client', which means it has no business logic but only 'draws the screen' and facilitates input of the user.

Updating WMSclient is not required with every product update, but only when specifically stated in release notes.


From release 411, you can start WMSclient on a PC, from within Exact Globe Next menu WMS, Entry, Scanner, and a separate installation of WMSclient is no longer required.
 

   

  

When you already had the WMSclient installed on your hand terminal or PC, and you have to update to a higher version of WMSclient, then follow these steps first:
  • hand terminal: just follow the steps below in 'install on hand terminal', where installation options 'Framework setup' or 'Messages setup' will not apply. Follow the steps in 'Install on hand terminal' and next only 'WMS Client setup'. Uninstalling a previous version is usually not required, but that may depend on make and model of the hand terminal.

  • PC: go to Windows Control Panel, "Programs and features" (or: "Add/remove programs")  and uninstall "WMS client". Then install the new WMSclient version.

 

Installation on hand terminal


Cold boot folder

If your hardware supplier provided a cold boot folder including automatic installation of WMSclient, then the file WMSclient.cab needs to be replaced with the new version, in that cold boot folder.

The updated client installation file is located in the WMS ASP IIS folder, on the IIS server, after updating the Exact Globe Next workstation installation, and updating WMS ASP. When the WMS IIS folder is C:\E-WMS\IIS, then WMSclient.cab is located in folder C:\E-WMS\IIS\WMSClient. You can use an USB connection to the device to copy the file, or you can download and save the CAB file using the method in next chapter 'Manual installation', and just saving the CAB to the cold boot folder.

After copying the new CAB to the cold boot folder on the terminal, you can perform a cold boot, or you can still install WMSclient manually (see next chapter).

 

Manual installation

The WMS client has to be installed by starting a 'CAB' installation file. This CAB file is stored in the 'WMSClient' subfolder of WMS ASP on the IIS server and can be accessed by browsing to http://webserver/wms/wmsclient(replace 'webserver' with the name or IP address of your web server, and 'wms' with the site name of your WMS website, make sure you add '/wmsclient'). You will then see a landing page, with installation choices for Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC and Windows PC:

   

Please determine if you are using Windows CE or Windows Mobile and choose the install option in the appropriate section, 'Windows CE', 'Windows mobile', 'Windows PC' ('Pocket PC' will generally not be used anymore).

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Framework setup

The WMS Client requires Compact Framework .NET 3.5 to be installed on the device. If you were already using ERF client or WMSclient on the device, then .NET was already installed and you can choose 'WMS Client setup' directly. Otherwise, choose 'Framework setup'. Depending on your device and available storage, you can choose 'Run ..' or 'Save ..' on selecting the file.  In some cases 'Run ..' may not succeed, then you have to choose 'Save ..'.

When choosing 'Save', make sure to select a target folder where you can find the CAB file back again, for example directly in 'My Device' (root folder). This requires about 20Mb available storage space (10Mb to save the CAB file and 10Mb for installation of the CAB file).

Choose Run or Save 'Run' : 'Save':    
   


After saving, start File Explorer on the device and browse to the folder where the CAB was saved. Double tap on the file 'NETCFv35.....'.
If Windows responds that a later version is already installed, then you don't have to install this CAB and you can delete it here.

Exploring 'My device'


Messages setup

'Messages' is an additional installation file for .NET Compact Framework and is required for E-WMS. If you already installed ERF or WMSclient before, you have this component installed already. Otherwise, follow the same steps as described as for 'Framework setup'.


Client setup

The link 'WMS Client setup' starts the installation of the new client.
Landing page Run or Save Target folder Saving  
       
Choose 'WMS client setup' for the
correct operating system.
You can first try to choose 'Run ..',
to start immediate installation.
You will have to choose 'Save ..'
when 'Run' does not succeed.
'Save ..' will open this dialogue, store for example directly in 'My Device' (root folder), or in the cold boot folder of the device.    


When you have chosen 'Save this program to disk' and after downloading has completed, start File Explorer on the device and browse to the root folder ('My device'). Double tap on the file 'wmsclient.cab'. The WMS client is installed in folder \Program Files\WMSclient, and a new menu entry 'WMS client' is created in Start, Programs.

Exploring 'My device' Start menu      
     

 

Starting the client

When starting the WMS client for the first time, you will see an empty connection screen.
Type the URL of your WMS web server, for example 'http://webserver/wms' or 'http://192.168.1.3/wms' and press 'Connect'.
This URL will be saved for the next logon (in file \erfc.his on the device)

 

Install on PC

There are two ways to install WMSclient on a PC, depending if WMS ASP web parts are installed on your PC.

When the E-WMS website in installed on your PC: start WMSClient.msi in the WMSclient subfolder of the WMS ASP IIS folder.

When the E-WMS website is not installed on your PC: start Internet Explorer and browse to http://webserver/wms/wmsclient. Replace 'webserver' with the name or IP address of your web server, and 'wms' with the site name of your WMS website, and make sure you add '/wmsclient'. You will then see a landing page, with installation choices for Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC and Windows PC. Choose the link 'WMS client setup' in section 'Windows PC' and install the application.

After installing, the client can be started through Start/Exact WMS client.

You may have to grant specific 'modify' rights to yourself or 'Users', on the folder where WMSclient is installed (default x64 folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact\WMS Client), to be able to save the used URL in the file erfc.his in that folder. Otherwise you will see an error when closing WMSclient.

 

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