Content Comparison

To evaluate the application you don’t need to install the application on your server. You can download the Standalone version of the attachments.expert from the link provided by us

• Prerequisites:

  • Minimum Hardware

  • Pentium IV processor or equivalent

  • Single Xeon recommended for > 200 concurrent users

  • Dual Xeon recommended for > 500 concurrent users

• Attachments:

  • Internet connectivity required

• Minimum Memory:

  • 2GB recommended for > 20 Concurrent Users

  • 4GB recommended for > 40 Concurrent Users

• Minimum Hard Disk Space:

  • 100 GB of free disk space

  • Operating System:

  • Windows 7 or above

• Web Application Server:

  • IIS 7.5 or above

  • .NET Framework 4.5

  • SQL Server 2012 (Express or Full)

• Environment:

  • Administrator rights to install the application

Before you follow the steps below make sure you have an Application server ready with specifications and environment as mentioned above. It is assumed that you already have ASP .NET 4.5 configured to run on your IIS server.

• Extract the attachments.expert Build from the link provided by us to your local machine

• Go to “Turn Windows features on or off’ on your local machine and enable the following features in your IIS Windows Features Settings:

  • FTP Server

  • Web Management Tool

  • World Wide Web Services

    • Application Development Feature

      • Enable all features under it.

    • Common HTTP Features

      • Enable all features under it except WebDav Publishing

• Run IIS as administrator

  • Right Click on Sites

    • Select Add Website

    • Specify your respective Site name to be used for using Attachments Expert on browser in the Site name

    • Select ASP .net v4.0 in Application pool

    • Browse to the physical path where the Attachments Expert build is saved in the Physical path

    • Select ‘HTTPS’ Type in Binding section

    • Enter the website name in the Host name

    • Select the SSL Certificate for your site

    • Check the ‘Start Web site immediately’ Option

    • Click on ‘Ok’. A website will be created in IIS with the specified name

  • Go to the newly created website

    • To bind the Application with SQL: Goto Connection Strings

      • Select the SettingsContext

        • Select Custom Option

        • In custom enter physical path of SQL server and username and password for the SQL

      • Go to Application Settings •

        • Right click on “valid Organizations” and enter Org id for the salesforce instance on which you have to install Attachments Expert(for multiple org id use comma)

      • Go to HTTPS Response Header

        • Enter all the default values as mentioned in the screenshot below

• Restart IIS and run the application on your own browser with the newly created website(Eg: https/web.attachments.expert)

Note: Before you create your website please make sure you have added host name with IP your address in your host file

For Adding your host name with IP please follow the below steps

• Open Notepad As "Administrator"

• Click On "File"

• Click On "Open"

• Go to this path -> "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc."

• Open the "hosts"

• Add your website name along with IP as shown in below figure

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• Click On "Save"