The following steps illustrate manual installation process of the IDAutomation Barcode WebService:
| 1. | Create a virtual directory on the web server, using IIS, to store the 3 files necessary to display the barcodes. This step may be omitted if the .asmx page is going to be called out of an existing virtual directory. If these files are not placed in a virtual directory, you will get the error documented here. A virtual directory under IIS needs to be created from an existing physical directory. If the physical directory does not exist, create one using My Computer or Windows Explorer.
To create a virtual directory, follow these steps: |
| • | Open IIS. This tool can be found under Administrative Tools on your web server under the name Internet Information Services or Information Services Manager. |
| • | Right-click Default Web site. |
| • | Click New | Virtual Directory. |
| • | Click Next on the Welcome screen of the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard. |
| • | Enter the Alias name of the physical directory created earlier. This is the name that maps to the physical directory created earlier. This is the name that is part of the URL. For example, http://www.mydomain.com/myAlias. Click Next. |
| • | Browse to the physical directory created earlier. Click Next. |
| • | Grant permissions to the directory. The default permissions will suffice for implementing this solution. Click Next. |
| 2. | Create a folder named 'bin' under the physical directory. |
| 3. | Extract all files from the zip file which you downloaded after receiving your purchase confirmation email or from our evaluation version download site. |
| 4. | Copy IDAutomationLinearWebservice.asmx to the physical directory. |
| 5. | Copy IDAutomationLinearWebService.dll to the bin directory created under the physical directory. |
| 6. | To verify the project is working correctly, view the actual streaming asmx page in the browser from the local machine, for example:
http://localhost/myAlias/IDAutomationLinearWebService.asmx |
NOTE: You will see a page with multiple functions. If you see this page, your WebService is configured and
running.
