Configuring Intralinks Designer

Manual configuration changes are made to the WSB.Config file, which typically is located at C:\Intralinks\Intralinks Designer\Config\. Changes can be made using Notepad or another text editor.

Once you have made changes to WSB.Config, you must run Intralinks’ CRCGenerator utility (crcgenerator.exe) to validate your changes. CRCGenerator creates a file, template.bat, that must be copied to the Intralinks Designer installation folder on the user’s computer, typically C:\Intralinks\Intralinks Designer\. If you are deploying configuration settings to a number of users, copy the modified WSB.Config file to the Config folder within the installation folder.

CRCGenerator is available from Intralinks Client Services.

Validating changes to the configuration file using CRCGenerator

Complete the following steps after making changes to the WSB.Config configuration file.

1. Locate the Config configuration file and copy crcgenerator.exe to this location.
2. Open the Windows Command Prompt: Select Start > Run, then enter cmd and click OK. The Command Prompt (cmd.exe) appears.
3. Using the Change Directory (cd) command, go to the location where WSB.Config and crcgenerator.exe are located. For example, type:

   cd c:\Intralinks\Intralinks Designer\Config\

   Then press ENTER.

4. At the command prompt, type:

   crcgenerator.exe wsb.config

   Then press ENTER. CRCGenerator validates the contents of the configuration file and updates the file template.dat.

5. Copy Config and template.dat to the user’s computer or the network drive where Intralinks Designer is located:
   • Copy WSB.Config to the Config folder within the Intralinks Designer installation folder (typically located at C:\Intralinks\Intralinks Designer\Config\).
   • Copy dat to the Intralinks Designer installation folder (typically located at C:\Intralinks\Intralinks Designer\).

   Choose to overwrite the existing files in these locations.

Follow the steps below to change users’ WSB.Config configuration file to remove Intralinks Designer’s auto update function.

1. Locate the Config configuration file and open it using Notepad or another text editor.
2. Locate the value AdminCheckForUpdates:

   <add key="AdminCheckForUpdates" value="1"/>

3. Change the value to 0:

   <add key="AdminCheckForUpdates" value="0"/>

4. Save your changes and close the configuration file.
5. Copy the CRCGenerator utility to the folder containing the Config file.
6. Open the Windows Command Prompt: Select Start > Run, then enter cmd and click OK. The Command Prompt (cmd.exe) appears.
7. Using the Change Directory (cd) command, go to the location where WSB.Config and crcgenerator.exe are located. For example, type:

   cd c:\Intralinks\Intralinks Designer\Config\

   Then press ENTER.

8. At the command prompt, type:

   crcgenerator.exe wsb.config

   Then press ENTER. CRCGenerator validates the contents of the configuration file and updates the file template.dat.

9. Copy Config and template.dat to users’ computers or the network drive where Intralinks Designer is located:
   • Copy WSB.Config to the Config folder within the Intralinks Designer installation folder (typically located at C:\Intralinks\Intralinks Designer\Config\).
   • Copy dat to the Intralinks Designer installation folder (typically located at C:\Intralinks\Intralinks Designer\).

   Choose to overwrite the existing files in these locations.

Intralinks Designer requires access to the Internet. If your organization uses a web proxy server to connect to the Internet, users can enter proxy settings each time they log into Intralinks Designer. Alternatively, you can make changes to the Proxy.config configuration file to enable proxy connections. See the Intralinks Proxy Settings Guide for information on how to do this. The Proxy Settings Guide is available at the location where you obtained the Intralinks Designer installation program.