When the Viewer specifications are planned out, there may be several viewers that are the same. These viewers can be grouped under a "COMMON' Viewer designation.
Group together viewers that have the same specifications.
A
Viewers grouped under a 'COMMON' Viewer do not have to be identified by name.
B
The deployment server name must be the exact name identified on the Computer Name tab in the Windows System properties dialog box.
Identify files and folders that will be synchronized.
A
Exactly what files and/or file types on the common viewers will require synchronization.
B
The local (target) folder path on the viewers that hold the identified files.
The local path must be the same for every viewer included in the synchronization.
Note: The temporary folder on the viewer is automatically created.
C
Each shared folder on the deployment server that holds the source files that will be deployed to the viewer.
There can be more than one folder on the server.
Subfolders that can optionally hold files to be deployed.
Synchronize the configuration file.
A 'COMMON' ??viewer should use an automatically synchronized configuration file.
A
The target folder on the viewer is always in the Installation \Data directory.
B
The UNC path on the deployment server for viewers that should have the configuration file, gefdepl.dplcfg, automatically synchronized with the server.
Notes
The viewer must have read access to the Server folder to enable synchronization.
The temporary folder on the viewer is automatically created.
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