Editing Site Settings Files

You may need to edit or update a setting in the installer configuration settings file for HotDocs Advance after installation. You can do this by following the procedure below.

You should always edit the installation settings file and use the generate and upload commands to update Advance application settings. You should never edit the application settings files directly.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you should have a copy of the Advance deployment zip file, containing all necessary installation files.

To edit the site settings files

1. Backup the Advance installation folders

You should make a backup of the existing HotDocs Advance installation folders before you edit the settings.

2. Edit the installer configuration settings file

Unzip the Advance Installer zip file.
Open the Windows Command Prompt as an administrator.
Navigate to the unzipped HotDocs Advance folder.
Navigate to the bin folder.
The site settings files are stored in the SettingsTemp folder, inside the Advance installer files bin folder. For example, C:\Users\yourname\Downloads\HdaAdvance\bin\SettingsTemp.
Edit the installation configuration settings as you require.

3. Stop the site under which Advance is installed

Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
In the Connections pane, navigate to the site under which Advance is installed; for example, Default Web Site.
In the Actions pane, click Stop.

4. Generate the site settings configuration file

To generate the updated site settings file for your Advance instance, you should generate the site settings files.
To deploy the updated site settings to your Advance instance, you should upload the site settings files.

5. Restart the IIS site

Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
In the Connections pane, navigate to the site under which Advance is installed; for example, Default Web Site.
In the Actions pane, click Start.

Advance now uses the updated settings.