ReadSoft: How to update database connection information for INVOICES
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INVOICES stores database connection information in three locations:
- The Eiglobal.ini file.
- The Collector.ini file
- Within the ReadSoft Production Manager plugin configuration
If there is a need to update or change the database connection information for an INVOICES database, do the following:
- To change the database connection information within the Eiglobal.ini and Collector.ini files, do the following for each:
- Within the INI file, go to the [Database] section.
- Update or change the database information as needed.
Note: To encrypt the password, set EncryptedPassword=0 and UseEncryptedPassword=1. Save and then close the file, and then open Manager. Reopen the INI file to confirm the password has been encrypted.
- To change the database connection information within the ReadSoft Production Manager plugin configuration, do one of the following:
- Update the information within Manager:
- Within Manager, click either Administration or Plugin, and then click ReadSoft Production Manager.
- For each Interpret and Transfer job, do the following:
- If there is a Start condition for that job, right-click the job, and then click Remove Condition.
- Right-click the job, and then click Add Condition.
- Select the Document Available Start Condition, and then click OK.
- Update the configuration file directly:
- Go to the GlobalPath, and then open the ReadSoft Production Manager Settings.xml file in a text editor.
- Search for all occurrences of the old database server information, and then manually update them with the new information.
- Update the information within Manager:
Keywords: database, eilocal.ini, eiglobal.ini, connection