Manual Installation and Configuration

Licensing

Please do not install application until valid license has been obtained.

Run ipconfig/all command and send its output to info@pixelnation.com to get the license.

Manual Installation

HttQ could be installed on the host computer either via Setup.exe installation program or manually.

It is recommended to use Setup.exe program.

Advanced users who want to have non standard installation of HttQ can use manual installation described below

Make sure that Java Runtime Environment 1.5x is installed on the machine and JAVA_HOME environment variable is set correctly. If no JRE is installed please install it first. It could be downloaded from http://java.sun.com

In some instances JRE does not configure system properly. Because of that reason make sure that environment variable JAVA_HOME is set correctly . To do so open Control Panel -> System and click on Environmental Variables in Advanced tab.Make sure that JAVA_HOME variable (circled in red) is present and pointing to Java home directory (usually C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_0x).

Verify that QXMLNet is installed and properly configured.

Unzip httq.zip archive into C:\HttQ directory

Configuration

If HttQ package are installed in their default location nothing needs to be configured.

All configuration files are located in the folder $INSTALL\config.

In case of custom installation deployment.properties configuration file must be edited to match installation settings.

NOTE: Each configuration change will take effect only after service restart.

license.httq

This line must contain license string

QXML Applications

Locations of QXML applications must be modified if QXML application is installed in the location other then C:\QXMLNet.

Disabling access to specific drives

In some instances it is necessary to block access to certain drives on the host machine. In that case deployment.properties file must be edited. Locate line starting with excludedRoots and add or remove drive letters to be excluded from browsing. See example below.

excludedRoots=A:\\ B:\\ C:\\

HttQ file browser does not allow to browse Network Neighborhood of the host computer. If it is necessary to enable access to a network share without mapping a network drive then includedRoots property must be populated with proper share names. For instance in the following example network shares \\Cube\deepfreeze and \\Raven\repository will be available to HttQ clients for import and export operations.

includedRoots=\\\\Cube\\deepfreeze \\\\Raven\\repository

Hiding Projects

HttQ allows to hide clips that belong to specific projects. Locate line excludedProjects in deployment.properties configuration file and locate line excludedProjects=. Populate this line with the proper pattern.

excludedProjects=. private Star

In the example above projects that starts with .(dot), private and Star and their content will be invisible to HttQ.

Running HttQ

HttQ can be ran in two modes:

1. Standalone Mode - In order to run HttQ in standalone mode please open Windows Explorer and locate C:\HttQ\bin folder. Double click on httq.bat, or place it into Start->Programs->Startup folder so it will start as an application when user logs into the system.
2. NT Service Mode - To make HttQ an NT service please open Windows Explorer and locate C:\HttQ\bin folder. Double click on install_service.bat. Service will be registered and started automatically.

In order to uninstall NT service please run uninstall_service.bat in C:\HttQ\bin directory.

It is much simpler to configure HttQ to run in mode 1 (Standalone). This mode is recommended.

Configuration of HttQ Service

By default HttQ service runs with Local System Account credentials. Those credentials do not allow service to see network resources.

If it is required to access network resources, service must be configured to run under credentials of user who has rights to access required network resources.

Such user MUST have the same user name and password on all required network resources. Otherwise those resources will not be available to the service.

In the deployment.properties following line enables network resources to be browsable by the service:

includedRoots=\\\\ServerNetBiosName1\\ShareName1 \\\\ServerNetBiosName2\\ShareName2

Place all necessary network resources into this line separated by space. Use double back slashes for each slash in the UNC name. See example above.

Feedback

If you have any issues with HttQ installation, configuration or operations please provide extensive description of the problem and attach log files available in the C:\HttQ\logs directory.

We will appreciate if you will provide us with ideas on how to improve our applications and/or service.

Pixel Nation Inc.