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Hosting the Configuration File

When you use the WebClient Application Assembler to define your application, you use the Configuration File Locator Definition dialog box to specify a URL that points to the directory on a server where the configuration file resides. Place the application configuration file in the directory specified by the URL in the WebClient Application Assembler’s Configuration File Locator Definition dialog box.

NOTE: The application configuration file cannot be hosted on an AppServer.

The first time the configuration file is downloaded to the end user’s machine, its location is specified in the bootstrap.htm file. For more information about this bootstrap.htm file, see the "Bootstrapping a WebClient Application" section. When downloaded, the configuration file is cached on the user’s machine.

Although the application configuration file is placed in the version directory when generated, you should place the application configuration file in a version-independent directory when you deploy the file. You must always deploy the application configuration file to this same directory, regardless of the version number.

CAUTION: If you move the configuration file, you must change all references to the location of this file. This includes the references in the bootstrap.htm and webclient.htm files, and the URL you specified in the Configuration File Locator Definition dialog box of the WebClient Application Assembler.You must then use the WebClient Application Assembler to generate a new version of the application configuration file. Also, if you provided a shortcut for running the application, You must tell your users to go to the installation Web page they used initially to run the bootstrap process to automatically update the shortcut.

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