TECHNICAL NOTES

Using the Configuration Tool for BrightAuthor and

BrightSign Network Enterprise Edition

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INTRODUCTION
The Installation Configuration Tool provides an easy way to edit the
installation files for BrightAuthor. After you use this tool, you will be able to
distribute copies of BrightAuthor that point to BrightSign Network Enterprise
Edition URLs of your choosing. This technical note will also show you how
to provide a link to your custom BrightAuthor installer on the BrightSign
Network WebUI. Refer to the end of this document for the limitations of this
tool.

Using the Configuration Tool

You will find two files in the .zip archive that you downloaded: BrightAuthor.msi and
BAInstallationConfigurator.exe.

1. Extract these files from the .zip archive.

2. Open the BAInstallationConfigurator.exe file. You will see a window containing
four fields: BA Msi File Path, Storage Url, Web Services Url, and File Services
Url.
3. Select the Browse button next to the BA Msi File Path field.
4. Locate and open the BrightAuthor.msi file that you extracted from the .zip
archive. You can now fill out the URL fields.
5. Enter your BrightSign Network Enterprise Edition storage, web services, and file
services URLs into the corresponding fields.
6. Click the Save button. After the “Done” message appears, close the
Configuration Tool. Your BrightSign Network Enterprise Edition settings are now
saved inside the BrightAuthor.msi installer.

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Before distributing the custom installer to end users, check the BrightAuthor.msi by
using it to install BrightAuthor on your PC. Then, try connecting to your BrightSign
Network to ensure that all information was entered into the Configuration Tool correctly.

Distributing the BrightAuthor Installer via the WebUI

You can easily distribute your new custom BrightAuthor installer to end users through
the BrightSign Network WebUI. After completing the steps below, there will be an
additional section labeled “Download BrightAuthor Link” on the settings page of the
WebUI of your BrightSign Network.

1. Copy the custom BrightAuthor.msi to your BrightSign Network Enterprise

Edition persistent storage. The following is a common file path (yours may be
different):
C:\BSNEE\Persistent\ba\BrightAuthor.msi
Note: You have now created a download link to the custom installer. For
example, if the URL of your storage server is http://stoarge.mydomain.com, then
the download link will be http://storage/mydomain.com/ba/BrightAuthor.msi .
2. Navigate to your website location and open the account.aspx file with a text or
script editor (Notepad, TextEdit, or a similar program). The following is a common
location (yours may be different):
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BSNEEWebSite
3. Add the following HTML markup between the </asp:LoginView> and
</dxp:PanelContent> tags (located at string ~163):

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 <div class=”panel x4”>
<div class=”panelContent”>
<h4>Resources</h4>
<ul class=”notificationOptions”>
<li>
<a
Href=”http://storage.mydomain.com/ba/BrightAuthor.msi">Download BrightAutor</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

Note: This example uses http://storage.mydomain.com/ba/BrightAuthor.msi as the

path to the BrightAuthor installation in the storage. This link will be different in your
case. To determine the correct link, refer to Step 1.
4. Check the download link on the BrightSign Network WebUI to make sure it
works. End users will now be able to download the custom installer from the
WebUI.

Notes:
Please consider these limitations when using the configuration tool:
• A new configuration tool is released with each BrightAuthor version. Make sure you have
the correct version of the configuration tool.
• If the user already has a version of BrightAuthor installed on his or her computer, the
customized installer will not work correctly. Ensure that the previous version is
uninstalled before using the customized installer.

If you have any questions, please contact technical support at http://support.brightsign.biz

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