InforTechnology Architecture Worktop 2.

Administrator's Guide
Worktop 2.5 for Infor ERP
LN 6.1
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1-1

Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations................................................................................... 1-1
References................................................................................................................................. 1-2

Chapter 2 Central deployment ................................................................................................ 2-1

Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2-1
To enable central deployment.................................................................................................... 2-2
To distribute Worktop documents .............................................................................................. 2-5
Central deployment features ...................................................................................................... 2-6
To send shortcuts ................................................................................................................ 2-6
To send messages............................................................................................................... 2-6
Configurations...................................................................................................................... 2-7
System requirements ................................................................................................................. 2-8
Technical details ........................................................................................................................ 2-9

Chapter 3 To use worktop in a terminal server environment ............................................... 3-1

Chapter 4 Worktop and the Workflow integration component............................................. 4-1

Chapter 5 Worktop runtime files and folders......................................................................... 5-2

Appendix A Administration FAQ ............................................................................................... A-1

Appendix B To create application shortcuts............................................................................ B-1

About this Guide

This document is an Administrator’s Guide that describes the Administration

part of Worktop 2.5. This document consists of the following chapters:

Chapter 1, “Introduction,” provides an introduction to Worktop 2.5.

Chapter 2, “Central deployment,” provides detailed information about how to

set up central deployment in Worktop 2.5.

Chapter 3, “To use worktop in a terminal server environment,” provides

information about how to use worktop in a terminal server environment.

Chapter 4, “Worktop and the Workflow integration component,” gives some

details about the integration with iFlow.

Appendix A provides answers to frequently asked questions in regard to

Worktop administration.

Appendix B provides detailed information about how to create application

shortcuts in a central deployment environment.

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Chapter 1
Introduction 1

Worktop is the user interface for the various Infor ERP products, such as
Infor Enterprise Resource Planning and Sales Force Automation (Infor CRM).
Worktop provides an easy-to-use and intuitive view on the Infor-integrated
products that hides the complexity of the software used.

Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations

Term Description
DEM Dynamic Enterprise Modeling
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
%WINDOWSROOT% Location of where Windows is installed, for example,
C:\winnt.
% BWROOT% Location of where BW is installed, for example,
C:\Program Files\Baan
%WORKTOPROOT% Location of where Worktop is installed, for example,
C:\Program Files\Baan\Worktop
UNC Uniform Naming Convention, for example, if
C:\Program Files on a machine called cnl05410 is
shared under the name Programs, the UNC is
\\cnl05410\Programs.
.wtd file Worktop document
.gct file GUI Configuration Template
.sct file Server Configuration Template
CDEP Central Deployment
1-2 | Introduction

COM Common Object Model

SP Service Pack
BW Baan Windows
BWC Baan Windows Configuration
Worktop Server Machine with Worktop installed
Worktop Client Machine without Worktop installation. Worktop runs
from the server
Worktop Document An administrator who created the document on a
Owner specific machine
Administrator User logged on to a machine on which Worktop is
installed locally

References
Document Abbreviation
Infor ERP Baan 5.0c central deployment for DEM and [CD_DEM_BW]
Baan Windows
Infor Baan ERP Windows Client Installation Guide [WCIG]
Worktop 2.5 Administration Guide [WT_ADM]
Worktop 2.5 Configuration Guide [WT_CFG]
Chapter 2
Central deployment 2

Introduction

There are different ways to setup centrally deployed access to the backend
system:

 Webtop
The preferred solution for central deployment and remote access is
Webtop. Webtop is the User Interface going forward, and offers the
smallest network load.
 Worktop centrally deployed
Since Webtop does not support all application sessions (on older Baan
versions), Worktop centrally deployed can be an alternative for Webtop.
How to setup Worktop central deployment is described in this chapter.

Note: Be aware that Worktop causes a higher network load than Webtop.

 Windows 2000/2003 Terminal Server / Citrix.

For more information refer to Chapter 3 “To use worktop in a terminal
server environment”.

Worktop 2.5 completely supports central deployment on Infor ERP LN. On

Infor Baan IV, central deployment is only partially supported. In this case, BW
still must be locally installed.

The combination of Windows Vista clients and usage of a Central Deployed

worktop is not supported.

Using Worktop in a central deployment environment offers numerous

advantages, mainly for system administrators who now only have to install,
configure, and maintain one system instead of all users separately.
Generally, the advantages are:
2-2 | Central deployment

 No client-side installation or automatic installation and update.

 Global access, but only if you use Windows XP with roaming profiles.
 The administrator can create Worktop document templates, with which the
end user can work, with no configuration activity required.
 Although personalization is supported, end users cannot change
configurations reserved by the administrator.

Enabling central deployment is significantly simplified in the 2.3 and later

versions of Worktop. To enable central deployment in Worktop 2.5, you must
simply click a button and distribute a shortcut to a Worktop document. The
following two sections discuss this procedure in greater detail.

For best results, read these two sections carefully to work with central
deployment in Worktop.

The following section provides information about the additional central

deployment functionality that Worktop supports. The final section in this
chapter describes the technical details of central deployment. Note that no
detailed knowledge of the technical details of central deployment in Worktop
is required. This information is only included for additional support.

To enable central deployment

In a central deployment environment, Worktop is installed on only one

computer. To work with this installation, any other client can launch the
Worktop client executable located on that machine. The machine on which
Worktop is installed is referred to as the Worktop server. Any other machine
from which Worktop is run, but on which Worktop is not installed, is referred
to as a Worktop client.

The menu options that are available for a user in Worktop depend on
whether the Worktop server or the Worktop client runs. The Worktop server
has additional, so-called administrative options.

The following options are available only on the Worktop server:

 The New command on the File menu.

 The Save command on the File menu.
 Enabled “Workflow Server” entry from the Workflow tab in the
Tools\Options dialog box.
 Enabled host name and port number entry from the Drag-and-Relate tab
in the Tools\Options dialog box.
 The complete Administrator menu.
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However, these options only apply to administrators who are also owners of
the Worktop document. Therefore, in Worktop, the following two types of
authorization are actually available:

 Administrator:
A user has Worktop installed locally. Note that all users logged in onto a
machine with Worktop installed are, therefore, administrators.
 Owners:
Owners of a Worktop document are administrators logged in to the
machine where the Worktop document was created originally. Therefore,
if an administrator runs Worktop and subsequently opens a Worktop
document created on a different Worktop server, this administrator is not
an owner of the document.

Administrators who are not owners of the currently opened Worktop

document will not have access to the additional options as described
previously, except for the New command on the File menu.

The Administrator menu enables you to enable central deployment for a

Worktop document. The menu contains the following menu items related to
Central Deployment:

 Enable or disable Central Deployment.

 Send shortcuts.
 Send a message.

Initially, your Worktop document will not have the central deployment option
enabled. In this case, the Send Shortcut(s) menu option is unavailable,
because this option is only applicable in a central deployment environment.

To enable central deployment for this document, and note that you must
repeat this procedure for any document you want to enable, select the
Enable or Disable Central Deployment option.

The following dialog box appears:

2-4 | Central deployment

To enable central deployment for this document, simply click Enable. After
several seconds, Worktop finishes. Worktop shares your Worktop and BW
directory, prepares your BW environment, and prepares your Worktop
document for Central Deployment. During this process, error messages can
appear. In this case, Worktop notifies you that the enabling failed and refers
to the log file. The log file is called wtError.log and is located in the \log
subdirectory of the Worktop directory.

The following two issues can cause this type of error:

 Directory could not be shared:

Worktop shares both the BW and Worktop directory for read access. This
sharing can fail; in this case, you must share the directories manually.
Worktop presents a dialog box that lists precisely which directories you
must share. Always check the access rights to the directories. Make sure
they are shared read-only.
 Use of spaces in names:
If you apply Central Deployment, neither the used BWC file name nor the
Worktop document name must contain spaces. If spaces were detected in
either of the two names, Worktop notifies you of this fact, and you must
first change the name.

In addition, some warning messages can appear. The following two issues
can cause these types of warnings:

 Use of Infor ERP Baan IV:

Central deployment is not fully supported on Infor Baan IV. Worktop
 Central deployment | 2-5

notifies you about this fact if you enable a Worktop document using an
Infor ERP Baan IV environment. To use central deployment on
Infor ERP Baan IV, you must install the BW client on all clients. The
version of this BW client must be of the exact same version used by the
Worktop server. Note that Worktop only provides a warning, and
continues with the enabling. As long as the BW client of the same version
is installed on the clients, central deployment will function fully.
 Worktop document not yet saved:
To enable Central Deployment, the document must be saved first. If the
document was not saved previously, Worktop warns you that you must
first save the document and automatically open the Save As dialog box. If
the document was saved previously, Worktop automatically saves the
document before you enable the document.

After you successfully enable Central Deployment, the Create Shortcut

button at the bottom of the dialog box becomes enabled, and the Send
Shortcut(s) option on the Administrator menu becomes available. Click
Create Shortcut to create a shortcut to this Worktop server that you can
subsequently sent to any user who must work with this document. After you
receive the shortcut via mail you only need to drag it to your desktop, or to
wherever you want the shortcut, and open the shortcut. Worktop starts and
opens the document automatically. This option will be discussed in more
detail later.

After you enable central deployment for this document, you might want to
change policies with respect to password saving and configuring BWC files.
Information on how to change these policies is discussed in more detail in the
Infor ERP Baan 5.0c Central Deployment for DEM and Baan Windows and
Infor ERP Baan Windows Client Installation Guide.

To distribute Worktop documents

If you enabled central deployment for a Worktop document, the Create

Shortcut option in the Enable or disable Central Deployment dialog box
becomes available. This option enables you to create a shortcut to this
Worktop document and save the shortcut to disk. From there, you can
distribute the shortcut to users, for example, by e-mail.

If you click Create Shortcut, a save dialog box appears and you can save
the shortcut to a desired location. The shortcut that will be created contains a
shortcut to the Worktop client executable on the Worktop server and opens
the Worktop document automatically when you activate the shortcut.

You can create multiple shortcuts, each of which contains a reference to a

different Worktop document. Users can work with multiple shortcuts
2-6 | Central deployment

simultaneously that are opened in the same Worktop instance. Only one
instance of Worktop can run at a time.

Central deployment features

To send shortcuts

If a Worktop document is centrally deployed, a shortcut is sent to the users,

who then automatically have access to all shortcuts created in the document
by the administrator. However, immediately after you open the document for
the very first time, the document is copied to the user’s profile. The next time
you open the document, this personal copy is used. Therefore, any changes
made to the original document by the administrator afterwards will have no
effect on the user’s personal document.

In most cases, this will not be an issue because any user can modify the user
interface of Worktop in the way they choose. However, the administrator
might have new important information to share among the users. To share
this information, the administrator can send a selection of the shortcuts
present in the shortcut bar to the users.

If the administrator selects the Send Shortcut(s) option from the

Administrator menu, a dialog box appears which contains all shortcuts
present in the current Worktop document. From this list, the administrator can
make a selection and click Send to send these shortcuts to all users.

The users receive a message that informs them that “New shortcuts have
been made available by your administrator.” The user can choose to ignore
this message, or import these shortcuts into the current document.

To send messages

You can send messages to all users currently using your Worktop server.
These users are those who are currently running the Worktop client
executable on your Worktop server. To send a message, on the Worktop
server, on the Administrator menu, click Send Message. The Send
Message dialog box appears, as shown in the following figure:
 Central deployment | 2-7

Type the message you want to send into the text field and click Send to send
the message to all users. The message appears on all users’ desktops with a
maximum delay of 10 seconds. To view additional help, click the question
mark icon in the lower-left corner of the dialog box.

Configurations

Specially designed for Central Deployment, you can select or clear the
following options in the Worktop.ini file, which is located in the root directory
of the Worktop directory on the Worktop server:

 Automatic creation of a desktop shortcut:

If you select this option, a shortcut to the Worktop application will be
created automatically on the user’s desktop. Note that this is a shortcut
only to the application and not to a document. Upon activation, only the
application will be launched. The shortcut will be created only once. By
default, this option is not enabled because, for best results, you must use
the Create Shortcut options provided in Setup Central Deployment
dialog box instead.
 Message pulling.
If you select this option, Worktop clients ping the Worktop server for new
messages every 10 seconds. Only if this option is enabled administrators
can send messages and shortcuts. If this option is not selected,
administrators cannot send messages or shortcuts, and the menu items
will be disabled. For best results, clear this option if the additional network
traffic caused, which is usually negligible, is unacceptable.
 Automatic removal of non-accessible shortcuts:
The administrator may have created or sent shortcuts to a user that are
not accessible to that user at all. For example, the administrator sends a
share shortcut to all users, while only a number of these users have
permission for this share.
2-8 | Central deployment

In this case, you can use this option to automatically remove these
shortcuts. By default, this option is selected and, as a result, all
inaccessible shortcuts are filtered out for the user automatically.

 Storage of passwords in configuration files.

In some organizations, security rules do not allow storing passwords in
any form on local machines. Therefore, you can use this option to disable
local password storage. By default, this option is enabled, which means
that Worktop users can store the Workflow server password locally. If this
parameter is set to 0, Worktop users cannot store the Workflow password
on their local machine. Consequently, the Save Password check box and
the related edit field are unavailable in the Worktop Options | Workflow
dialog box.

The default values for these options are contained in the Worktop.ini file:

AutoShortcut=0
AutoMessage=1
AutoRemoveShortcuts=1
PasswordStorage=1

These entries correspond to the options in the same order as described in

the previous list. To select the option, the value of the entry must equal to 1.
To clear the option, the value of the entry must equal to 0.

System requirements

The system requirements for a Worktop server are identical to the

requirements for a Worktop client, as described in the Installation Guide. The
only difference in system requirements for a Worktop client is that on the
client, neither Worktop nor BW must be installed. However, if you use
Infor ERP Baan IV, BW must be installed locally. The reason for this is
because Infor ERP Baan is registry-independent and Infor ERP Baan IV is
registry-dependent.

The combination of Windows Vista clients and usage of a Central Deployed

worktop is not supported.
 Central deployment | 2-9

Technical details

Error logging
Worktop places any error or warning messages in a file called wtError.log.
This file is located in the Application Data\Baan\Worktop\log directory of the
users profile for users and in the \log subdirectory on the Worktop server for
administrators. The log file often contains useful information to determine the
cause of the problem. Each log contains the date and time on which the error
was generated and a description of the problem. Optionally, arguments are
added that provide more-detailed information. The error codes in front of
each error are useful for support, because these error codes provide
information about where these errors were generated in the source code.

Worktop documents
Worktop 2.5 documents are separated into the following three parts:

 Worktop document (.wtd file).

 Server configuration template (.sct file).
 GUI configuration template (.gct file).

You save the two templates in the %WORKTOPROOT%\templates directory

immediately after you create a Worktop document. A Worktop document is
only a pointer to two of these templates, and the only information a Worktop
document contains is which .sct and .gct file must be used.

Now, if a user opens a Worktop document for the very first time, the
corresponding .gct file is copied from the server into the users profile in the
\Application Data\Baan\Worktop\documents directory.

The next time the user opens the Worktop document, Worktop finds this .gct
file in the user’s profile and uses that file instead of the file located on the
server. The user has write access to the local .gct file, but not to the .gct and
.sct files on the server. The .sct file is not copied to the client, but is always
read from the server.

Note: Because the .gct and .sct file separate GUI settings and server
settings, you can reuse these files. For example, if you created a document
and want to create a second document using the same GUI settings, but
different server settings, you can either modify the reference in the Worktop
document to the other .gct file, or overwrite the .gct file.
2-10 | Central deployment

Transparency of documents
You can copy and open Worktop documents anywhere, although not the
templates, because Worktop contains pointers to the UNC name of the
corresponding templates. Therefore, you can, for example, create a Worktop
document on the Worktop server with the name test.wtd and copy this
document to your local machine and open the document from that location.
From the Test.wtd file that Worktop points to, Worktop reads the templates
on the Worktop server and loads these templates. You can load Central
Deployment-enabled Worktop documents from within any Worktop: either a
Worktop client or Worktop server.

To optimize performance: Worktop mirrors

The Worktop server is not much more than a distributor of all Worktop files.
Worktop only shares the files that the Worktop clients require. Therefore, the
hardware specifications of the Worktop server will not be the bottleneck, but
rather the speed of the network. For example, if you connect to a Worktop
server located in the Netherlands from your office in Japan, approximately
8 megabytes (MB) of data is transferred from that server to your client. This
transfer usually only occurs the first time if you run Worktop_client.exe, or
every time when you run Worktop.exe. In both cases, this amount of data is
usually quite large.

To minimize the amount of data transferred over long distances, you can
install extra Worktop servers or mirrors.

Users can use this local Worktop server to launch Worktop, either
Worktop.exe or Worktop_client.exe, while still using the Worktop documents
located on the central Worktop server. For more information, refer to
“Transparency of documents.”

In this case, only the Worktop document is sent over the long distance, which
is only a small amount of kilobytes. As few as 50 KB would already be a large
document.

To use multiple Worktop servers

You can run a Worktop client and work with Worktop documents located on
multiple Worktop servers simultaneously.

Global access
Worktop 2.5 supports global access; however, this only applies when
roaming Profiles are used, which is supported on Windows XP. Because
 Central deployment | 2-11

Worktop writes the personalized documents into the user’s profile, global
access is supported when Worktop is roaming.

Worktop.exe versus Worktop_client.exe

After installation, two Worktop related executable files are located in the
%WORKTOPROOT%\bin directory on the Worktop server, Worktop.exe, and
Worktop_client.exe. To run the Worktop server, you must run Worktop.exe on
the Worktop server. Usually, you can launch Worktop from the Start menu.
Note that you do not have to run Worktop to enable Worktop clients to
connect to this Worktop server. No services are required.

To run a Worktop client, browse to the \bin subdirectory of the Worktop share
on the client machine. For example, if a Worktop server called cnl05259 has
shared the Worktop directory with the name Worktop, open Explorer on the
client machine and browse to \\cnl05259\Worktop\bin.

Two executables are located here: Worktop.exe and Worktop_client.exe. To

run the Worktop client, you can use either of the following methods:

 Run Worktop.exe:
In this case, no Worktop-related files will be stored on the local machine,
but these files will be loaded into memory. After you close Worktop, the
memory is released. The advantage of this method is that no Worktop
files, except for the personal documents, are stored on the client. The
disadvantage of this method is that each time you start Worktop, you must
transfer the Worktop-related files from the Worktop server into the client’s
memory, which causes significant network load.
 Run Worktop_client.exe.
If a user runs Worktop_client.exe, initially only a very small executable is
transferred from the Worktop server to the client. The first time this
executable runs, this file will copy the Worktop-related files into the
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp\ Application Data\Baan\Worktop
directory. Subsequently, Worktop_client.exe runs Worktop.exe from that
directory.

Any other time, this file checks whether files are missing and whether the
Worktop server contains a version of Worktop that differs from the client’s
version. In both cases, the client will be updated.

We recommend this method because the network load is significantly

less, and Worktop will have a faster startup time on the client. Therefore,
the Create Shortcut option in the Setup Central Deployment dialog box
points to this executable.
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Manual distribution of Worktop documents

After you install and configure Worktop, you probably want to distribute the
Worktop documents to users. The easiest manual method to distribute these
documents is to send a shortcut to Worktop_client.exe with the document as
the start-up parameter. To send a shortcut, take the following steps:

1 Create a shortcut to Worktop_client.exe: Right-click on Worktop_client.exe in

Explorer and, on the shortcut menu that appears, click Create Shortcut.
2 Right-click on the shortcut you created in the previous step and, on the
shortcut menu, click Properties. Select the second tab, which is the
Shortcut tab.
3 In the Target field, add the UNC name of the document to be opened behind
the path to the Worktop_client executable. For information on UNC, refer to
Chapter 1, “Introduction.” As a result, the syntax will be:
<Worktop_client path> <Worktop document UNC path>.
4 Attach the shortcut to an e-mail message and send the message to all users.
Chapter 3
To use worktop in a terminal server 3
environment

As of version 2.3, the Worktop supports the Microsoft Terminal Server

service. Although, Worktop has been tested for Windows 2000 Terminal
Server, other terminal servers, such as Windows NT TS and Citrix, are also
supported.

Terminal Services is a service that adds terminal support to Windows 2000

Server. Terminal Services is a multisession environment that provides remote
access to Windows-based programs running on the server. Essentially,
Terminal Services is an alternative to central deployment, which is described
in Chapter 2, “Central deployment.”

To enable terminal server users to use the Worktop, the administrator must
configure the Worktop in the Terminal Services configuration to start up with
the argument /ts.
3-2 | To use worktop in a terminal server environment

In the following example, the administrator configured the terminal server so

that, when a user connects, the Worktop starts automatically:

Several methods are available to deploy the Worktop on terminal server. The
most typical approach is to enable users to connect to terminal server with
their system account. Subsequently, a user can open a Worktop document
that is created by an administrator and connect to the Baan backend with
their personal Baan account. Specific changes made to the document, such
as GUI modifications, are stored in the terminal server user profile.

A second approach is for all users to connect to terminal server with their
system account and connect to the Baan backend with a common account.
This can be useful if all users rely on one specific DEM business process.
 To use worktop in a terminal server environment | 3-3

Note that some restrictive issues, such as the following, apply to the use of
terminal server:

 Administrators control the deployment of Worktop documents, as

described in Chapter 2, “Central Deployment.”
 Older versions of terminal server only support up to 256 colors.
 Some screen update problems exist. In many cases, minimizing and
maximizing, or resizing the Worktop window can resolve this issue.
Chapter 4
Worktop and the Workflow 4
integration component

Infor Worktop uses a Workflow integration component (iFlow.jar) to connect

to Infor Workflow. With Worktop two versions, iFlow6.2build87 and
iFlow6.2build110, are shipped. When Worktop tries to connect, first
iFlow6.2build110 is used. If this version does not match the one that the Infor
Workflow server uses Worktop will notify the user to save the current
Worktop document and restart the Worktop with the saved document.
Worktop again tries to connect with Infor Workflow but now via
iFlow6.2build87. If this version does not match the one of the Workflow
server, Worktop will download the correct Workflow integration component
from the wfupdate web application. The wfupdate web application is part of
Infor Workflow. The wfupdate web application needs to be deployed on the
same server as Infor Workflow cause the workflow server and port are used
to call the wfupdate web application.

To test the wfupdate web application you can use:

http://<workflow-server>:<port>/wfupdate/DownloadJarServlet?method=getjar
A file save dialog will appear so you can provide a location to save the workflow
integration component.

Note: The user needs to restart Worktop to free the java virtual machine and
to load a new classpath with another version of the workflow integration
component.
5-2 | Worktop runtime files and folders

Chapter 5
Worktop runtime files and folders 5

The worktop uses a number of files and folders in which runtime data is
saved during Worktop execution, such as the following:

 Worktop documents (.wtd files).

 Server configuration template (.sct files).
 GUI configuration template (.gct files).
 A cache folder for caching the ERP menu tree items and DEM processes.
 A folder where the history files are saved.

The default location of these folders differs between Windows XP and

Windows Vista. On Windows XP, the default location for these folders is
immediately below the Worktop installation folder (%WORKTOPROOT%).
For example: c:\Program Files\Baan\Worktop\documents.

On Windows Vista, a normal user program is not allowed to write in the

program files folder or any of its sub-folders. Therefore, the default location of
the Worktop runtime files on Windows Vista is in a sub folder of the Local
Application Data folder (CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA). For example:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Infor\Worktop\documents.
The Local Application Data folder is a per-user folder which does not get
copied if the user profile roams.

This difference implies that when different Windows users use the same
system, on Windows XP these users can share each others Worktop
documents. However, on Windows Vista the Worktop documents cannot be
shared by different Windows users.
Appendix A
Administration FAQ A

Q: Can I use the same .bwc file from multiple Worktop documents
simultaneously by using several Baan logins?

A.: No. If you use the same BWC file from two Worktop documents and you
open both documents, no login or password is requested when you open the
second document. Worktop assumes that you want to use the same Baan
login as for the first document. No workaround is currently available to
address this known issue. This problem is a Baan Automation, or, more
precisely, a COM restriction.

Q: What is the wfupdate web application?

A: The wfupdate web application comes with the Infor Workflow extension.
The wfupdate application can be deployed along side the Workflow server.
The wfupdate web application provides download access to the correct
Workflow integration component. With Worktop two versions of the Workflow
integration component are shipped. However when these are not correct
Worktop will automatically try to download the correct version from the
wfupdate web application
Appendix B
To create application shortcuts B

In Worktop, to create application shortcuts, you can simply drag the

executable or shortcut to the executable from Explorer to the Shortcut Bar in
Worktop. As long as you do not centrally deploy Worktop, this method is
adequate. However, a problem arises as soon as you run the Worktop client
and try to run the shortcut.

In this case, you will encounter two problems. The first problem is that the
executable that you created the shortcut to is probably not shared, nor do
you want to share this executable. You do not want to share any application
to which you created a shortcut. The second problem is that, even if you did
share an executable, most applications do not support central deployment,
therefore, the application will not run that way anyway. For example, if you
create a shortcut to the Microsoft Word application, word.exe, you must share
the directory where the word.exe file is located, but the share still will not
work because Microsoft Word does not support central deployment.

A solution for this is to create a shortcut to a local shell command. To do that,

take the following steps:

1 In the Run Application field, type the name of the application you want to
start and precede it with a “#”. Don not specify a path. To create a shortcut to
notepad, type “#notepad”.
2 Press Create Shortcut behind the field to create a shortcut.
3 Now the shortcuts can be distributed with the “Send Shortcut(s)…” menu
option.
B-2 | To create application shortcuts

In the following picture the Run Application field and the Create Shortcut
button are highlighted.
To create application shortcuts | B-3