The Toolbar
All of the functions carried out by Directory Manager are represented by the buttons on the toolbar.
Each of these is described below:
Save and Close
This button closes the software. Depending on how the software has been configured, Directory Manager will either close to the system tray to continue running in background or else will exit completely. The following configuration options will result in Directory Manager closing to the system tray:
With any or all of these set, Directory Manager can continue monitoring the mail queue / file system or process files running as an icon placed in the system tray.
NOTE: Clicking Save and Close is the only point that changes made to the configuration are saved.
Rules
This button opens the Rules Engine interface. The server must have been configured on the Servers pane before the Rules Engine will open.
Report
This is a drop-down button used to open either the statistics report (used to view details of a process) or the preview report (used to show the effect an extract file will have on the directory). See either Statistics Report or Preview Report for more information.
Process
This buttons starts the processing of any registered extract files. Only use this button once the software and the Rules Engine have been configured as required.
If no files are listed on the Files Pending tab then no action will take place.
File Store
This button opens up the file store and database management screen.
Alerts
This button opens up the email alerts management screen.
Help
This button opens these on-line help pages. These help pages provide a complete guide to configuring and using Directory Manager.
In case of further queries, please refer to the Directory Manager homepage or contact BDS Solutions.
About
This button opens the About dialog box. This displays the application key and the current version number of the software along with the version of the User Admin Pack.