Creating a shortcut on a workstation

Author: Lance Darwent

Date: October 2009

Revised: October 2009

Audience: IT

Summary: Creating the LegalSuite Shortcut on a workstation.

CONTENTS:

· Introduction

· Step 1: Creating the LegalSuite shortcut.

· Appendix A – Determining the target line and SQL String of the shortcut.

· Appendix B – Determining the Mapped Network Drive.

Introduction:

This whitepaper will help you create the LegalSuite shortcut on a workstation.

Step 1: Creating the LegalSuite Shortcut

1.1 Right-Click on your Windows desktop.

1.2 Move your mouse down to “New”

1.3 From the expanded menu, select “Shortcut” as illustrated below:

The following screen will appear:

1.4 In the text box you will need to type the following:

String= L:\LSW\lsw.exe “SQLlogin=LanceD\sqlexpress,,ls123,password123”

If LegalSuite is not installed using the default values then the above target would need to

be in the following format;

%NETWORKDRIVE%\LSW\lsw.exe “SQLlogin=%SERVERNAME%\%INSTANCENAME%,

,%DBUSERNAME%,%DBPASSWORD%”

[Please see appendix A for a more descriptive explanation]

1.5 Once you are sure that you path is correct, click on the “Next” button as shown below:

The below screen will appear:

1.6 Change the name in the text box to: LegalSuite and click “Finish”

You will now have a new LegalSuite Shortcut on your desktop of this machine:

Appendix A

Determining the target line and SQL String of the shortcut.

The LegalSuite shortcut is made up of the following components:

· The path to lsw.exe

· The SQL connection string

For the target line:

%NETWORKDRIVE%\LSW\lsw.exe “SQLlogin=%COMPUTERNAME%\%INSTANCENAME%,,%DBUSERNAME%,%DBPASSWORD%”

%NETWORKDRIVE% - This is the drive letter of the mapped network drive. This network drive is mapped to the Lsuite folder located on the LegalSuite Server.

[Default is L:]

Please see Appendix B with further help in determining the drive letter of your mapped network drive.

%COMPUTERNAME% - This is the computer name of the machine where LegalSuite is installed.

%INSTANCENAME% - This is the instance name given to the Microsoft SQL Server during the installation of Microsoft SQL Server

[Default is SQLEXPRESS]

%DBUSERNAME% - This is the user name assigned to the LegalSuite database at the point that setupdb.exe was used to attach the LegalSuite database.

[Default is ls123]

%DBPASSWORD% - This is password assigned to the LegalSuite database at the point that setupdb.exe was used to attach the LegalSuite database.

[Default is password123]

Appendix B

Determining the Mapped Network Drive

Open your “My Computer” by double-clicking on your “My computer” icon on your desktop which will open the below screen:

[Please note that yours may differ slightly, depending on your version of Windows and how the display settings are configured.]

Under the “Network Location” partition, can see the mapped network drive:

From here we can see that the mapped network drive is drive “L:”

NOTE: If you do not have a mapped network drive, please visit the address below to view a “How-to” guide on setting one up.