Requirements

The ELO Java Client requires OpenJDK 14 or newer in the 64-bit version.

If OpenJDK 14 is not installed on your computer, it will be installed during the ELO Java Client setup.

You need Windows administrator rights on the local computer to install the ELO Java Client.

There are different ways to install the ELO Java Client. The following method describes how to install ELO from the ELO ECM Suite DVD.

1. Click ELO Java Client under Clients in the navigation menu on the left.

The ELO Java Client page opens.

2. Click ELO Java Client Windows (64-bit).

Optional: If the Windows User Account Control window appears, confirm with Yes.

The ELO Java Client Setup dialog box appears.

3. Choose the language for the installation in the drop-down menu and click OK.

Information: The language you select only applies to the language used during the installation. The user can select the language of the ELO Java Client interface in the logon dialog box.

The ELO Java Client Setup dialog box appears.

4. Click Next.

The Product Features page appears.

Optional: Select which additional components you want to install.

The following components are available:

• ELO Dropzone: ELO Dropzone allows users to drag and drop documents to ELO using customizable tiles.
• ELO Print&Archive: ELO Print&Archive enables users to transfer documents via a virtual printer from a third-party program to ELO.

Information: More information about ELO Dropzone and ELO Print&Archive is available in additional documentation.

5. Click Next.

The Destination Folder screen appears.

Optional: Click Change to change the suggested target directory and choose a different installation directory.

6. Click Next.

The Ready to install ELO Java Client screen opens.

7. Click Install.

The installation starts.

A message appears when the installation is completed.

8. Click Finish to complete the installation.

The ELO Java Client is installed.

Indexserver configuration

The ELO Java Client needs to connect to an ELO Indexserver to access a repository. When you run the client for the first time, there is no ELO Indexserver connection registered and the ELO Indexserver dialog box appears.

Information: The ELO Indexserver dialog box is also displayed when you remove all existing ELO Indexserver connections, since at least one connection must be entered.

1. Start the client.

The ELO Indexserver dialog box appears.

2. Enter a name for the first profile in the Profile name field.

The name is displayed during logon and is used as the name in ELO link files.

This is why you should enter the same name for all computers. The repository name is normally used here.

3. Enter the ELO Indexserver URL.

Example

http://[server name]:[port]/ix-[repository name]/ix

Information: Determine the ELO Indexserver URL with the help of the ELO Application Server Manager. Open the ELO Application Server Manager in your browser. Select the Indexserver you want to use from the list of applications. You will find the corresponding repository name on the left.

You can also use HTTPS if the server is configured accordingly.

If the URL you entered was found, the color of the Indexserver URL field turns to green.

Go to the Manage profiles section to learn how to add additional repositories or to edit an existing connection.

Optional: Logging

The ELO Java Client logger is set up via the configuration. You can configure a special logger in the registry for a more detailed log output. In this case, the logger settings in the configuration of the ELO Java Client are inactive and are not used.

1. Start the Windows Registry Editor (regedit).

2. Open the following directory:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\ELO Digital Office\eloenterprise

3. Create the logger entry by selecting New > String value from the context menu.

4. Enter logger as the name for the new string.

5. Enter the path to the file with the logger configuration.

Information: A default log4j.properties file is located in the installation directory of the ELO Java Client.

Warning: The storage location for the log file is defined in the log4j.properties file in the ELO Java Client directory.

6. If you need a log output before setting up the logger, start the EloClient.bat batch file located in the ELO Java Client installation directory.

Automated installation

You can configure the ELO Java Client to install automatically. In this case, no user interaction is necessary and the installation can be performed on multiple computers at the same time. To do this, you need a Setup.ini file that contains the parameters for automated installation.

Define configuration

1. Create a file called Setup.ini that contains the following information:

Example

The following values must be entered in the Setup.ini:

• URL for the Indexserver: Enter the Indexserver URL.
• Name: This corresponds to the profile displayed during logon and is used as the name in ELO link files.
• Installation directory path: Enter the path for the filing location of the ELOclient directory.
• Language code (optional): Use this setting to specify a language for the user interface.

Information: The user can select the language of the user interface in the logon dialog box. The default setting is always the language used in the last session, which is stored in the registry. If the client is started for the first time, the system language is used. You can set a language with the language (language code) value in the Setup.ini file. This option makes sense if you are using single sign-on (SSO) since the user is not able to select the language in this case.

The codes used are in accordance with ISO 8859-1.

Additional repositories

You can set up additional repositories. For a second repository, enter the required information for name2 and repository2, and for a third repository, the entries name3 and repository3, etc.

Automatic installation

1. Store the Setup.ini file in the same directory as the Setup.exe file.

2. Start the automated installation with the option "/S:".

Example

Setup.exe /S

Information: The character S must be capitalized, otherwise the installation will not start.

You can also create profiles for the ELO Java Client in the registry so that this screen does not appear. See the ELO Java Client registry entries section for more information.