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Sigmafine WDE Basic Setup

To set up WDE:

  1. Open the web.config file of the SharePoint application from the following path:

    C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\\<your port\>

  2. Add the following attribute in the last of \<sharepoint>\<safecontrols> element.

    \<SafeControl Assembly="Pimsoft.WDE, Version=4.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=330cb09ea78b12d7" Namespace="Pimsoft.WDE" TypeName="*" Safe="True" /\>

  3. Add the following attribute in the section \<appSettings> element.

    \<add key="WDEWSLink" value="\<your Sigmafine Web Service Path\>" /\>

    ClosedEXAMPLE:\<appSettings> element attribute

    \<add key="WDEWSLink" value="http://wdeserver/SFWS/Pimsoft.Sigmafine.WebService.asmx" /\>

  4. Under Sigmafine directory, create a new folder called WDE.

  5. Unzip the contents of the Pimsoft.WDE.zip file (containing the executable files) into the newly created folder.

    At a minimum, you should expect to see the following files:

  • Pimsoft.WDE.dll
  • Pimsoft.WDE.pdb
  • gacutil.exe
  • gacutil.exe.config
  • RegisterWDE.bat

  1. Run the RegisterWDE.BAT and check for the following output:

    **********************************************************************

    Pimsoft Sigmafine Web Data Entry WebPart 4.7.0 for MOSS 2013 Register Script

    **********************************************************************

    D:\Sigmafine\WDE>iisreset -stop

    Attempting stop...

    Internet services successfully stopped

    D:\Sigmafine\WDE>gacutil.exe /i Pimsoft.WDE.dll /f

    Microsoft (R) .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility. Version 4.0

    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Assembly successfully added to the cache

    D:\Sigmafine\WDE>iisreset -start

    Attempting start...

    Internet services successfully started

    D:\Sigmafine\WDE>pause

    Press any key to continue . . .

  2. Press any key on your keyboard to continue and complete the installation of WDE.

    The last step in the installation of WDE is to add the WDE Web Part to SharePoint. Please see Add WDE Web Part to SharePoint for further instructions.