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Viz Mosart Administrator Guide

Version 5.1 | Published January 19, 2023 ©

Connecting the ActiveX to Viz Mosart Server

There are two ways to link the ActiveX to your Viz Mosart Server installation:

Connecting the ActiveX Directly to Viz Mosart Server via folder sharing

This method is for connecting the ActiveX directly to Viz Mosart Server.

  1. Enable folder sharing of C:\ChannelTemplates on the Main Viz Mosart Server. Give read only access to this folder to the appropriate users.

  2. Configure the DefaultStudio registry value to be blank.

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  3. Edit the (Default) entry in the Studios key and insert the path to the ChannelTemplates folder you enabled sharing. For example, \mosart_main_server\ChannelTemplates.

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  4. Export the now complete ActiveX registry entry and deploy this file using your deployment tools for other workstations that require the ActiveX.

Connecting the ActiveX to Viz Mosart Server via Template Database

This method is for connecting the ActiveX to Template Database.

  1. A read only database user is recommended for access from the ActiveX.

  2. Configure the DefaultStudio registry value to be blank.

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  3. Edit the (Default) entry in the Studios key and insert the connection string for Template Database.

    • Type=Database;ProviderName=MySql.Data.MySqlClient;server=localhost;User Id=root;database=mosarttemplatedb
      The connection string of the database contains the following fields:

      Name

      Value

      Type

      Database.

      ProviderName

      The qualified name for the .NET Component used for database access. Currently on MySql.Data.MySqlClient is provided in the installer.

      Server

      IP-address or hostname of the database server.

      User Id

      User ID of the database

      Password

      Optional. The password for the User ID to the database.

      Database

      The SQL database name on the database server.

      Gallery

      Optional. Name of gallery to be addressed within the database. Also extracts private galleries for that gallery.

      UseSharedAvConfig

      For selecting the source of the AvConfig file.
      True: Build the AvConfig file from the shared settings instead of the one stored for the gallery.
      Example connection string: Type=Database;ProviderName=MySql.Data.MySqlClient;server=localhost;User Id=activex;password=activex;database=mosarttemplatedb;UseSharedAvConfig=true.
      False: Use the template database.

ADO.Net Driver

For the Active X component to connect to a template database, an ADO.NET driver is needed to be installed on each client. The driver can be downloaded from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/.

Caching ChannelTemplates files

The Viz Mosart ActiveX stores a cached version of the ChannelTemplate files (channeltemplates.xml, newsroomsettings.xml and avconfig.xml ) in the system’s TEMP folder: %localappdata%/Temp/Mosart Medialab/ChannelTemplates (Note the space character!). This is done for both type of connections described above.

Changes are only downloaded if the timestamps on these files differ.

Deleting the cache folder forces Viz Mosart ActiveX to get the latest configuration files from database or from the shared folder.

Updating Changes

ActiveX stores a cached version of ChannelTemplates in the system %Temp folder. Changes are only copied if the cached ChannelTemplates time stamp differs to that of the Viz Mosart Server or Template Database.

  • A forced refresh of ActiveX can be done by opening and closing the ActiveX twice within the host application.