Create a Web Application

  • The website under which you want to create the web application is created, started and selected in the SMC tree.
  1. Click Create Web Application .
  1. (On Server with local web server (IIS)) The Server Information expander displays the name of the server and is read-only.
    (On remote web server (IIS) SMC) You can add the Server information using Automatic or Manual configuration mode.
    NOTE: Ensure that the server name in the Server Information expander is same as the subject name of the CCom Host certificate (configured for Web Server Communication) on the Server. If you get a message stating that the Server is not available, see troubleshooting steps.
    For Automatic configuration mode, in the Server Information expander, proceed as follows:
    a. Type the full computer name of the Server, for example ABCXY022PC.dom01.company.net.
    or click Browse and select the server name using the Workstation Picker dialog box.
    b. If required, edit the Server service port to match the service port number on the selected Server. The default port number is 8888.
    c. Click Projects to browse for and select a project on the configured Server using the Project Information dialog box.
  • In the Project Information: Web Server Communication expander, the Server project name, the Communication mode, and the CCom port number are configured according to the linked Server project.
  • The linked Server project’s system name and the project path also display.
    In a distributed environment, in addition to the linked System’s name (the system name associated with the project linked to the web application), the System names of all the projects in distribution with the project linked to the web application also display.
  1. In the Web Application Details expander, proceed as follows:
    a. In the Name field, enter a unique name for the web application.
    b. By default, the website user you configured is the web application user.
    Click Browse and select a different web application user from the one you selected while creating the website using the Select User dialog box. The web application user must be a member of the IIS_IUSRS Group. If you select a user that is not a member of the IIS_IUSRS Group, the SMC prompts you to add the user to the IIS_IUSRS Group.
    The user must also have Allow log on locally as Service right set. For more information, refer Cannot Create or Save Website in Troubleshooting Websites and Web Applications.
    NOTE: For working with Windows App Client, the web application user must be added in the list of allowed users in the Project Shares expander.
    c. Enter the password of the web application user.
    d. Do not change the default path is [installation drive:]\[installation folder]\[Websites]\[Website name], unless you want to change it using Browse.
    NOTE: For a third-party website created on a root drive, do not create a web application under the website on the (same or a different) root drive in SMC. Otherwise, you cannot launch the Desigo CC web page and an HTTP 404 error message displays.
    e. Use the default self-signed certificate that displays in the Certificate issued to field or
    click Browse and select the certificate for the web application using the Select Certificate dialog box. The web application certificate can be different from the web site certificate.
    Select a certificate from the Personal tab of the store location Local machine certificates or User Certificates.
    The certificate must have a Private key and it must be exportable (see Tips for Configuring a Web Application Certificate).
  1. Click Save .
  • A confirmation message displays.
  1. Click OK.
  • The web application data is validated and a new web application node is created as a child of the selected website under Websites in the SMC tree. A corresponding child node is created in IIS.
    A web application folder containing the ClickOnce folder is created at the path specified while creating the website.
  • A read-only web application URL for https, when clicked, launches a web page for launching Windows App client in your default browser a secured environment.
    Alternatively, you can copy the web application URL using the Copy URL button, launch the browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Chrome etc, and in the address bar, paste the web application URL to launch web page for Windows App client for working with Windows App client.
  • (Applicable only for distributed environment) When you launch the Windows App client, you can work with all the projects whose system names are listed, provided these projects are started and the distribution configuration is working.