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Configure a MIRC Server for use with RadPix MIRC Authoring Tool
Determine MIRC server Parameters
If you have already installed a MIRC server, view a case on it. If not, see MIRC Server. Now look at the address bar of the browser. Information regarding the MIRC server configuration can be determined from the web address.
For instance, http://127.0.0.1:8080/mircstorage/documents/20070409162012333/case.xml
- http://127.0.0.1 is the Base MIRC URL
- 8080 is the port number
- mircstorage is the storage service name
- documents is the folder where all the MIRC cases are saved on the server
- 20070409162012333 is the case folder
- case.xml is the case filename
For instance c:\program files\Apache...\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\mircstorage\documents
The storage name and port number will be entered into the Preferences using the Edit/Preferences pull down menu of the RadPix MIRC Authoring Tool.
RadPix MIRC Authoring Tool Configuration : MIRC Server
MIRC Server Configuration
To access the preferences window, load the RadPix MIRC Authoring Tool. Then select the Edit / Preferences pull down menu.
- Base MIRC Server URL
- For the above example, http://127.0.0.1:8080
- MIRC Storage Service Name
- For the above example, mircstorage
- Check the "Require Authentication to Upload Cases" box to have the user names fill in under the Access Tab
- User names are then read from the authors.xml file which is present in the storage service directory of the server
- For instance, C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\mircstorage\authors.xml, in a server with mircstorage as the storage service name.
Then click Validate MIRC Server. The program will attempt to contact the server to verify it is a valid MIRC server. If successful, a dialog box will then appear saying it is valid. Then click the Save button.
User Authentication Options
Allow Unregistered Users to Create a Case
In the scenerio in which students that are not registered in the system are allowed to create a case, here is how to do it.
- In the RadPix MIRC Authoring Tool, pull down menu File/Prefences there is a checkbox option to "Require Authentication to Upload Cases". When this option is selected, an additional option which becomes available is "Allow Unregistered Authors". While this may not at first glance make sense, it may be used to add an additional unregistered author to a case. For instance, a student creates a case under the guidance of a registered user. The student would then enter his/her name in the Unregistered Author box, and then the registered user would be selected from either of the three boxes, Owner, Other Owner, or Proxy Creator, and the registered user's password would be entered. It could also be configured so that there is a generic student user with a publicized password so that the student could create cases on his or her own.
