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WebClient Applications
Deploying an Application : Hosting the application on a server : Hosting the configuration file
 

Hosting the configuration file

Place the application configuration file in the directory specified by the URL in the WebClient Application Assembler's Configuration File Locator Definition dialog.
Note: The application configuration file cannot be hosted on an AppServer.
The first time the end user downloads the configuration file, the bootstrap.htm file specifies its location. For more information about this bootstrap.htm file, see the Bootstrapping a WebClient application. When downloaded, the configuration file is cached on the user's machine.
Although the application configuration file is generated in the version directory, you should place the file in a version-independent directory for deployment. You must always deploy the application configuration file to this same directory, regardless of the version number.
Caution: If you move the configuration file, you must change all references to the location of this file. This includes the references in the bootstrap.htm and webclient.htm files, and the URL specified in the Configuration File Locator Definition dialog. You must then use the WebClient Application Assembler to generate a new version of the application configuration file. Also, if you provided a shortcut for running the application, you must tell your users to rerun the bootstrap process from the initial installation Web page to automatically update the shortcut.