extVIEW Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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extVIEW Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

QUESTION:	Is it possible to only display users in a specific organizational unit?
ANSWER:	Yes. The BaseDN parameter in extVIEW.ini allows you specify a kind of "starting point" for all extVIEW directory queries. Example: BaseDN=OU=Users,OU=Enterprise,DC=ExtSoft,DC=Local The above setting instructs extVIEW to only search the Enterprise/Users OU (and all of its sub-OU's) of the ExtSoft.Local domain. Note that if you specify an invalid path in the BaseDN parameter, extVIEW will produce an error message. Also note that if the BaseDN parameter is left blank, extVIEW will simply search the entire domain tree/forest.
QUESTION:	Can employee photographs be displayed on extVIEW listings?
ANSWER:	Yes. Employee pictures can be displayed from two sources: Active Directory's built-in picture attribute (jpegPhoto in Windows 2003, thumbnailPhoto in Windows 2000) The ..\extVIEW\Pics directory on the web server To display pictures stored in Active Directory, set the UseADPictureAttribute parameter in the extVIEW.ini settings file to Y. If no picture for a particular user is found in Active Directory (or the UseADPictureAttribute option is turned off), extVIEW will look for a picture file in the ..\extVIEW\Pics directory on the web server. Pictures not stored in Active Directory must follow the file naming scheme of Username.EXT or FirstnameLastname.EXT, where EXT is either JPG, GIF, PNG, or BMP. Note that the FirstnameLastname.EXT format must be used for Contact objects, since they have no username attribute. Examples: fredf.JPG (User) FredFlintstone.JPG (User/Contact) BarneyRubble.GIF (User/Contact) A default picture file (named Default.EXT, where EXT is either JPG, GIF, PNG, or BMP) may be specified for users which do not have their own picture.