Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to use a different SMTP port for sending other than port 25
The SMTP default port can be changed from port 25 (default) to your own defined port number.
...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 11/28/2007      Last Modification Date: 11/28/2007

2. Windows 2003 Server 64 bit requires a special version of the ASP mailer included with Web+Center.
IF you are running Windows 2003 64 bit version, you need a special version of our ASP mailer. To...
Categories: No Categories Defined
Date Created: 11/19/2007      Last Modification Date: 01/08/2008

3. When attempting to configure Web+Center with 64 bit 2003 server and 64 bit SQL 2005, one will get the error:
ADODB.Connection error '800a0ea9' Provider is not specified and there is no designated default provider.
There is new database connection syntax required when using this configuration. We have found a ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 11/14/2007      Last Modification Date: 11/15/2007

4. Invoice functions and reports in Business+Center and Tech+Center start to fail with Error: Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A0006)
Overflow: 'Cint'
/business50/CustomerSummary.asp, line 717 when invoice dollar values are greater than 32K (signed integer).

Several modules were fixed by changing the lines:

If CInt(MoneySTring2) < 0 Then
...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 10/05/2007      Last Modification Date: 10/05/2007

5. Additional hints for configuring integrated Active Directory login with Web+Center. Specifically if you get a "Table does not exist error".
When trying to do a Directory Lookup, the following error occurs?

Provider error '80040e...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Active Directory/LDAP Integration]
Date Created: 08/30/2007      Last Modification Date: 08/30/2007

6. ASP Mailer gives Create Server Error message of:
ASP 0177 : 800401f3' Server.CreateObject Failed C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET SOFTWARE SCIENCES\WEB+CENTER 5.0\TECHCENTER\../Language/SendEmail.inc, line 165 800401f3
First try to run regsvr32 on the aosmtp.dll module. Secondly, try using regedit to verify certain...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 07/11/2007      Last Modification Date: 07/27/2007

7. Configuing proper DoAutologin.asp configuration with IE to allow for users to automatically login if they have already authenicated on their own machines with Windows Authentication.
To set IE to automatically forward the logged in authentication information to the doAutologin.as...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 04/11/2007      Last Modification Date: 04/18/2007

8. SQL Server Reports errors when creating the database - Column names are forced to be lower case or case sensitive.
To fix this problem (which is not the default SQL*Server configuration), run the command:
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 04/03/2007      Last Modification Date: 04/03/2007

9. LDAP/Active Directory Connection String Debugging Hints
Our connect string is

LDAP://<IP Number>/dc=smallbusiness,dc=local

and ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Active Directory/LDAP Integration]
Date Created: 03/13/2007      Last Modification Date: 03/13/2007

10. Problems sending Emails and reports error: Mail FailureError with sending data;socket timeout.
the new version of McAfee security center, the "McAfee Privacy Service" which runs as a windows s...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 03/05/2007      Last Modification Date: 03/06/2007

11. Can I install Web+Center on Windows new Operating system Vista using SQL*Express as the backend database.
Yes.. we have some users that have sucessfully configured the Web+Center software on the Vista us...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 01/12/2007      Last Modification Date: 01/12/2007

12. Does Web+Center run on Vista and SQL*Express
Yes.. we have a user who has successfully installed and implement Web+Center running Vista and SQ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 11/11/2006      Last Modification Date: 11/30/2006

13. When testing and configureing the LDAP/AD user login, the DoAutoLogin.asp page in the customer+center login gives the error:
"You are not authorized to view this page"
This error message may occur Integrated Windows Authentication is not checked. To Configure thi...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 11/07/2006      Last Modification Date: 11/07/2006

14. The Dates (Due Date,Paid Date, etc) get switched around in the invoicing in the UK format of dd/mm/yyyy.
This can be fixed by going to the Regional settings under the control panel and set the date form...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question]
Date Created: 09/06/2006      Last Modification Date: 09/07/2006

15. How to change the URL for the login link for the customer or the tech to be a specific link. This might be required if technicians are accessing the Web+Center with a local internal IP address and customers are accessing the site using an enternal or domain name.
You can force the case link to be exactly the URL you want by changing some links in the DoTCas...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 08/11/2006      Last Modification Date: 08/29/2007

16. An 'Operation not Allowed' error occurs when attempting to download files over 200K using the File Download Feature.
IIS is unable to upload file attachments that are greater than 200kb in size by default as a resu...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 07/27/2006      Last Modification Date: 07/27/2006

17. Error when updating an edit (DoEditEvent.asp) in the Business+Center.

Error occurs in Business+Center and DoEditEvent.asp module when attempting to send email notifica...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 03/27/2006      Last Modification Date: 03/27/2006

18. How can I increase the font size in the FAQ list?
Simply change line 58 in the TopTen.asp module in the customercenter directory to: <Font size=...
Categories: [Problem Type==Enhancement Request]
Date Created: 01/30/2006      Last Modification Date: 01/31/2006

19. Extended Time Spent Reports reports totals of zero with SQL*Server version.
The Hours and HourlyRate columns in the TimeSpent Table should have a default value of zero assoc...
Categories: [Problem Type==Enhancement Request] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 01/27/2006      Last Modification Date: 01/31/2006

20. How can I make the company field required on the Customer Self Registration page?
To do this, you can follow some of the existing code in the DoRegistrations.asp module and chang...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 12/05/2005      Last Modification Date: 12/05/2005

21. Customer Knowledge base searches do not work properly
The DoCCSearch1.asp file that is now shipping includes the a customization for a customer that sh...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 11/28/2005      Last Modification Date: 11/28/2005

22. ASP error reported when customer submits a trouble ticket - Line 709 of DoCaseForm.asp - Time Zone Offset must be zero or numeric
You will get this error if you have reset the time zone setting to a non numeric value.. this is ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 11/17/2005      Last Modification Date: 11/18/2005

23. How to add a non default port number of email notification links
Email notifications are sent out to customers and techs when a support case is updated. Inside o...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 09/08/2005      Last Modification Date: 09/08/2005

24. Web+Center ASP (Email Architect) Mailer fails due to McAfee version 8.0.
You will get an error when attempting to create the object when launching the mailer. To fix thi...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 09/02/2005      Last Modification Date: 09/08/2005

25. How can I removed certain options from the Customer+Center Drop Down list like FAQs
The Dropdown list at the top of every customer+center page is now created in some code in the cch...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 08/30/2005      Last Modification Date: 08/30/2005

26. How to change the currency symbol used in Business+Center Invoices from US Dollars $ to another symbol.
To change the currency symbol and made other label customizations, simply edit the label definiti...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 07/27/2005      Last Modification Date: 07/27/2005

27. 4.0 to 5.0 Upgrade Script fails with Norton Anti-virus options enabled
The Web+Center 4.0 to 5.0 upgrade script will fail if the Norton Anti-virus software is install a...
Categories: No Categories Defined
Date Created: 07/25/2005      Last Modification Date: 07/25/2005

28. ASP errors reports error when attempting to use ASP Session variables.
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'

Type mismatch: 'session'
The Browser will report the following error:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 07/07/2005      Last Modification Date: 07/25/2005

29. Zone Alarm disables browser cookies that are required for Web+Center logins to work correctly.
Zone Alarm Firewall may not permit Web+Center cookies from being set. To verify if browser cooki...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 06/16/2005      Last Modification Date: 06/16/2005

30. Reports button fails and reports ASP line 243
A version of Report component was released with a bug for version 5.0 that cases it to report an ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 06/16/2005      Last Modification Date: 06/16/2005

31. How to install the Web+Center ASP mailer (from Email Architect) for Web+Center Version 5.0 separately if you copied and pasted Web+Center files from another machine.
If you installed Web+Center originally on one machine and then copied the file directory to anoth...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 06/02/2005      Last Modification Date: 06/02/2005

32. Web+Center application fails when accessing it by the machine name but works using the domain name or IP address.
This is an known issue with IIS6 and more information about this web server issue should be refer...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 05/20/2005      Last Modification Date: 05/20/2005

33. The program suddenly stopped sending emails when customers entered a new request for help. Could not send out port 25.
McAfee (8.0i) had updated itself and shut down the port. Solved problem by right clicking on the ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 02/28/2005      Last Modification Date: 02/28/2005

34. Missing Database Field for 3.1/3.2 versions upgrading to 4.0
For some that originally downloaded version 3.1, there is one missing database field that might h...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 01/05/2005      Last Modification Date: 01/05/2005

35. How can one add a Spell Checker for the Web+Center application form text boxes?
A 3rd party vendors offers a free Internet Explorer form spell checker program and it is availabl...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 5.0]
Date Created: 12/06/2004      Last Modification Date: 12/06/2004

36. How to make a category required for Tech+Center or Customer+Center.
You need to first figure out which category you want to require and get that category number (lik...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 11/13/2004      Last Modification Date: 11/17/2004

37. Problems getting Software Artisans Mailer working - Create Object Error even after re-installing the SA Utility
This may be a permissions error in your registry that's preventing SMTPMail from being instantiat...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 11/09/2004      Last Modification Date: 11/09/2004

38. Can no longer attach files to cases - File Upload feature hangs
There are known issues with both Norton Anti-Virus and Mcaffee Antivirus script blocking/diable f...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 08/23/2004      Last Modification Date: 08/25/2004

39. How to Import Customers into Web+Center from Active Directory
To Add New Client Accounts to the HelpDesk

1. Open Active Directory Users & Computers Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 08/10/2004      Last Modification Date: 08/10/2004

40. File Upload error for files over 200K on Windows 2003 Server
Article PS030911112
Windows 2003 upload size limit - error 800a0001
Problem Description Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.5]
Date Created: 06/16/2004      Last Modification Date: 08/11/2004

41. IIS 6.0 Defaults to prohibiting ASP from running
The Web+Center application is an ASP based application and virtual directories must be configure ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 05/17/2004      Last Modification Date: 05/19/2004

42. Configuring SQL*Server Database connect string with Windows Authenication instead of SQL*Server Authentication
With Windows 2003 and site server and SQL as the backend database,you must configure Web+Center t...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 04/14/2004      Last Modification Date: 04/14/2004

43. Issues on using the Microsoft Update Service and IIS Lockdown tools with IIS and Web+Center
After installing Microsoft Software Update Service "SUS" which automatically install the IIS Lock...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 04/08/2004      Last Modification Date: 04/08/2004

44. Email Configuration Test fails with SQL*Server OLE-DB Error - Also other OLE-DB error fails in other modules that access the configuration table can occur too.
There appears to be issue with just SQL*Server and properly returning memo columns with the Datab...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 10/31/2003      Last Modification Date: 10/31/2003

45. Cell Email reports error: UnsupportedEncodingException: US Ascii
It appear that some cell phone provided (T-Mobile in particular) requires that the Mailer.charset...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 08/28/2003      Last Modification Date: 08/29/2003

46. The link for the a customer to go directly to a case from the email link does not work for the authenicated user login approach.
A link is provided in an email to the customer that allows them to quickly go directly to the sup...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 07/18/2003      Last Modification Date: 07/21/2003

47. Optional information fields lost information when customers do updates if optional text field is tech view only
This issue was fixed on Feb 14, 2003 and a new version of DoCaseForm.asp can be obtained from the...
Categories: [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 02/13/2003      Last Modification Date: 02/14/2003

48. If Webserver Parent Paths facility is disabled in IIS Version 6.X it will cause web+center to fail.
MS recommends that on the webserver the Parent Paths facility should be switched off for addition...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 02/12/2003      Last Modification Date: 02/19/2003

49. Error in /tech40/reports.asp, line 374
To solve this problem,
(1) click on Administration and add at least one tech support group wi...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 02/08/2003      Last Modification Date: 02/10/2003

50. Important Upgrade Fix for Categories or any 3.5 to 4.0 upgrades
A problem was identified when users upgrade from 3.5 concerning categories. The 4.0 version supp...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 01/30/2003      Last Modification Date: 01/31/2003

51. Important Web+Center 3.5 to 4.0 Upgrade Fixes
The 4.0 system allows you to configure a FROM organization name in your emails. This is blank by...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 01/30/2003      Last Modification Date: 01/31/2003

52. Important Web+Center 3.5 to 4.0 Upgrade Fix ---Case form displays duplicate categories after upgrade AND DoTCaseform.asp gives CInt() error in line 880.
After upgrading from version 3.5 to 4.0 the "Case" form shows multiple instances of the same cate...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 01/29/2003      Last Modification Date: 01/30/2003

53. Problem with some 3.5 to 4.0 upgrades with missing database column - Reports ASP error messages of: Too few parameters. Expected 1 when bringing up search engine, case form ,etc
It appears that some 3.5 databases may be missing a column in the categories called category_inde...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 4.0 Production]
Date Created: 01/29/2003      Last Modification Date: 02/12/2003

54. Additional steps required for configuring Web+Center with Windows .NET Server 2003
To add a new tech, the license key code uses the a special C++ Compiled ISAPI dll called techsupp...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 01/28/2003      Last Modification Date: 01/28/2003

55. Cell Email does not work for Tech Notifications
We were able to create the problem. The CellEmail code was being tested for ToCellEmail and not C...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 01/16/2003      Last Modification Date: 01/22/2003

56. Administration Button does not work or problem with adding new techs.
If the administration button does not work, first check all of the file permissions for the entir...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 12/04/2002      Last Modification Date: 12/13/2002

57. Tech Search engine gives ASP error when searching for Knowledge base cases that are scheduled cases.
Tech Search engine gives ASP error when searching for Knowledge base cases that are scheduled ca...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 08/20/2002      Last Modification Date: 08/22/2002

58. File Upload Feature fails with Norton Anti-virus settings
It appears that the default option with Norton Anti-virus will disable some ASP script function, ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 08/01/2002      Last Modification Date: 08/01/2002

59. How to show only a customers Assets
To show only a customers assets when the customers performs an asset search in the customer+Cente...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 07/16/2002      Last Modification Date: 07/16/2002

60. Tech Staff not properly added to support group although it says members successfully added.
This may occur if you have removed all of the initial default techs accounts and then attempted t...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 06/13/2002      Last Modification Date: 06/13/2002

61. How do I configure usergroups
User groups are configured only in the business+center by going to the http://(hostname)/business...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 06/07/2002      Last Modification Date: 06/07/2002

62. Errors when adding items to Knowledge base for non english languages such as Russian.
Its was relative to national (russian) language words only. On SQL Server 2000 create new databas...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 05/18/2002      Last Modification Date: 05/22/2002

63. Tech+Center fails after IE Security Patch hotfixes Q313675, 316059 and 319182 installed. Cookies not handled properly at the browser level for IE after this patch is installed.

It appears that some of IE security patch/hot fixes, Q313675 and 316059 and 319182 cause the cook...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 05/06/2002      Last Modification Date: 05/06/2002

64. How to assign a case to a tech automatically from Customer+Center
Although we don't recommend especially if your organization grows or if that one tech is NOT dail...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 03/15/2002      Last Modification Date: 03/15/2002

65. How can we send a link to let the tech directly log into techcenter in the email that is sent when the customer updates a case and a link in the email in the customer when the tech updates the case?
To do this, one must enable and configure some code that already exists in DoTCaseform.asp module...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 02/28/2002      Last Modification Date: 03/06/2002

66. Changing default sort order for Tech's Open Cases Page
The Tech's Open cases Page (My Cases) or mycases.asp can be called with a sortby parameter as a q...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 02/15/2002      Last Modification Date: 02/15/2002

67. Administration button gives can't find DNS error
The Administration button uses a non ASP web environment called ISAPI, which is a compiled C++ d...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 02/01/2002      Last Modification Date: 02/01/2002

68. Problem running Administration Button ... More Test options
If your Administration button is giving an HTTP 500 error or other page error, then the ISAPI dll...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 01/31/2002      Last Modification Date: 02/01/2002

69. Tech+Center Administration Button prompts file download option
This is due to the virtual directory settings for the techcenter (tech30) directory not set to bo...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 01/30/2002      Last Modification Date: 01/30/2002

70. Problem running LoadWC35Defaults.SQL script with SQL 2000 Database
For SQL 2000, the LoadWC35Defaults.sql script will create two errors when attempting to load the ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 01/29/2002      Last Modification Date: 01/29/2002

71. Edit User Page and Email Message gives error message with SQL 2000 Database
This error has only been reported by SQL 2000 database users when first installing and configurin...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 01/22/2002      Last Modification Date: 01/22/2002

72. How to enable file permissions for XP?
It may be necessary to set some file permissions for the Web+Center files to enable the Web+Cente...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 01/21/2002      Last Modification Date: 08/26/2004

73. Can't get Administration Button to work in Tech Center
There are three reasons we have discovered by this button and special ISAPI fails. Please try al...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 01/18/2002      Last Modification Date: 01/28/2002

74. Due Date does not save when initially creating the case inside the Tech+Center. Due Date do save when updating the support case.
This problem has been verified by our support staff on December 19, 2001 and an update to the DoT...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 12/18/2001      Last Modification Date: 12/19/2001

75. MDAC Component Checker/ ODBC Installation Issues
If you are having issues connecting to the database and have verified you have run all of the tes...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 11/27/2001      Last Modification Date: 11/27/2001

76. Obtaining Web+Center Software Updates
There are two methods now available to determine if your Web+Center installation has all of the c...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 11/16/2001      Last Modification Date: 11/19/2001

77. Server object, ASP 0177 (0x800401f3) Invalid ProgID on line attempting to create SMTP object for sending email.
This error has been found to be related to the when the Software Artisans SMTP mail utility has n...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 11/14/2001      Last Modification Date: 11/16/2001

78. How to remove (Knowledge Base) or case searches for customers using the Customer+Center.
If you want to completely remove the options to allow your customers to search for cases in the k...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 10/31/2001      Last Modification Date: 10/31/2001

79. Additional Knowledge Base on IIS Errors/setup/configuration
Many of the installation issues with our product are primarily configuration issues with IIS and ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 10/30/2001      Last Modification Date: 10/30/2001

80. Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Disk or network error.
This is known issue with ODBC Jet Drivers and IIS. Please refer to the MS KB article Q251254 at:...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 10/29/2001      Last Modification Date: 10/30/2001

81. Tech+Center Login Times out but other functions work
With some Windows 2000 users that have anti-virus software install, the Tech+Center Login page wi...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 10/15/2001      Last Modification Date: 10/19/2001

82. Hosting the Web+Center website at a dynamic DSL connection
With the difficulty of getting static IP address for your webserver, one vendor that we know has ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 09/07/2001      Last Modification Date: 09/07/2001

83. Can't get past the Tech+Center log-on page
Some users experience a problem running the login script and it appear to fail on the read file s...
Categories: [Problem Type==Comment] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 09/06/2001      Last Modification Date: 09/07/2001

84. Error in updating values on Additional System Configuration Menu with IE 5.5
There were two duplicate form tags in the EditConfiguration.asp module that were causing problem ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center 3.5]
Date Created: 09/05/2001      Last Modification Date: 09/06/2001

85. How to debug an ASP script error?
If you get an ASP script, it is often easy to determine the cause of the problem by the following...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 09/04/2001      Last Modification Date: 09/04/2001

86. Customer+Center Searches display all cases
Versions previous to version 3.5 were putting non-null empty string values in the Case_Summary an...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 08/24/2001      Last Modification Date: 08/24/2001

87. Error in Customer Search Page (DoCSearch.asp) For SQL*Server Users
If you get the error:
Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]The text, ntext, and imag...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 08/17/2001      Last Modification Date: 09/04/2001

88. What is the Knowledge Base ?
The knowledge base is created by mapping each word from the case fields (One line description, hi...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 08/17/2001      Last Modification Date: 08/17/2001

89. Can't find file :LANG-ENGLISH-US.INC Error in customer+Center and Tech+Center
To fix this problem, copy the LANG-ENGLISH-US.INC file from the techcenter directory to both the ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 08/06/2001      Last Modification Date: 08/06/2001

90. Can we use another mailer besides Software Artisans SMTP mailer utility such as JMail?
We have created a file called jmail.asp that contains a SendEmail() Subroutine subsitute for the ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 08/06/2001      Last Modification Date: 08/10/2001

91. Dispatcher pages reports invalid use of Null error
To fix this problem, log into the tech+Center as each of the pre-assign tech accounts - Config, A...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 08/03/2001      Last Modification Date: 08/06/2001

92. How can I send emails to group members before it is assigned to a tech and not send emails to group members after it has a tech assignment.
To configure this type of email notification control, one will have to directly edit the DoTCasef...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 08/01/2001      Last Modification Date: 08/01/2001

93. Error: Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)
File Already in Use Error message
Some users have been able to solve this problem by setting user Everyone to have full control for...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 07/04/2001      Last Modification Date: 07/05/2001

94. Error in mycases.asp after 3.5 database upgrade
An error maybe reported when pressing the mycases button or when logging in the top frame. The e...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 06/28/2001      Last Modification Date: 06/28/2001

95. Error in UpgradeWebCenter31to35.asp script
There is a known problem in the 3.5 Beta Access Upgrade Script. It can be fixed by moving the tw...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 06/28/2001      Last Modification Date: 06/28/2001

96. Customer error on updating case: Type mismatch error in DoCaseForm.asp line 194
We has occured before for users of a special browser on a non PC or mac platform.. possibly Lynx....
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 06/27/2001      Last Modification Date: 06/27/2001

97. Access Database Connectivity Problems with Windows 2000
Some user experience installation problems when running the Web+Center application with the Acces...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 06/21/2001      Last Modification Date: 06/21/2001

98. Administration Button Does Not Work
Some user can get the system working but clicking on the Administration button gives an error. T...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 06/06/2001      Last Modification Date: 06/06/2001

99. How to include Links and Images in KB
Yes.... to do this you must use a double tag characters (two greater than symbols and two less th...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 06/05/2001      Last Modification Date: 07/31/2001

100. Problems connecting to Database under Windows 2000
Some users experience connecting to the database and especially making mulitple connections to th...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 05/31/2001      Last Modification Date: 05/31/2001

101. How can we change the sort order for categories?
The sort order for categories is based on the category number and is not set up to be alphabetica...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 05/09/2001      Last Modification Date: 09/03/2001

102. How to configure and host multiple Web+Center installations on one server.
One can host more than one instance of Web+Center on a single server by changing the following fi...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 05/03/2001      Last Modification Date: 05/03/2001

103. IIS service terminates complaining that the Out of Process app terminated
If no domain administrator for the server is logged in, IIS web server can create this error that...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 03/23/2001      Last Modification Date: 10/18/2001

104. Problems running Windows 2000, IIS, and FAT partitions
There are IIS web server issues while attempting to run Web+Center on Windows 2000 (professional/...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 03/22/2001      Last Modification Date: 03/22/2001

105. How can we enlarge the size of the Case Summary and Case Resolution Text Boxes in the Tech+Center Case Form ?
This can be easily changed by editing the TCaseform.asp module in the Techcenter directory. The ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Enhancement Request] [Item==Tech+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 03/21/2001      Last Modification Date: 03/22/2001

106. How can I edit the Email message text sent to customers/Techs ?
These are configurable under options under administration... and Email Text and User Page Configu...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 03/21/2001      Last Modification Date: 03/21/2001

107. How can you put a case into the FAQ list?
If you click on reports and then click on Edit Top 10 List link you can add cases to the FAQ. Ca...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 03/08/2001      Last Modification Date: 03/08/2001

108. If Double Quotes are in the One Line Description the case form stops reading the one line description from that point
his is an HTML behavior with the input HTML tag.
When a double quote in the text field, it ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 03/06/2001      Last Modification Date: 03/14/2002

109. Direct OLE-DB Connect String for Access/Web Server Crashing problems with Access
To posibly help solve some problems with the Access ODBC driver which are not thread safe and thu...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 03/02/2001      Last Modification Date: 03/28/2001

110. Error deleting Tech support staff
Versions before Feb 25, 2001 may have problems deleting techs using the administration tools. Th...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 02/26/2001      Last Modification Date: 03/02/2001

111. How to create different Customer_ID Keys
There are three places where will need to change the code that creates the customer ID to be cons...
Categories: [Problem Type==Enhancement Request] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 02/23/2001      Last Modification Date: 02/23/2001

112. Connecting to Remote SQL*Server Database
When IIS and SQL Server are running on separate machines, the NT domain security
must be set...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 02/23/2001      Last Modification Date: 02/23/2001

113. HTTP Error 401 error
Users reports getting error for the techsupp.dll file:
HTTP Error 401
401.3 Unauthorized:...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 02/09/2001      Last Modification Date: 02/09/2001

114. ODBC error with SQL*Server - Select Permission denied
The wc30 user does not have enough permissions for the webcenter30 database when this occurs. To...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 01/30/2001      Last Modification Date: 01/30/2001

115. Error when running SQL*Server script Loadwc31Default.sql
When using the database scripts from download 3.1 (01/23/01 or earlier) on SQL 2000, you may
...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 01/23/2001      Last Modification Date: 01/23/2001

116. Is there a way to email a notification to the admin or dispatcher that a new help ticket has been
submitted?
Yes... Using the Group Notification option this can be done. Use the steps below:
1) Add a...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 01/19/2001      Last Modification Date: 01/19/2001

117. How does Version 3.1 differ from Version 3.0
Version 3.1 has a complete re-designed of the asset management component and allows for assets to...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 01/10/2001      Last Modification Date: 01/10/2001

118. How can I import customer records?
There exists in the techcenter directory an extensive script to import customer records and prope...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 01/02/2001      Last Modification Date: 01/02/2001

119. How do we send email to more than one tech?
You will need to add some tech members to the defined default group. You can configure email to ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 12/20/2000      Last Modification Date: 12/20/2000

120. Common ODBC/Database connect problems
If you are experiencing any database connectivity issues or get any http 500 server errors, pleas...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 12/13/2000      Last Modification Date: 12/13/2000

121. Customer Asset Component Not activated
This was acciendently commented out in the customeroptions.asp module in the customer directory. ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 12/11/2000      Last Modification Date: 12/11/2000

122. Problem accessing database, Error: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers (0x80004005) reported
The userid and password in the db_define.inc files in the businesscenter, customercenter and tech...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 12/11/2000      Last Modification Date: 12/11/2000

123. Error(0x80004005) when running importTowebcenter30.asp
The file permissions for the webcenter30.mdb file are not loose enough for running under Windows ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 12/07/2000      Last Modification Date: 12/08/2000

124. Configurator Access lost
You need to have one user account as configurator since only a configurator can grant additional ...
Categories: [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 12/05/2000      Last Modification Date: 05/13/2004

125. Categories not displayed on Tech+Center Search Engine
If a category was selected to be tech view only, it was not appearing on the tech search page. T...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 11/29/2000      Last Modification Date: 11/29/2000

126. Customer+Center displays wrong case number for newly created case
This was random occuring error in the DoCaseForm.asp module which was fixed by a new database que...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 11/27/2000      Last Modification Date: 11/29/2000

127. Category Edit/Delete fails
To fix this problem you will need to add a new column to the categories table called category_ind...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 11/21/2000      Last Modification Date: 11/21/2000

128. Upgrade from Web+Center version 2.X to Web+Center 3.0 version?
There are complete instructions for upgrading a Web+center Version 2.5 installation to a 3.0 inst...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Web+Center 3.0]
Date Created: 11/15/2000      Last Modification Date: 11/15/2000

129. How do you change the customer login name required length?
You can customize the requirements for all of the customer fields by reviewing the DoRegistration...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 10/30/2000      Last Modification Date: 07/21/2003

130. Can Customers directly view a particular case or article by the Case number ?
We have created a new, optional ASP page called CSearchOneCase.asp which can be added as a link t...
Categories: [Problem Type==Enhancement Request] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 09/27/2000      Last Modification Date: 09/28/2000

131. How to compare two Access 97 database versions
If you want to compare the two Web+Center databases, possibily one that has been changed outside ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Comment] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 09/18/2000      Last Modification Date: 09/18/2000

132. Importing LDAP records into the Customers database
We have created two LDAP specific import scripts to handle creating customer accounts from a impo...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 09/11/2000      Last Modification Date: 09/11/2000

133. How to make category item entry required?
This can be accomplished by adding the following code into the ASP module called DoCaseForm.asp f...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 08/30/2000      Last Modification Date: 08/31/2000

134. http: 500 server error Problems with some Windows 2000 installations
When submitting a new customer in Techcenter or a new user in customercenter, a "The page cannot ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 08/23/2000      Last Modification Date: 08/23/2000

135. Error Message: Failed to send email message - the recipient email address may be invalid.
This error may appear if your reply to email address or domain name is not valid. We got this er...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 08/22/2000      Last Modification Date: 08/22/2000

136. Can I use the product with Windows 98
No. The product will not run under Windows 98. The Personal Web Server appears to have problems...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 08/04/2000      Last Modification Date: 08/04/2000

137. Can I convert the database to Access 2000 format?
No. The database (webcenter.mdb) located in the database directory is created in Access 97 forma...
Categories: No Categories Defined
Date Created: 07/12/2000      Last Modification Date: 07/12/2000

138. Error after converting to Access 2000 database format.
When trying to register with the customer+center as a user, I receive the following error:
...
Categories: [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 07/11/2000      Last Modification Date: 07/11/2000

139. How can I verify I have the current version of Web+Center?
We have created a special set of tools to help Web+Center users stay current with the latest Web+...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 06/27/2000      Last Modification Date: 06/27/2000

140. Want to make Phone Number a required field for Customer Registration
To do, add the following three lines into the DoRegistration.asp starting at line 61. This file ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 06/23/2000      Last Modification Date: 06/23/2000

141. Running Web+Center on Windows 2000
Running Web+Center on Windows 2000 will create a generic Windows 2000 server 500 error because th...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 06/12/2000      Last Modification Date: 06/12/2000

142. How to Import Customer Records into Web+Center
We have created a script called ImportLDAP.asp and DoImportLDAP.asp located in the techcenter di...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Database]
Date Created: 06/07/2000      Last Modification Date: 01/14/2002

143. Configuring SQL*Server for Web+Center
Configuring the SQL*Server version is more complicated than the Access database version for vario...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 06/06/2000      Last Modification Date: 06/06/2000

144. Instructions to remove required password for Customer+Center for Login
Not requiring a password on the customer+Center login is now an web-based configurable option und...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 06/06/2000      Last Modification Date: 01/18/2005

145. Installation Diagnostic Tools
To help solve some installation problems, we have created some webpages to help debug installation and configuration issues.
To help solve installation and configuration issues that vary across the numerous IIS web server ...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 06/02/2000      Last Modification Date: 06/23/2000

146. Return receipt messages are being generated by customer+center.
There is a flag setting some of the customer+center *.asp page script that initially turned on re...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 05/26/2000      Last Modification Date: 05/26/2000

147. TELNET Methods to debug SMTP connectivity issues
The Tech+Center requires a connection to a open SMTP server. To verify that you STMP server will...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 05/17/2000      Last Modification Date: 02/07/2008

148. Error when customer submits a case report. It reports:
Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3'
Server.CreateObject Failed
/customercenter/DoCaseForm.asp, line 478
Invalid class string

This error will occur when the SMTP mail component from Software Artisans is not installed as lis...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Customer+Center]
Date Created: 05/10/2000      Last Modification Date: 05/10/2000

149. When attempting to add support staff to a support group, I get the error, "Failed to update recordset". This problem occurs only with SQL*Server versions dated before May 4th.
There is a missing default value for one of the fields in the groups table for the SQL*Server ver...
Categories: [Problem Type==Problem Report] [Item==Web+Center Installation]
Date Created: 05/04/2000      Last Modification Date: 07/12/2000

150. The Tech+Center displays a HTML page that says Database is not updatable with a continue button that takes one back to the login screen.
This is caused when the webcenter application is installed under the wwwroot directory tree and s...
Categories: No Categories Defined
Date Created: 04/18/2000      Last Modification Date: 04/18/2000

151. Request to make selected categories tech view only.
This feature has been implemented in version 2.5. It can be found by
(1) Click on administra...
Categories: [Problem Type==Enhancement Request] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 03/23/2000      Last Modification Date: 04/13/2000

152. User can not find how to edit the white board.
The white board can be edit by pressing the administration button, then pressing the edit user pa...
Categories: [Problem Type==Question] [Item==Tech+Center]
Date Created: 03/07/2000      Last Modification Date: 03/23/2000