Created by James Hurrell on Apr 16, 2021

Open Profile Connection dialog box

This dialog box enables you to view a list of all the available (and valid) connection profiles stored on your workstation. The dialog box will be automatically displayed during the Server Manager launch process.

You can also access it by:

  1. Clicking File > Open Connection located on the menu bar (or by using the button or the CTRL+N shortcut key.)

All valid connection profiles that are currently stored on your workstation will be displayed in this dialog box. For each profile various pieces of information are displayed:

  • Profile Name
  • Server Version (type of server the application will connect to)

Buttons

Use the buttons to carry out tasks:

This button launches the Add/Edit Connection Profile dialog box enabling you to create a new profile from scratch.
This button launches the Add/Edit Connection Profile dialog box enabling you to edit an existing profile.
This button will remove a selected profile from the list. Recovery is not possible.
This button will force CAST Server Manager to carry out a connection test using the currently selected connection profile. A dialog box with display the results of this connection test (success or failure).
Opens a connection to the server in the selected profile and closes the dialog box. This option can also be found in the right click shortcut menu as Open.
Cancel Cancels any changes and closes the dialog box.

Shortcut menu

A shortcut menu also exists (select a profile and right click to launch it):

Option Keyboard Equivalent Description
Open - Uses the selected profile (Knowledge Base (Local) profile) to establish a connection.
Edit - As buttons above
Add Ins As buttons above
Remove Del As buttons above
Clone - This option will create an exact copy of the currently selected profile. The copy will be called: <Copy of "profile_name">.
Select All - Use this option to select all connection profiles listed in the dialog box.
Validate - This option will force CAST Server Manager to carry out a connection test using the currently selected connection profile. A dialog box with display the results of this connection test (success or failure).
See Also

Add/Edit Connection Profile dialog box | Creating Connection Profiles | Launching Server Manager

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