Product Importer - Preferences

This section explains the settings available on the preference dialog assessable from the menus under Tools > Preferences

 

General

 

Proxy Server

 

Product Importer can be configured to connect to the internet via a proxy server to download order data or check for updates, many business networks are configured with a proxy server and for users on these networks have no option but to connect via the proxy server. for example a common example of this would be a Microsoft Small Business Server network with Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server installed.

 

Use A Proxy Server

Check this box to indicate to Product Importer you wish to configure a proxy server.

 

 

Use Internet Explorer Proxy Settings

Depending on your network security it may be possible to inherit the proxy server setting from Internet Explorer, checking this box may be enough to get connected, if this does not work you will need to configure the proxy setting manually.

 

 

Address

This is the address of the proxy server, for example:

 

http://YourProxyServerAddress:8080

 

Notice that you can specify a port number if required simply by adding :# to the address where # would be the port number

 

 

Username and Password

Depending on your environment your proxy server may require a username and password, typically this will be your Windows username and password used to logon to your network.