Save and Load Connection Settings

Symprex Email Signature Manager, v5.0.0

Saving the database connection settings to a file allows you to easily create the sign.ini file that can be used with the command line deployment tool sign.exe to specify the central database, instead of specifying this using command line arguments. It also allows you to create a file in a shared location that can be used by new users of Email Signature Manager to quickly configure Email Signature Manager to connect to the central database by loading the database connection settings from the file.

To create a new configuration file containing the connection settings in use by Email Signature Manager:

1.	Click the Save Connection Settings button in the Database group of the Configuration ribbon on the main application window.

2.	Enter the name of the configuration file to be created and select the location to save the file to.

3.	Click the Save button to save the file or the Cancel button to cancel without saving the file.

To load an existing configuration file containing the connection settings for Email Signature Manager to use:

1.	Click the Load Connection Settings button in the Database group of the Configuration page of the ribbon.

2.	Select the configuration file to be loaded., and click the Open button to continue or the Cancel button to cancel without loading the file.

3.	The settings contained in the specified file will be loaded and displayed in the Settings Database dialog.