How to create a WMS test environment

It’s possible to run different versions of WMS on the same server. Sometimes you need to use different versions of WMS, for example testing purposes.

At first, review the operation of WMS.

Unlike standard addons, WMS doesn’t store business logic in the addon itself, but by workflow scripts inside the company database. This allows you to use different versions of WMS per company.

The AddOn Loader addon just loads these business logics, so the version of the AddOn Loader is actually irrelevant.

You can find your AddOn version number in the header of the Organizational Structure window.

Preparation

Run the Produmex Suite installer and add the test system in the General tab. Make sure that 'Environment' is 'Test' as shown in the highlight.

Switch to the server related tab.

You will see that the 'Production' button is active (green) and you will see the installation directory of the production environment where the installer will install the Produmex Tools and the Fat Client..

Note that when you switch to test environment, the install directory will change.

Installation

Install the required components in the usual way. Make sure that the 'Test' environment is set

Config the database. Note that you can only see the 'Test' database.

When the installation is done, update the Connection String.

Start the SAP Business One as administrator and start the AddOnLoader.

It will prepare the AddOn files

Usage

If you want to use Produmex Tools and Fat Client in the newly installed test environment, you must use the new path and the new connection string in the batch file, as shown in this example. I have highlighted the differences between them with red.

Production system:

"C:\Program Files\Produmex\Produmex Fat Client\Produmex.Sbo.Logex.Execute.FatClient.exe" /f- /a:Produmex.Foundation.SlimScreen.WinGui.PocketSize /s+ /w:320 /h:480 /i:SCAN1 /cs:WMS_PROD

Test system:

"C:\Program Files\Produmex\Produmex Fat Client TEST\Produmex.Sbo.Logex.Execute.FatClient.exe" /f- /a:Produmex.Foundation.SlimScreen.WinGui.PocketSize /s+ /w:320 /h:480 /i:SCAN1 /cs:WMS_TEST