Configuring the Demo App

General Instructions

There are two configuration files:

  • org.sharedrecords.properties contains configuration variables that affect how the demo application treats files and encrypted records
  • org.sharedrecords.demo.properties affects the way the demo application is displayed.

org.sharedrecords.properties

org.sharedrecords.core.RemoteURL
The URL to the SharedRecords server; ie,  http://sra.sharedrecords.org:8080/SRCDataStore
org.sharedrecords.core.DataStoreMode
Mode in which the datastore should operate. The value should be the string "Local" for using a directory on the local hard disk as the datastore, or "Remote" for connecting to the remote server. If the DataStoreMode is set to "Remote" and the RemoteURL is not set, an error will be thrown.
org.sharedrecords.core.TransactionFile
Name of file to store transaction logs in. The path is relative to the value of org.sharedrecords.core.FileStoreRoot, which is usually set at installation time. You need not prepend a forward slash to the filename.
org.sharedrecords.core.FileStoreRoot
The directory in which to store encrypted records; ie, /opt/SUNWappserver/domains/domain2/applications/j2ee-modules/SharedRecords/data_store. This property should only be set for server installation.
org.sharedrecords.DefaultPropertyFile
At installation time, the demo app will back up your .properties files so that at any point you can revert to default settings. The value of this variable is relative to the directory you install the demo into.
org.sharedrecords.OtherPropertyFiles
A colon or semicolon seperated list of files that contain application properties. The path is relative to the installation directory.
org.sharedrecords.demo.LocalKeyStore
Directory, relative to the installation directory, in which users' private keys are encrypted and stored.
org.sharedrecords.demo.ksFile
Name of file in which keys are stored, relative to LocalKeyStore.
org.sharedrecords.demo.acrobatPath
Local installation of Acrobat Reader, required to display PDFs.
org.sharedrecords.demo.PreferencesSetupFile
Location of the xml file that is used to dynamically generate the GUI in the preferences dialog. Relative to the installation directory.
org.sharedrecords.demo.maxLogin
Maximum number of failed login attempts before the demo application shuts down.
org.sharedrecords.demo.unEncryptSK
Boolean value indicating whether the symmetric keys printed in QR codes should be wrapped in the user's public key or not.
org.sharedrecords.demo.checkCacheFirst
Boolean value indicating whether a local cache of all records created by this application should be checked first before sending a query to the remote SharedRecords server.
org.sharedrecords.demo.autorecord.monitoredPath
Absolute path to a directory to watch for new files. New files will automatically be loaded and encrypted as SharedRecords.
org.sharedrecords.demo.cachefile
Path, relative to the installation dir, of the cache file.
org.sharedrecords.demo.autorecord.frequency
Length of time, in milliseconds, to wait between checks of the autorecord directory for new files.
org.sharedrecords.demo.autorecord.waitTime
Time, in seconds, to wait after the Autorecord dialog prompts for additional information about a file before automatically creating an ownerless SharedRecord.
org.sharedrecords.demo.imagecapture.waitTime
Time, in seconds, to wait after an image has been scanned into the camera before automatically creating an ownerless SharedRecord from the image.

org.sharedrecords.demo.properties

These properties all control the look and feel of the GUI behavior. Properties that begin with the string "org.sharedrecords.demo.video" configure the video camera which is used to scan QR codes and/or scan images to be encrypted as SharedRecords. Width, height, and step values are in pixels.

The values of the properties describing margins and the heights and widths of GUI objects are also all in pixels.

org.sharedrecords.demo.FolderIcon is the path, relative to the installation directory, to the image to used as a folder icon.