Configuring

Windows Pro API users can use the Configuration Editor to modify most settings relating to Layouts and Datasets. For UNIX and advanced Windows configuration, settings need to be configured manually via the configuration file settings.

The Configuration Process

When setting up Pro API for the first time, it is recommended that you follow the steps listed below:

  1. Ensure that one (or more) dataset has been copied to a known location.
  2. Configure an output format for the API to return a matched address (optional).
  3. Specify whether error logging is enabled.

The first step involves checking settings in qawserve.ini. The second requires you to specify keyword values in qawserve.ini, and the third step involves specifying keywords in qaworld.ini.

The 'Default' documented for each setting refers to the product default. If a setting is not defined in the qawserve.ini file, it will assume this default. Some settings have been configured in the .ini file; these configurations will override the product default.

To return the product to its shipping state, any changes that you have made to the qawserve.ini file need to be discarded, and the file returned to its original condition. Therefore, before you make any changes to this file, you should make a copy of it so it can be recovered in the event that you need to return the product to its shipping state. Alternatively, you can reinstall the product, which will have the same effect.

If you are running the Pro API in Client/Server mode, there are a number of additional settings that must be specified in the qaworld.ini file.