Enabling LAN Updates of the Phonebook

Because the phone numbers for Points of Presence may change, PAL users must update their phonebooks regularly to ensure they have the most current numbers. Downloading the phonebook from a dial-up connection can take a long time. However, you can customize PAL so that users download the phonebook from your corporate Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN). Downloading the phonebook from your LAN/WAN is significantly quicker for your users!

How It Works

When PAL is customized to allow updates of the phonebook via the LAN/WAN, the following steps occur:

Prerequisites

Before you customize PAL to enable the LAN updates of the phonebook via your LAN/WAN, you must choose where you will store the new phonebooks. You must download the phonebook, make any desired changes to its content, and save it to your LAN/WAN. You will insert the location of the phonebook into the PAL INI file to tell PAL where to find the file when it is time to update it. The phonebook file may be stored on a file server, a web server or an ftp server.

You must format the file locations of the new phonebooks according to the location of the file:

File Server
"G:\update\newf1.zip" where G: is mapped to \\server-name\company
OR
"\\server-name\company\udpate\newf1.zip"
OR
"file://server-name/company/update/newf1.zip"

Web Server
"http://companyserver/newf1.zip"

FTP Server
"ftp://companyserver/newf1.zip

To customize PAL for LAN updates of the phonebook, complete the following steps:

1. Using a text editor such as WordPad, open c:\pal\disk3\pal.ini.
2. Type the following parameters into the [PhoneUpdate] section of the INI file.
EnableLanUpdate=1
LANURL="insert the file location of the new phonebook here"
3. Save the INI file.
4. Exit the text editor.

Example 1

An uncustomized INI file appears like this:

[Registration]
Customer = John Doe
UseKey = 9876543210 0123456789 9876543210 0123456789

[History]
MaxSaved=20

[Options]
SplashTime=0

[Disconnect]
SaveTimerSettings=0
EnableTrafficMon=0
EnableSessionLimit=0
InitialSessionLimit=60
InitialIdleTimeout=10
InitialIdleThreshold=50
DisconnectPopupTime=90
;MaxSessionTimeout=60

[Compatibility]
HideTollCallsInNumSearch=0
AcceptPartnerNetworks=1
AutoDownloadInterval=0 ;In Months... Obsolete. "DaysBetweenUpdates overrides.
; DaysBetweenUpdates=0 ;Or in Days. Zero disables.
AutoConnect=0
HideCallStatusScreen=0
CheckDownloadBeforePhoneSearch=1
EnPhnChgNotices=1

[PhoneUpdate]
; URL="http://networking.us.uu.net/customer_support/pal/pal_4/newf1.zip"

[Warning]
UnauthMsg=WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!!! You are about to access a^private computer network. Unauthorized access will be punished^to the fullest extent possible under the law.^^Above message is tailorable. LocalTollWarningShown=0

[Debug]
WriteLogFile=0

[Search]
UseNameSearchOnly=0

[MostFrequent]
Phone1=DUBLINþOHþ614þ7642957þ255þ þUnited StatesþCompuServe

Example 2

If you wish to customize PAL to download over your LAN, your INI file would be customized like this. NOTE: The new parameters are in blue text to help you find them.

[Registration]
Customer = John Doe
UseKey = 9876543210 0123456789 9876543210 0123456789

[History]
MaxSaved=20

[Options]
SplashTime=0

[Disconnect]
SaveTimerSettings=0
EnableTrafficMon=0
EnableSessionLimit=0
InitialSessionLimit=60
InitialIdleTimeout=10
InitialIdleThreshold=50
DisconnectPopupTime=90
;MaxSessionTimeout=60

[Compatibility]
HideTollCallsInNumSearch=0
AcceptPartnerNetworks=1
AutoDownloadInterval=0 ;In Months... Obsolete. "DaysBetweenUpdates overrides.
DaysBetweenUpdates=0 ;Or in Days. Zero disables.
AutoConnect=0
HideCallStatusScreen=0
CheckDownloadBeforePhoneSearch=1
EnPhnChgNotices=1

[PhoneUpdate]
;URL="http://networking.us.uu.net/customer_support/pal/pal_4/newf1.zip"
EnableLANUpdate=1
LANURL="http://networking.us.uu.net/customer_support/pal/pal_4/newf1.zip"

[Warning]
UnauthMsg=WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!!! You are about to access a^private computer network. Unauthorized access will be punished^to the fullest extent possible under the law.^^Above message is tailorable. LocalTollWarningShown=0

[Debug]
WriteLogFile=0

[Search]
UseNameSearchOnly=0

[MostFrequent]
Phone1=DUBLINþOHþ614þ7642957þ255þ þUnited StatesþCompuServe

If you would like to download this sample .INI file, please click here .