Installation Folders and Utilities Reference

Understand folder structure and built-in utilities.

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Directory structure and file locations created by ProView DS installation.

Executables Installation

Default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Dynics\ProView DS\

Custom paths can be selected during installation.

Created on first execution under <User>\Documents\ProView DS\:

Demos	Demo solutions from installer
Solutions	Default location for new solutions
ThirdParty	Third-party extension libraries for server execution
ToolsSettings	Product tool configurations
Utilities	Command-line utilities

Created under C:\Users\Public\Documents\ProView DS\:

MachineSettings	Settings for all users on machine
SystemSolutions	Library.dbsln (Symbol Library), Monitor.dbsln (Monitoring tools)
Templates	Solution templates - add .dbsln files for custom templates
TraceLogs	Diagnostic logs and exception reports
Transfers	Import/Export/Upload/Download operations

Located in Utilities folder:

AutoStartClient.exe	Auto-start web pages or thin clients based on server status
CertificateConverter.exe	Convert .pem to .pfx certificates for MQTT drivers
DisableTaskSwitchProtection.bat	Allow task switching (Rich Clients)
EnableTaskSwitchProtection.bat	Prevent task switching (Rich Clients)
RemoveAllServices.bat	Remove all installed services (TWebServices, Hardkey, TStartup)
StartRichClient.bat	Launch Rich Client locally
StartRuntime.bat	Start solution execution locally
StartWebServices.bat	Start TWebServices in user mode
Solution Creator.exe	Solution creation utility
TDatabaseBuilder.exe	SQLite database administration

For Linux/Docker deployments, create custompaths.txt in installation folder:

MyDocuments=<folder>
CommonDocuments=<folder>
CommonApplicationData=<folder>

Typically points to memory areas outside Docker image for read/write access.