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SPbinder AutoDownloader

Are you on a shared network path and experiencing slowness? In that case, SPbinder AutoDownloader might be able to help your firm. SPbinder AutoDownloader
is for firms that have users accessing binders from different workstations on a network/shared path. When a user opens a binder, the user's workstation connects to SurePrep servers to get images for the binder. When multiple users access SPbinder (for example, preparer or reviewer), each user's workstation will connect to SurePrep servers to download binder images.

To improve binder performance, SPbinder AutoDownloader
prefetches binder data and images from SurePrep to your firm's network drive. When a user opens a binder, SPbinder imports binder images locally from the network drive instead of fetching them over the internet from SurePrep servers. This helps improve time when opening pages in a SPBinder.

note

Not sure if your firm uses a network/shared path? Check out your firm's SurePrep Download Folder
path in Account Admin
. If your firm's SurePrep Download Folder
path is linked to a shared drive that's not on your workstation then you are using a network/shared path (for example, x:\SurePrepFiles or 10.0.0.1/SurePrepFiles).

Before you begin

Before you can initiate the installation process, contact your firm's IT professional to have the following prerequisites ready:

.Net Framework 4.0

.Net framework 4.5.2

You will need local admin rights to perform the installation steps.

SPbinder AutoDownloader Installation

Follow these steps to install SPbinder Auto-downloader.

Create a folder on a shared network path (for example, AutoDownloader), then turn on sharing on the folder.

Provide full control to users (everyone preferred) on the folder.

Select the permissions and users for permissions

Select FileRoom
, then Admin
.

Select Account Setup
, then Installation & Updates
.

Select SPbinder AutoDownloader
to begin downloading the auto downloader.

After downloading the ZIP file, extract the contents to a local folder (for example, C:\ drive).

Go to the extracted folder, then double-click to open BinderFileAutoDownloaderClient.exe
.

BinderFileAutoDownloaderClient.exe downloaded in your device's file explorer

On the SPbinder AutoDownloader
window, sign in to your FileRoom.

note

Firms using single sign-on (SSO) will need to use their Firm System Administrator users' credentials in FileRoom since they can use hybrid mode (that is, can sign in to FileRoom as well as use SSO).

Enter details on the Settings
screen.

Enter the requested details in the Settings

Option	Description
Agent Name	Enter a unique agent name for each office location (letters, numbers, or a combination).
Office Location	Specify the Office Location option as None if you want to download binders for all office locations associated with your firm's domain, irrespective of office location.
Maximum Threads	Enter the number of binders that can be downloaded simultaneously (Recommendation 5-10)
Network Path (UNC)	Select a local server path where the service will download the files. This can be different at each location. The path should be a UNC path (for example, \\10.2.1.100\SurePrepLocalFiles or \\MachineName\SurePrepLocalFiles). The network path should be limited to only 1 sub folder.
Mapped Drive Path	This needs to be the same in all office locations and mapped to the path defined by network path (UNC). ex.: M:\.

Select Save
. Wait for the operation to complete and don’t close the window during the wait period.

Select the Start
menu. Enter cmd
, then right-click Command Prompt
and select Run as administrator
.

Run the Command Prompt as an administrator

Go to %systemDrive%\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
.

$Go to %systemDrive%\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319$

Run InstallUtil.exe C:\BinderAutoFilesDownloader\FileAutoDownloaderService.exe
.

$Run InstallUtil.exe C:\BinderAutoFilesDownloader\FileAutoDownloaderService.exe$

Verify the service installation by going to

Start
services.msc

The service will install with the name SPbinder Auto File Downloader
.

Start the service manually.

Troubleshoot installation

If a command prompt failed to complete, you may see the following message:

The system cannot find files specified
.

To continue, you will need to unblock FileAutoDownloaderService.exe
.

Go to C:\BinderAutoFilesDownloader
, locate FileAutoDownloaderService.exe
, then right-click and select Properties
.

It might be necessary to unblock all DLLs and EXEs in the Properties
window for each file accessed via Windows Explorer. Unblock the following EXEs:

SurePrep.PortableBinderFormat(PBF).exe

PDFTOPNGTool.exe

FileAutoDownloaderService.exe

BinderFileAutoDownloaderClient.exe

Make sure all the prerequisites are completed (.NET installation with local admin rights), then try again.

This article applies to:

Product: SurePrep
Sub-Product: SPbinder
Subject: Install

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