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dqMan comes with a profile management feature allowing users to define multiple profiles using different Java and DFC versions.
This can be used by Documentum professionals who need to work with many different Documentum Content Server versions/environments while using just one dqMan installation.
dqMan can be started with any profile, thus providing the respective Java and DFC environment for working with specific Documentum Content Servers.
Profiles can be created, edited and deleted using the JRE & DFC Profiles page in the dqMan Options dialog (Extras menu>Options)
On the first launch after deployment dqMan will attempt to auto-detect the default Java and DFC installations present on the maching and if this is successful, it will create a profile called [0] Default. To make sure that dqMan will be able to correctly auto-detect the Java and DFC installations on the local machine please follow the instructions in Prerequisites.
Profile [0] Default is a reserved profile which is managed automatically by dqMan and is not recommended to be edited or deleted. Although editing this profile is not prohibited, it is recommended to be used only for troubleshooting purposes.
| Function | Description |
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Existing profiles list | Selects the profile which is to be edited or deleted |
Creates a new (blank) profile | |
Deletes the selected profile. The user is prompted to confirm the delete action. If you have deleted a profile inadvertently press Cancel to close the Options window, thus discarding the latest changes, including deletion | |
Name | Set a name for a newly created profile OR Rename the selected profile |
JRE Path | |
Java Options | JVM parameters can be added here. They can be found in the documentation of each version of Java as java.exe parameters |
DFC Program Path | |
DFC User Path | Path to the DFC user folder (the folder containing the config\dfc.properties file) |
OK | Save changes to Java & DFC Profiles and close Options dialog |
Cancel | Discard changes to Java & DFC Profiles and close Options dialog |
dqMan can be launched with any of the available profiles. It is also possible to run multiple dqMan instances using different profiles.
The recommended way for using profiles is to create custom dqMan shortcuts, with each shortcut used to load a specific profile:
Hold Alt & drag dqman.exe from your dqMan folder to the Desktop to create a shortcut
Rename the shortcut to something suggestive
Edit the shortcut's properties and append either of the following to the command line in the shortcut's Target field:
| Argument | Example shortcut Target field |
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To confirm the expected profile has been loaded, open Help>About and verify the profile name and Java and DFC information in the About window's System information section.
If an invalid profile is specified to be loaded, dqMan will automatically fall back to loading the [0] Default profile instead. A message is then displayed on startup informing the user that the specified profile is invalid and could not be loaded.
dqMan saves all profile related information to the %localappdata%\dqMan\Config\dqman.properties file. Although it is not recommended to edit this file directly, it may be required to do so in certain situations.
We always recommend making a backup before editing any configuration file.
if dqMan fails to automatically detect the default Java and/or DFC installed on the local machine it is usually due to either of these not having been installed as per their respective vendor's installation instructions, as outlined in Prerequisites. We recommend following the instructions from the Prerequisites page and then restarting dqMan to allow it to correctly detect the default Java and/or DFC installations.
If it still isn't possible for dqMan to detect the default Java and/or DFC installations despite having followed the instructions outlined in Prerequisites it may be necessary to edit or create the dqman.properties file manually. Please follow the below steps to edit/create the file manually:
Open the %localappdata%\dqMan\Config\dqman.properties file with your text editor If the file does not exist, create a new file in your text editor and save it as %localappdata%\dqMan\Config\dqman.properties
Copy and paste the template dqman.properties file's content from Template for dqman.properties fileinto the text editor
Edit the paths from the template to match your Java and DFC installations
Save the dqman.properties file and start dqMan
If the Java and/or DFC auto-detected during dqMan's first start is later removed/uninstalled then dqMan will run into errors as it won't find the required prerequisites anymore. To reset dqMan's default profile and re-trigger dqMan's auto-detect functionality, follow the steps below:
Open the %localappdata%\dqMan\Config\dqman.properties file with your text editor
Delete all lines starting withdqman.profile.....[0]=
(pay attention at the [0] (zero) index and do not delete other lines containing non-zero indices)
Save the file and start dqMan dqMan should now auto-detect your newly installed Java and/or DFC instead of the previously uninstalled versions
If step 3. fails, fall back to dqMan fails to detect locally installed Java and/or DFC above
Use the below template to create a new dqman.properties file if needed.
The below paths are only examples and will need to be edited to match the actual paths where the respective software is installed on the dqMan host machine
dqman.profile.name[0]=Default
dqman.profile.path.jre[0]=C:\Program Files\openjdk-11.0.14 dqman.profile.path.dfc.program[0]=C:\Program Files\Documentum dqman.profile.path.dfc.user[0]=C:\Documentum
New Profile
Delete Profile
Path to the installation folder of the Java Runtime Environment to be used for the current profile See for more information about supported Java versions
Path to the installation folder of the DFC to be used for the current profile See for more information about supported DFC versions
