Configure Application and Project Settings

This section describes how to most easily and efficiently configure Trimble Business Center on multiple network computers to use the same application and project settings.

Configure files location

All of the configuration files listed in this section are, by default, stored in the following folder:

C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Trimble\Trimble Business Center\<version number>

Project Templates

Any project can be saved in Trimble Business Center as a project template that can be used by other users in your organization to create new projects with the same project settings. The saved template can include any of the following:

• Company, user, and file information, such as field and office operators, contact numbers, and addresses

• Coordinate system information, such as a datum transformation and geoid model

• Unit settings, such as coordinate formatting

• View settings, such as a plot scale and grid line definition

• View filters and selection sets

• Computational settings, such as horizontal and vertical tolerances

Each custom project template is stored in a <project name>.vct file in the default location listed in "Configuration files location" earlier in this section.

To share a project template, you can copy the <project name>.vct file into the equivalent folder on each target computer, or to the Template folder defined in the File Location options (Tools > Options) in Trimble Business Center. For more information, see the "File Location Options" topic in the online Help.

For information on creating a project template, see the "Create a Project Template" topic in the online Help.

Application Options

Application-wide options, such as startup preferences, default file locations, Internet download parameters, and display properties can be shared by copying the User.options file into the equivalent folder on each target computer. The User.options file is stored in the default location listed in "Configuration files location" earlier in this section.

For more information on setting application options, see the "Choose Application Options" topic in the online Help.

Toolbar Layouts

Customized toolbars can be shared by copying the .Layout file into the equivalent folder on each target computer. The .Layout file is stored in the default location listed in "Configuration files location" earlier in this section.

Reports

To share customized reports on the network, you can save the report layout file (.RDLC) to a shared location on the network. You can then create or customize a report using the path to the .RDLC file. Finally, you can copy the report definition file (.RDF) from your computer into the equivalent folder on each target computer. The .RDF file is stored in the default location listed in "Configuration files location" earlier in this section.

For more information, see the "Create, Customize, and Run a Report" topic in the online Help.

Internet Data Providers

If you have customized the list of data providers, you can share the list of sites by copying the INetDownload.xml file from your computer into the equivalent folder on each target computer. The INetDownload.xml file is stored in the default location listed in "Configuration files location" earlier in this section.

For more information, see the "Add New Data Providers" and the "Add New Trimble IP Enabled Receivers" topics in the online Help.