How do I switch Aloaha to Server Mode?

In some cases it is very useful to run Aloaha as a windows service. For example if you use the Aloaha FAX Connector or run Aloaha in Server (non interactive mode) mode.

To re-configure Aloaha to run as a windows service please follow the steps below:

1. It is suggested to run the Aloaha Service as user Aloaha instead of LocalSystem. In case you agree to this suggestion please create a user Aloaha on your system

2. Log in as User Aloaha to your system

3. Right Click on the System Tray Icon of Aloaha, open settings and configure your settings.

4. Right Click on the System Tray Icon of Aloaha and disable interactive

5. Right Click on the System Tray Icon of Aloaha, choose advanced settings and activate “Process all Print Jobs”, “Enable Save to Folder”, “Enable Automation”

6. Stop Aloaha, remove all Aloaha entries from the Windows startup/autostart folder.

7. Re-login to the Machine as user Administrator

8. Open Services Control Manager and configure the PDF Print Service to run automatically as User Aloaha.

9. Start the Service.

When using the Wrocklage printer in server mode, the document prints to the default printer. How can I suppress printing a hardcopy to the default printer?

You need to open the printer configuration tool PMonConfig.exe and disable option "Print hardcopy to printer above"

How do I use the FAX Connector only?

When using the FAX Connector Aloaha will send a copy of every PDF Document to the default mailbox. To save performance and to skip this email just create a KEY HKLM\Software\Aloaha\pdf\skipmail with value 1

You can also right click on the Aloaha System Tray Icon, go to advanced settings and enable option "Disable Mailing"

I configured Aloaha to send every document by email. Are exceptions possible?

Yes, just embed the keyword skipmail in our original document. Aloaha will detect that and will not send that document by mail

How can I force Aloaha to do a full re-login to load the full user environment.

When a Windows Serverice is started it does not load the full user environment. In some cases this results in not being able to access the MS Crypto API for digital signatures.

To make sure Aloaha has access to the Crypto API you can force Aloaha to do a full re-login. There are two ways of doing so.

1. You create in HKCU\Software\Aloaha\pdf 3 registry keys ServiceUser, ServicePassword and ServiceDomain and enter the Server Username, Password and Login Domain. Please note that in some cases ServiceDomain can be left empty or just can just contain a . (dot).

2. You care in HKLM\Software\Aloaha\pdf a key called ServiceCredentials.ini. This key has to point to a INI File containing the credentials. The Inifile must contain the section pdfprint and the values ServiceUser, ServicePassword and ServiceDomain.

For example:

[pdfprint]
ServiceUser="Aloaha"
ServicePassword="Aloaha123"
ServiceDomain="."