Modify the Web.config File to Add the Database Sort Order
To change the order of the databases that display in the drop-down list on the DPS Login dialog box, modify the Web.config file.
In the Grid View grid on the Database List View tab in the Weblink utility, use the
Move Up and
Move Down toolbar options to order the
DPS databases.
To modify the web.config file:
- Back up the existing web.config file. The default location is under C:\Program Files\Deltek\.
- Open Notepad using the Run as administrator option. To do this, right-click the Notepad shortcut, and from the shortcut menu select Run as administrator.
- In Notepad, click .
- On the Open dialog box, browse to the web.config file, and click Open. The default location is under C:\Program Files\Deltek\.
- In the <appSettings> section, which appears near the beginning of the file, insert the following line as the last entry for the group of <Add Key=....... /> line entries: <add key="UseWeblinkSortOrder" value="Y" />
- Click .
- On your desktop, click Windows Command Prompt submenu, and then select Run as administrator on the shortcut menu. , right-click the
- In the Administrator Command Prompt dialog box, enter the following command to reset IIS: iisreset /restart This reloads the web.config file that now contains the DPS database sort order.