CHAPTER 1: Basic Operation

When you start vistraxWelcome for the first time following installation, the “vistraxWelcome Database Setting” input dialog will open. Here you can configure the database connection. Detailed information can be found in Chapter 4 “Connection Settings”.

You open vistraxWelcome by double-clicking on the corresponding desktop shortcut or starting via the Windows start menu.

When starting the program for the first time it is necessary to enter connection data to the database and for LDAP / ADS authentication (cp. vistrax).

After the program has been started, vistraxWelcome is available as a tray symbol ( ) in the start bar (on the left of the clock). Right-clicking on the tray symbol opens a context menu from which all further vistraxWelcome settings can be reached

To fully close vistraxWelcome, open the context menu by right-clicking on the tray symbol ( ) and click “Exit”. The program and any running visitor welcome messages are closed.

There are two options for starting a visitor welcome message:

a) By left-clicking the vistraxWelcome tray symbol in the task bar ( ).

b) By right-clicking on the task bar symbol to open the context menu and selecting the menu item “Show”.

There are three options for ending a visitor welcome message:

a)By left-clicking the vistraxWelcome tray symbol in the task bar ( ) you can end the vistraxWelcome projector but leave the program itself running in the background.

b)By right-clicking on the task bar symbol to open the context menu and de-selecting the menu item “Show”.

c)Using the key combination ALT-F4 in full screen mode.