How to Use the BizDeskHost Attribute in the Profile Designer of Commerce Server Manager (811511)

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You can define the Web site that the Profile Designer area of Commerce Server Manager uses.

By default, the Profile Designer searches the local computer for the Widgets virtual directory to display the Profile Designer Editor. In the following example, the Profile Designer is modified to point to a Web site that is located on the local computer that is running on port 8084. This Web site has a virtual directory named Widgets. The Widgets virtual directory points to Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server 2002\Widgets (for Commerce Server 2002) or Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server\Widgets (for Commerce Server 2000).

1. Open Commerce Server Manager.
2. Expand Global Resources.
3. Expand the Profile_Sitelet Profile Resource for the site.
4. Expand Profile Definitions.
5. Right-click UserObject Definition, and then click Properties.
6. Click the Custom Attributes tab.
7. On the Custom Attributes tab, click New.
8. Specify the new Attribute Name as BizDeskHost.
9. Specify the new Attribute Display Name as BizDeskHost.
10. Set Description to New Location for Business Desk.
11. Set Attribute Value to servername:port where servername is a Web server that will serve the Widgets virtual directory. Include the port value only if the Web site is running on a port other than the default of 80. In this example, Attribute Value is set to localhost:8084.
12. Click OK two times.
    
    You can now gain access to the Profile Designer.

The Profile Designer must use the HTML components that are located in the Widgets virtual directory such as ProfileDesigner.htc. If the Widgets virtual directory does not exist on the default Web site on port 80, you receive the following 404 error message from Commerce Server Manager: