Windows Active Workspace setup

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To enable NX to work with Active Workspace when it is running as a web client, perform the following setup for Windows OS.

Note	Ensure that Teamcenter FCC is running to enable NX to launch from the Active Workspace web client.

• Setup the registry to associate mime type with .nxTCxml file.
• Update the registry to associate the batch file startNXFromActiveWorkspace.bat, which starts NX when you double-click the .nxtcxml file.
• Create the batch file startNXFromActiveWorkspace.bat and place it in a directory to which you have write permissions.
  
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Setup the registry and associate the mime type
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• To access the Windows registry and make changes, start regedit.exe.
• Right-click HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and choose New→Key.
• Rename the new key .nxtcxml and then set the following:
  
  
  • Default Value data=nxtcxml
    
    
• Right-click .nxtcxml, and choose New→String Value.
• Set the following:
  
  
  • Value name=ContentType
  • Value data=application/nxtcxml
    
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• Right-click HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\ContentType and choose New→Key.
• Rename the new key application/nxtcxml.
• Right-click the new key, choose New→String Value, and set the following:
  
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  • Value name=Extension
  • Value data=.nxtcxml
    
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Update the registry to set open action for the extension
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• Start regedit.exe if the Registry Editor is not already open.
• Right-click HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.nxtcxml and choose New→Key.
• Rename the new key Shell, and then right-click it and choose New→Key.
• Rename the new key Open, and then set the following:
  
  
  • Value data=&Open
    
    
• Right-click the Open key and choose New→Key.
• Rename the new key Command, and then set the following:
  
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  • Value data=”<directory to which you have write permissions>\startNXFromActiveWorkspace.bat” “%1”
    
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• Close the Registry Editor.
  
  

Create the batch file and place it in the directory
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Copy the following script and save it as startNXFromActiveWorkspace.bat in the location specified by the Command key in step 6 above.

@echo off@rem  startNXfromActiveWorkspace@rem  Copyright (c) 2014 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.@rem  This script launches NX in managed mode when invoked from Active Workspace client.@rem  In order to use this script FCC must be installed in the machine.@rem JAVA_HOME must be set in user environment or set here@rem set JAVA_HOME=C:\apps\Java\jre7x64@rem FMS_HOME must be set in user environment or set here@rem set FMS_HOME=Y:\tc91\root\tccs@if not exist "%FMS_HOME%" goto :no_fcc@if exist "%UGII_BASE_DIR%" goto :process_command@rem UGII_BASE_DIR must be set in user environment or set here@rem set UGII_BASE_DIR=D:\workdir\NX9mr_ip\nx902.1\wntx64\kits:process_command@setlocal@set PATH=%UGII_BASE_DIR%\UGII;%PATH%@set UGII_ROOT_DIR=%UGII_BASE_DIR%\UGII@"%UGII_ROOT_DIR%\ugs_router.exe" -ugm -use_file_dir %1 -version=V27.0 -passthrough -application_id=AW -user_action_flags=0x0 -opts -http_url_file="%1"@endlocal@goto :end:no_fcc@echo "The environment variable FMS_HOME is not set"@echo "FCC  must be installed in the machine to run NX in managed mode. "@echo "Exiting..."@pause@goto :end:end