ADHQ Lite Views
ADHQ Lite contains several views, each designed to accomplish a specific Active Directory task. Whether you need to browse Active Directory, modify objects in bulk, or configure scheduled tasks, one of the following views will surely fit your needs:
- Home
- Browse through Active Directory and run ADHQ Lite tools on selected objects.
- Collections
- Create dynamically-defined sets of Active Directory objects for easy bulk modification.
- Scheduled Tasks
- Create and manage ADHQ Lite Scheduled Tasks.
For a complete walkthrough of the features of each view, use the navigation bar at the top of the page or the links in the left sidebar.
File Menu
The File menu is located in the upper left corner of the program. The button may look different if you have another visual style enabled (via the Style menu in the upper right corner).
Opening the file menu will show the following menu items:
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Open Workspace | Choose to switch to a different existing workspace. |
| Manage Workspaces | Create new workspaces, or modify existing ones with the Manage Workspaces Dialog. |
| Help | This submenu contains links to the Help Request form, the About dialog, and a link to this User Manual. Cool, huh? |
| Check for Updates | Manually download updates for ADHQ Lite, or configure the settings for automatic updates. |
| Register | View or modify your registration information. |
| Options | Launches the Options dialog. A thorough description of the tabs in the Options dialog can be found here. |
| Exit | Terminates the current session and closes ADHQ Lite. |
Registration Dialog
Use this screen to register your software after receiving a permanent license, or to apply a new license with a different license count. If your current license is soon to expire, you will see a warning like the one shown in the screenshot above.
Help, my registration info won't work
Ensure you have entered your registration information exactly as it appears in the email you received. For non-expiring licenses, the expiration date must be set to all zeroes. Also, make sure you are running the major version of the product that corresponds with the license you have. Version 1.X.X.X licenses are not valid for Version 2.X.X.X. of the product, for example.If you are still unable to input your new license information, please contact us and we'll help you get the issue resolved.
Check for Updates Dialog
If you have a valid (non-expired) license, you are eligible to receive any minor updates to the software free of charge. You can detect and install the latest updates by clicking the Check for Updates option in the file menu.
The top of this dialog allows users to manually check for available ADHQ Lite updates. If an update is detected, a new button will appear allowing the user to install the update. The bottom half of the dialog is used to configure automatic updates. The following table has a description of the settings and how they will affect the program:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Download updates automatically | Check this box to have ADHQ Lite detect and download available updates in the background. Updates will be installed the next time the program launches. Note: We recommend keeping this box checked to ensure that you are always running the latest version. |
| Install updates automatically on startup | Choose this option to have ADHQ Lite automatically install any previously downloaded update when the program is launched. |
| Prompt to install updates on startup | Choose this option to have ADHQ Lite prompt the user before installing any updates. This gives the user the opportunity to postpone the update and temporarily continue using an old version of the software. |
Workspaces
Manage Workspaces Dialog
ADHQ Lite stores default configurations for each of its tools in Workspaces. Workspaces are managed through the Manage Workspaces option in the File menu. This allows you to set up multiple configurations if you want ADHQ Lite to behave differently in different instances. In the image below, we've set up workspaces for our two office locations:
The Manage Workspaces dialog allows you to create new workspaces or modify previously created ones. Use the toolbar along the top of the dialog to modify the workspace list. A description of each button follows:
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Add | Create a new workspace from the shipping version of each of the tools. |
| Modify | Edit the default settings for tools in the currently selected workspace. This will launch the Workspace Editor dialog. |
| Delete | Remove the currently selected workspace. The Default workspace cannot be deleted. |
| Rename | Renames the currently selected workspace. The Default workspace cannot be renamed. |
| Copy | Make a copy of the currently selected workspace. |
| Open | Make the currently selected workspace the active workspace. The name of the active workspace is displayed in the title bar of the main window of ADHQ Lite. |
| Import | Create ADHQ Lite workspaces from an existing workspace file from a previous version of the software. |
| Help | Links to this file. |
Click the Close button to stop modifying workspaces and return back to ADHQ Lite's main window.
Workspace Editor
The Workspace Editor dialog allows you to modify the default settings for each of the tools in a workspace. ADHQ Lite's builtin tools are sorted into the following categories: Add Tools, Modify Tools, Delete Tools, Property Tools, and Import Tools. To modify the default settings for a tool, select the tool from the list and click the Edit button. This will launch the Tool Editor dialog, described below.
Tool Editor
The Tool Editor dialog allows you to modify the default settings for a single tool in a workspace. It consists of three main panes: the Operation Tree in the top left pane, the Properties pane below that, and on the right side, a Preview Pane. For more information about editing a tool using a similar interface, see the The Tool Editor.
In the image above, we are modifying the Add User tool in our S. Maryland Division workspace. You can see that we are defaulting the State field to MD for this tool, as we expect that most users created by Administrators in this location will be from the same state. Additionally, we have chosen to default the Department and Company fields to their likely values.
Common settings you may wish to change in workspaces include:
- Have the Add User tool default the location for the new accounts to your Users directory.
- Set the User must change password at next logon flag for newly created users.
- Restrict user logon hours by default.
- Automatically create home folders and home folder shares for new accounts
- Add new users to groups
- Create Exchange mailboxes for new user accounts
When you have finished making your changes to the default values of the tool, click Save to return to the Workspace Editor dialog.