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Fiddler logging for Web Stations

To see Web Station requests to the Application Server in Fiddler logs:
  1. Open the Web Station’s web.config file. For example, for a Verification Web Station installed together with the Application Server, this file is located in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\FlexiCapture12\Verification.
  2. In the ApplicationServer key, replace localhost with the name of the machine where the Application Server is installed.
  3. In the Web Station’s and Application Server’s web.config files (located in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\FlexiCapture12\Server), add a system.net\defaultProxy section containing the following code:
  4. Launch Fiddler on the machine that is used to launch the Web Station.
If everything has been set up correctly, the Fiddler log displays /FlexiCapture12/Server/API/Soap requests.

Fiddler logging for desktop stations

To have the Fiddler log display requests sent from a desktop station to the Application Server:
  1. When connecting to the Application Server, specify the name of the machine where the Application Server is installed (specify the name in the Processing Server Properties dialog box). If it is installed on the same machine as the station, you can use localhost instead of the machine name. In this case, Fiddler cannot intercept requests, and no records about them are available in the Fiddler log.
    Screenshot of the connection dialog where the name of the machine running the Application Server is specified for Fiddler logging.
  2. Launch Fiddler on the machine that is used to launch the desktop station.
If everything has been set up correctly, /FlexiCapture12/Server/API/Soap requests are displayed in the Fiddler log.

Fiddler logging for server components

To have the Fiddler log display requests sent between server components (for example, from a Processing Station to the Application Server, or from an executor to the Application Server):
  1. Launch the Processing Server using an account other than NetworkService. By default, the Processing Server is launched using the NetworkService system account, so Fiddler cannot intercept its requests.
  2. Launch the required Processing Station using an account other than NetworkService (for example, a user account that has administrator rights on the machine hosting the Processing Server). By default, Processing Stations are launched using the NetworkService system account, so Fiddler cannot intercept their requests.
  3. Launch Fiddler on the machine where the Processing Station is installed.