The aimsdefaults.properties file specifies default settings for your site and is located in your user profile directory:

Windows: <Drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user account>
UNIX: $HOME

Most properties can be changed using Administrator. For more information, see Setting site properties.

UserName=

Login user name for the ArcIMS Administrator, not the password. For more information on passwords, see Creating and changing your password.

HostName=ARCIMSHOST

Full name of the host machine.

HostALIAS=ARCIMSHOST

Alias of the host machine.

HostURL= http \://ARCIMSHOST

URL of the host machine.

WorkingDir=

Default working directory where configuration files are stored.

WorkingDir=c:\:/ArcIMS/AXL

WebSiteDir=

Default Web site directory where the output from Designer is stored.

WebSiteDir=c\:/ArcIMS/Website

ImagePath=

Path to the image output.

ImagePath=C\:/arcIMS/output

ImageURL=

URL for the image output.

ImageURL=http\://ARCIMSHOST/output

Scavenger=10

Specifies the Tasker cleanup interval in minutes.

IndexBuilderEXE=

Path of the geocoding index builder (aimsindxb.exe).

IndexBuilderEXE=C\:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\ArcIMS\\IndexBuilder\\aimsindxb.exe

WebBrowser=

Location of the default Web browser. This value is required for the ArcIMS Help to work properly.

WebBrowser= c\:/program files/internet explorer/iexplore.exe

WebBrowser.usesQuotes=false

Netscape 6 users must change this value to true.

ArcIMSHelp=

Specifies the main HTML page for the ArcIMS Help.

ArcIMSHelp= C\:/PROGRA~1/ArcGIS/ArcIMS/Help/arcims_help.htm

ImageMemory=4

Specifies the amount of memory to reserve for ArcIMS Spatial Server images.

MaxImageMemory=250

Maximum image memory limit allowed in Megabytes.

ForceAddServers=False

No longer used by ArcIMS.