{"id":4593,"date":"2014-07-25T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T06:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/?post_type=st_kb&#038;p=4593"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:09:57","slug":"how-do-i-install-the-web-agent-and-automatically-start-it-upon-startup","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/de\/kb\/how-do-i-install-the-web-agent-and-automatically-start-it-upon-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I install the WebAgent and automatically start it upon startup?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you use diagnostic equipment other than IDEXX in your practice, Animana uses the &#8222;WebAgent&#8220; programme to connect to those analysers. Normally when you start your computer, you need to manually start the WebAgent to use it. However, it is possible to have WebAgent start automatically. This article explains how to install and configure WebAgent so that it starts automatically every day, saving you time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default alert-box-danger\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:3px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:1px;border-top-right-radius:1px\">Dies ist der Box-Titel<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px\">\nThere is a new workflow for IDEXX Diagnostics. To request IDEXX tests (either from the Reference laboratory or from the IDEXX VetLabStation), you will no longer need Interlink or WebAgent. If you are interested in the new workflow, you can find more information here: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/de\/kb\/in-focus-diagnostik\/\">In focus: IDEXX Diagnostik<\/a>. <\/div><\/div>\n<h1>Before you start<\/h1>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default alert-box-info\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:3px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:1px;border-top-right-radius:1px\">Dies ist der Box-Titel<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px\">\n<ul>\n<li>You need to have the open-source version of Java installed on your computer. Proceed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/de\/kb\/wie-installiere-ich-java-auf-meinem-computer\/\">following instructions<\/a> first before you continue.<\/li>\n<li>Please note that you need to have administrator rights on your computer to get this working. If you don&#8217;t have these rights, please get in touch with your IT administrator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h1>Step-by-step instructions<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <em>Worklist <\/em><em>&gt; Lab Results.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Download WEB AGENT<\/strong> at the top of the page:<\/li>\n<li>If there are multiple locations, you will need to download the file which corresponds to your location!\n<p id=\"wmvKJob\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"156\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32629 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd4ff3b8d290.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd4ff3b8d290.png 304w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd4ff3b8d290-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">You will be prompted to download a zip file called &#8222;animana-webagent.zip&#8220;. Save this file to your desktop.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Once downloaded do not open the file, but go to your desktop and\u00a0<strong>right-click<\/strong> with your mouse on the file.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Extract All&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"nBHSdhB\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32580 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f661766b2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f661766b2.png 429w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f661766b2-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now you need to select the location where the files need to be unzipped to. Click <strong><strong>Browse.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"kVJMZnI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"218\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32586 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6872cb57.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6872cb57.png 559w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6872cb57-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\"><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Desktop.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"AhABgKQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32592 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6bfdaca9.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6bfdaca9.png 439w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6bfdaca9-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Click <strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>New folder.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"189\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31767 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5d9dc557d610e.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5d9dc557d610e.png 370w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5d9dc557d610e-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Name it <strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>animana-webagent.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Select Folder\u00a0<\/strong>twice.\n<p id=\"WCSBJws\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"230\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32598 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6ee54175.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6ee54175.png 595w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f6ee54175-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>You should have something similar to this on your screen:\n<p id=\"zZlrevN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"246\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32604 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f713ae10c.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f713ae10c.png 614w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f713ae10c-300x120.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Make sure that &#8222;Show extracted files when complete&#8220; is ticked.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Extract.\u00a0<\/strong>It will now unzip the files from the .zip file to your computer:\n<p id=\"vAsjsqL\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"288\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32610 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f75aae5c4.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f75aae5c4.png 449w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd3f75aae5c4-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Once it&#8217;s done, it will open the animana-webagent folder. Now open the<strong> &#8222;Bin&#8220; folder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\"><strong>Right-click<\/strong> on the &#8222;windows-webagent.bat&#8220; file.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">And click\u00a0<strong>Create shortcut.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"155\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31791 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5d9dc698c3743.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\"><strong>Right-click<\/strong> on the &#8222;windows-webagent.bat &#8211; Shortcut&#8220;.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Click\u00a0<strong>Cut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Now press the <strong>Windows key + R<\/strong> on your keyboard at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Type the following text <strong>shell:common startup<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"205\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31797 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5d9dc76a44a4f.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5d9dc76a44a4f.png 396w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5d9dc76a44a4f-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">Press <strong>enter<\/strong> or click\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">A window will open.\u00a0<strong>Right-click\u00a0<\/strong>in that folder.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Paste<\/strong>.\u00a0The file is now pasted in the Startup folder.\n<p id=\"hnPtWkf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"174\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32635 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd500060f3b2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd500060f3b2.png 812w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd500060f3b2-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/help.animana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5dd500060f3b2-768x165.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"ARpSWQk\">As soon as you restart the computer, the WebAgent will be automatically started<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1>Related articles<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/de\/kb\/wie-installiere-ich-java-auf-meinem-computer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How do I install OpenJDK on my computer?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/de\/kb\/wie-installiere-ich-den-dicom-uploader-und-starte-ihn-beim-start-automatisch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How do I install the DICOM uploader and automatically start it upon startup?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.animana.com\/de\/kb\/in-focus-diagnostik\/\">In focus: IDEXX Diagnostics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you use diagnostic equipment other than IDEXX in your practice, Animana uses the &#8222;WebAgent&#8220; programme to connect to those analysers. Normally when you start your computer, you need to manually start the WebAgent to use it. However, it is possible to have WebAgent start automatically. 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