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title: "Setting Up Photogize XConnect"
description: "The first step in setting up Photogize and the APM/Lab 50 software to interface with one another is to setup the XConnect feature in Photogize."
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The first step in setting up Photogize and the APM/Lab 50 software to interface with one another is to setup the XConnect feature in Photogize. This feature allows for 3rd party applications such as the APM to connect and send orders to Photogize.

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| ![Photogize](/images/printer-guides/setting-up-photogize-xconnect/photogize.jpg) |
| Account Properties             |

1. On the Photogize main screen click on the **Orders** folder on the left.  
2. Click on the **Account Properties** button (It’s the button with the A and the hammers on it).  
3. In the **Account Properties** window, select the **XConnect** tab.  
4. Check the **Auto Harvest** box.  
5. Enter the location for the **Polling Folder** where you would like the orders from the APM or Lab 50 to go to and where Photogize can then harvest them. This can be a mapped drive letter such as E:\ or a folder on the hard drive such as *C:\APMOrders*  
6. Lower the **Poll Every** to your preferred time. The default is 5 minutes, but it may be better to lower it to 3 minutes or less depending on the amount of expected orders coming, network bandwidth, and expected print turn-around time.  
7. Click **OK** to save your settings  
8. Go to the **Polling Folder** location and confirm that a file called server.xml is there. (\*\***Note:** It may take some time for the server.xml to be created, and Photogize may need to be closed then reopened for it to generate.)  
9. Open the *server.xml* file by double clicking on it. (It should open in either Internet Explorer or Notepad.)  
10. Make a note of the number of products and record the <name> for the product as this will be used to match up the APM products with the Photogize products. It is important to keep in mind that this  
file is based on the products setup in Photogize, and these may be unique to each and every lab. See the sample below for reference.

<product>  
<name>4x6 Matte</name>  
<description>Standard Print in Matte Finish</description>  
<device>Generic MiniLab</device>  
<widthinches1000>6000</widthinches1000>  
<heightinches1000>4000</heightinches1000>  
<unitpricepennies>49</unitpricepennies>  
<weightounces100>5</weightounces100>   
<numpricebreaks>5</numpricebreaks>   
<pricebreak from=”1” to=”24”>   
<qtypricepennies>49</qtypricepennies>   
</pricebreak>   
<pricebreak from=”25” to=”49”>   
<qtypricepennies>44</qtypricepennies>   
</pricebreak>   
<pricebreak from=”50” to=”74”>   
<qtypricepennies>39</qtypricepennies>   
</pricebreak> <pricebreak from=”75” to=”99”>   
<qtypricepennies>34</qtypricepennies>   
</pricebreak>   
<pricebreak from=”100” to=”999”>   
<qtypricepennies>29</qtypricepennies>   
</pricebreak>  
<product>

11. Once all of the product names have been recorded, close the *server.xml* file without saving any changes.

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| ![Photogize2](/images/printer-guides/setting-up-photogize-xconnect/photogize2.jpg) |
| Photogize Harvesting Orders    |