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- LANtastic NOS v4.0 Technical Bulletin:
- SellWise version SW91-9.51 by Chuck Atkinson Programs
- 10.2.91
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- The following information is provided courtesy of Chuck Atkinson Programs and
- is a compilation of their own in-house compatibility testing.
-
- Overview of setting up Multi-User SellWise with LANtastic v4.0
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- Method 1: SellWise on Server only. Put SellWise program and data files on
- the network drive. All stations log onto the network drive and
- run SellWise.
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- Method 2: SellWise on Server and all Stations. Put SellWise program files
- on all hard drives. Data files are on the network drive. All
- stations run SellWise locally, and SellWise accesses the data on
- the network drive.
-
- For most hardware configurations, you will see better performance if you
- can use method 2. Also note that you can mix the ideas from method 1 and
- method 2 on the same network.
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- Setup Method 1:
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- Execute the installation routine by typing B:LOAD or A:LOAD. Install SellWise
- from the server by typing SELL. Tell the install program you want to install
- station 1. All other stations are created at this time. In other words,
- STA1.CAP is copied to STA2.CAP and to STA3.CAP etc. Each of the STA?.CAP files
- contains information such as printer setup, cash drawer, data path, etc. You
- can change any of the station settings using the SellWise Configuration Screen.
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- If all computers (including the server) reference the network drive as the
- same drive (ie. C:), then you will only need to run the install program once.
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- For each computer on the network that uses a drive that is different from the
- server (ie. computer uses J: to refer to server's C:), walk over to that
- computer, log onto the server's drive, and type:
-
- CD\SW
- BTRIEVE /E
- SWINSTAL
-
- SWINSTAL will allow you to change the drive (to J: in our example).
-
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- SellWise is shipped with a sample SELL.BAT file. Delete the sample SELL.BAT.
- Create a new SELL.BAT using the example shown below. The example is for a
- 3 user SellWise. We recommend placing the SELL.BAT file in a directory called
- \BAT and including this in your PATH. This prevent SellWise updates from
- replacing your SELL.BAT.
-
- @ECHO OFF
- SET NAME=AAAAAAAA
- NET STRING/LEFT=-8/RIGHT=-1 NAME !"NODEID"
- IF %NAME%==6EA00001 GOTO STATION1
- IF %NAME%==6EA00002 GOTO STATION2
- IF %NAME%==6EA00003 GOTO STATION3
- ECHO Could not find %NAME%
- GOTO END
-
- : STATION1
- cd \sw
- btrieve /E
- SW 1
- GOTO END
-
- : STATION2
- cd \sw
- btrieve /E
- SW 2
- GOTO END
-
- : STATION3
- cd \sw
- btrieve /E
- SW 3
- GOTO END
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- : END
-
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- Setup Method 2:
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- Decide which station number you would like to assign to each computer.
- We usually assign 1 to the server and 2 etc. to the workstations.
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- For each computer, simply install SellWise from the floppy with B:LOAD or
- A:LOAD. After the LOAD has completed, type SELL. When asked for Automatic
- Installation, select No. When asked for the station number, enter your
- decision from above. When asked for the data path, enter the drive and data
- path of where all computers will access the data (ie. the server's drive
- J:\SW\DATA). During the install process you will see the data files being
- created only on the first computer. The following computers will simply open
- the existing data files. When asked to run SellWise Now, enter No.
-
- Note that it does not matter in which order you install SellWise. Nor does it
- matter if you install on the server first or workstation first.
-
- Although not required, you can clean up each computer's directory by
- deleting the unneeded STA?.CAP files. For example, on station 3, you could
- delete STA1.CAP STA2.CAP STA4.CAP etc. You only need one STA?.CAP file
- on each computer.
-
- For each computer create a SELL.BAT file on the local drive (ie. C:). Here
- is an example for station 3:
-
- BTRIEVE /E
- SW 3
-
- The ideal directory to place the SELL.BAT file in a \BAT directory with your
- path including \BAT.
-
- Now run SELL.BAT on each computer. At the main menu in the lower left
- corner you can verify that each station is unique. If there are any two
- stations that have the same number then you probably need to check your
- SELL.BAT files. There is no problem having two or more stations with the
- same station number. It could, however, be confusing to see identical
- station numbers on various sales reports.
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- ARTISOFT, Inc. makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this
- document. LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names and product
- names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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