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- TECHNICAL BULLETIN
- 10.15.90 RW50 JCR
- ACCOUNTING: RealWorld 5.0, RealWorld
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- Comment
- RealWorld has recently been tested successfully both in house and by RealWorld, using the network version
- of RealWorld 5.0 and LANtastic NOS 3.0X. Earlier versions of LANtastic are not compatible with RealWorld
- due to specific problems with certain versions of COBOL. Those problems have been resolved through NOS
- 3.00. Before continuing this bulletin, if you are not using RealWorld 5.0 and LANtastic NOS 3.00 or greater,
- we strongly recommend that you upgrade and reinstall both products.
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- Installing RealWorld on LANtastic:
- RealWorld should be installed on the LANtastic server. The network does not need to be active during this
- process. To install RealWorld, insert the disk labelled 'INSTALLATION DISK' in the floppy drive and from
- that floppy prompt type: INSTALL X:\PATH, where X: is the local hard disk drive device and \PATH is the
- directory in which RealWorld should be installed (ie INSTALL C:\RWC). The installation will prompt for
- a Program A disk - insert the first disk of the program you wish to install. Follow the prompts to continue
- the installation. When that program has been installed, the system will ask to insert a new (program A) disk
- or to press <ESC> to exit. You may continue to install the other RealWorld programs in this manner. Once
- they have been installed, press the <ESC> key to exit the installation program. Follow the prompts to exit.
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- NOTE: It is recommended to install all RealWorld program and data files on the same hard disk drive. If this
- is not possible, the files may be installed on different drives. If the drive is defined as part of a path by the
- Pathfinder program, each workstation must redirect to that drive letter. Please refer to the "LANtastic
- Networking Environment" addendum from the RealWorld manual for more information.
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- Once all RealWorld programs have been installed, activate the network (if you have not already done so) and
- create a resource for the directory in which RealWorld has been installed (ie create a resource called RW with
- a physical link path of C:\RWC - see example above), and for any other network devices that you wish to
- access across the network. Each user (including the user on the RealWorld server) should log into the
- RealWorld server, use the RealWorld resource and any other network devices:
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- 1. NET LOGIN \\SERVER USER_NAME PASSWORD - where \\Server is the name of the RealWorld
- server, and User_Name and Password have been configured on that server through Net_Mgr.
- 2. NET USE X: \\SERVER\RESOURCE - where X: is the redirected drive designation and Resource
- is the RealWorld resource configured (ie Net use F: \\Server\RW)
- 3. NET USE LPTX \\SERVER\@RESOURCE - where LPTX is the printer port the user wishes to
- redirect and @Resource is the printer resource configured on the Server.
- 4. From the redirected prompt, load RealWorld by typing in RW.
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- The users are not required to run RealWorld from the same drive designation.
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- Configuration - Company Information
- Once installed, RealWorld should be loaded (this may be done from the server) and the CTL configuration
- must be setup. At the menu, hi-light CTL and select Company Information. The first page consists of
- information on your company and on the RealWorld menu selections. Enter the appropriate company
- information. The default values for menu selections should be correct, this indicates which items appear on
- the pull-down menus after RW has been loaded. You may change these values by selecting the item number
- and entering the new value (Y/N).
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- Configuration - Company Information / Printer
- The second page of Company information handles the Printer Setup. RealWorld allows up to five printers to
- be configured. This configuration is GLOBAL and cannot be unique for each user. When adding printing
- devices, the DEVICE NAME should be the PORT you wish to print to (LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, COM2).
- The system will prompt you to indicate if the printer has only 80 columns. By answering YES, the system will
- provide a selection of printer drivers available. Select the driver which best suits this device. When printing
- a report, the system will provide the option of printing to either of these 5 devices, to the screen, or to a file.
- Each device (LPT1, LPT2, etc) should be redirected to the appropriate server before loading RealWorld.
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- Printing - Local / Network
- If a user wishes to print to a local device (ie LPT1), that user (with the exception of the user on the printer
- server) should not redirect their local port to a network device (ie that user should not issue a NET USE
- LPT1 command). Any output designated to LPT1 from that workstation will then print locally, and not
- through the network. A device should be created in RealWorld with a device name of LPT1 and the
- appropriate driver should be selected. When creating the device list in RealWorld, the same device name may
- be used more than once to accommodate different drivers. For example, if more than one user has a local
- LPT1 device they wish to print to, more than 1 device can be set up in RealWorld with the same device name
- of LPT1. When the user selects a report to print, they can then indicate which printer the report should print
- to. For example, printer 1 can have a device name of LPT1 with the IBM Graphics driver, printer 2 can have
- a device name of LPT1 with the Tandy DMP 130 driver and Printer 3 can be the network printer with a device
- name of LPT2. Any user wishing to share the network printing device would then issue a NET USE LPT2
- command to share that LPT2 device. The network printer can be redirected to any port specification which
- has been setup in RealWorld; it is not limited to LPT2 or LPT3.
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- Running RealWorld with Expanded Memory
- RealWorld will use any Expanded memory (EMM) available on your system, which conforms to the LIM 4.0
- specs. As when installing any EMM driver, please be sure to avoid any possible RAMBASE conflicts. If you
- are running a LANtastic 2mbps adapter, you will need to exclude the RAMBASE selected on the adapter. For
- example, your config.sys file may look like this (using Quarterdeck's QEMM.SYS) DEVICE=QEMM.SYS
- RAM X=D000-D800, where D000-D800 may be the RAMBASE used by the network adapter.
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- Screen Display
- RealWorld will automatically configure the display for use on color or monochrome monitors. If you are not
- satisfied with the display it may be modified from the RealWorld directory:
- SCRNPTCH /M - configures RealWorld for monochrome display
- SCRNPTCH /C - configures RealWorld for color display
- Please refer to "Appendixes" G.1 from your RealWorld Software Installation Guide for Network Systems for
- more information.
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- TROUBLE SHOOTING TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS
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- Server Lockups
- Network lockups are not common and may be a result of an incorrect network configuration, incompatible
- software products or hardware related problems. You should be running the network version of RealWorld
- 5.0 with LANtastic NOS version 3.00 or greater. If you are not using these versions, we recommend first
- upgrading your software and reinstalling both products. If the lockups persist with RealWorld loaded, try to
- eliminate any possible software conflicts by removing and TSR memory resident utilities and removing any
- expanded memory manager driver. If the problems continue, you may wish to contact our technical support
- staff to check the network configuration and hardware.
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- Printing Problems - Local
- If you are unable to print to your local device through RealWorld, first make sure that you do not have your
- local device redirected through the network (unless your system is configured as the printer server) and make
- sure you can print to that device through DOS. Load RealWorld and recreate a device with the device name
- of the local port (ie LPT1) and select the appropriate driver. When selecting a report to print, be sure to
- select the printer number of this device you have created. If you are unsure which driver to select, refer to your
- printer manual for more information.
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- Printing Problems - Network
- If you are unable to print to your network device through RealWorld, exit RealWorld, make sure the
- appropriate device is redirected and make sure the printer server's queue is active. Once you are able to print
- through the network, run RealWorld and recreate a device with the device name of the redirected printer (ie
- LPT2 if you've issued a NET USE LPT2 \\Server\@Printer) and select the appropriate driver. As above, when
- selecting a report to print, be sure to select the printer number of this device you have created.
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- FINAL NOTE:
- This document has been designed to help with the installation and setup of RealWorld and to provide a
- guideline for trouble shooting. If a unique problem arises which we are unable to resolve either through phone
- contact with our technical support or through this bulletin, a problem report can be filed through our tech
- support staff. Additional support is also available through documentation provided by RealWorld.
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- Any questions or suggestions on this bulletin may be mailed to our offices:
- Artisoft, Inc.
- 575 East River Road, Tucson, AZ 85704
- ATTN: Compatibility Department / RealWorld 5.0 Support.
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- Vendor Info:
- RealWorld Corp.
- 282 Loudon Road, PO Box 2051
- Concord, NH 03302-2051
- (800)678-6336 or (603)224-2200
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