Download
the trial version of Handy Equipment / Tool Manager from our website or use a CD ROM (if you
have purchased it) and install the software on your network drive
e.g. in F:\handy_et folder. Make
sure every user on your network has full Read/Write/Execute
access permissions to that folder and all subfolders.
Using
Windows Explorer locate Handy Equipment / Tool Manager main folder e.g. F:\handy_et.
Inside it, you should find db
folder (e.g. F:handy_et\db).
Move db
folder to your server local drive that
is not shared such as drive C:. For example, you could create a
folder called handy_et
on drive C: and move db
folder from F:\handy_et
to C:\handy_et.
In
your Handy Equipment / Tool Manager main folder (e.g. F:\handy_et)
locate a file called datadir.tx$
and rename it to datadir.txt.
Then, double-click on datadir.txt
and modify the path to db
folder according to step 2. On the second line enter the path to
data folder. For example, datadir.txt
could contain the following lines:
\\myserver\c:\handy_et\db\
where "myserver" should be replaced by the name of your server.
f:\handy_et\data\
After
modifying datadir.txt file save it and exit from Notepad.
Download
and install Firebird 2.5.5 database engine on your network server
using the following
link:
http://www.primasoft.com/librarymanager/Firebird-2.5.5.26952_0_Win32.exe
After downloading this file run it on the server and follow the setup instructions.
Open Services on the server and make sure "Firebird Server" is listed and has the status set to Started.
On
the server, make sure Port 3050 is accessible to all users
(create an Inbound Rule).
Download this file
into your Firebird UDF folder:
http://www.primasoft.com/eqtoolmanager/primasoft.dll
For example, if Firebird is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Firebird\Firebird_2_5_5 you should download "primasoft.dll" file
to C:\Program Files (x86)\Firebird\Firebird_2_5_5\UDF folder.
In
your program main folder (e.g. F:\handy_et
delete a file called "fbclient.dll" and rename a file
called "fbclient_net.dll" to "fbclient.dll").
On
every workstation that will be running the software do the
following:
-
copy Handy Equipment / Tool Manager main folder (e.g.
F:\handy_et)
to the local drive (e.g. C:);
- create shortcuts on
your desktop to all or some of the following files in C:\handy_et folder: admin.exe
(main program for administrators), io.exe (Check In/Out Module),
add.exe (Data Entry Module), and search.exe (Search Module);