-------------------------------------------------- Pre-Control Detailed Installation and Upgrade Instructions -------------------------------------------------- (C) Copyright TQS Associates, Inc. -------- Contents -------- System Requirements Setup on Standalone Machine (Single-User setup) Setup on a Network (Multi-User setup) Upgrading a previous version of Pre-Control on a standalone Machine or Network ------------------------------------------------ System Requirements ------------------------------------------------ Operating System: Windows 95 or better CD ROM Drive 16 MB RAM minimum (32 MB or more recommended) 20 MB hard drive space 150 MB minimum free hard drive space ------------------------------------------------ Setup on Standalone Machine (Single-User setup) ------------------------------------------------ 1. Close any applications which may be running before beginning installation. 2. Launch the Pre-Control setup program, either from the CDROM menu (if you have a Demo CD) or from the self- extracting zip file (if the Pre-Control demo was downloaded from our website). 3. A welcome message will appear as a reminder that all applications should be closed. Choose continue. 4. Setup will prompt for the installation folder. Choose OK to install Pre-Control in the default folder 'c:\program files\pre-control'. If installation is desired in a different folder, choose the change folder button and follow the prompts, providing the requested information. 5. After the next prompt, select the large button labeled 'Typical' (with the computer on it) to continue installation. (Custom and compact are no different for this application - so ignore these) 6. Follow any remaining instructions as they are presented during setup (if any). 7. Setup will signal you when complete. Click OK. To start using Pre-Control, choose start, then programs, then Pre-Control, and then the Pre-Control 1.2 icon. The User's Guide can be accessed from the main switchboard or help menu after starting Pre-Control. -------------------------------------------- Setup on a Network (Multi-User setup) -------------------------------------------- 1. Follow the instructions under 'Setup on Standalone Machine' for each PC that must be able to open part files. DO NOT CHOOSE A SERVER AS THE INSTALLATION FOLDER - THIS PROGRAM MUST BE INSTALLED ON EACH LOCAL HARD DRIVE. WE STRONGLY SUGGEST ACCEPTING THE DEFAULT INSTALLATION FOLDER, C:\PROGRAM FILES\PRE-CONTROL. 2. Ensure that each PC (that is to have access to a shared part file) has FULL network permissions for the shared folder containing the data (or for the folders that will contain the part files that will later be created), including read, write, and even delete permission. (Security restrictions can be set within Pre-Control application - reference the User's guide, which is available within the Pre-Control Application.) 3. Pre-Control, by default, will allow any PC with this program installed to open a part file created by another PC with this program installed. If security is not required, installation is complete - proceed to #5. 4. If only one copy of Pre-Control is being used or if security can be managed from each individual PC, instead of from a central PC, then installation is complete - security can be managed per the User's Guide - proceed to #5. If security must be managed for multiple PC's (each with Pre-Control installed) from a central location or PC, then proceed as follows: -Locate the Pre-Control 1.2 icon on one of the local PC's installed and read its target (or command line). This icon will probably be at the path 'C:\windows\start menu\programs\pre-control' -Arrow within the target until you find the file 'system.mdw', and note its path (this will be only a small part of the total target). -Choose a location on the server, and place a copy of this file, 'system.mdw', in it. (do not confuse this with other copies of this same file that may be on your computer (especially if you have Access installed), because this one is unique. -Go back to the target, and change its path to point to the copy of 'system.mdw' that was placed on the server. -Delete the system.mdw from its originally installed location -On all additional PC's that were/will be installed with this program, change the target in the same exact way (pointing to the server copy of 'system.mdw'), and delete the originally installed copy of 'system.mdw' on the local PC. You will NOT have to place copies on the server for these additional PC's - the first one was all that is needed. -Make sure all PC's have read and write access to the server folder where 'system.mdw' was placed. (because passwords, accounts, etc. are all stored there) 5. To start using Pre-Control, choose start, then programs, then Pre-Control, and then the Pre-Control 1.2 icon. Remember, the User's Guide can be accessed from the main switchboard or help menu after starting Pre-Control. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrading a previous version of Pre-Control on a standalone Machine or Network ---------------------------------------------------------------- Part files created with previous versions of Pre-Control can be read and used with this new revision. 1. CAUTION: Before upgrading, ensure that any part files that must be kept are safely backed up (somewhere other than the pre-control installation folder - 'c:\program files\pre-control' if the default was used). 2. If user accounts/passwords and permission levels must also be maintained throughout the upgrade, then in addition to part files, back up the system.mdw file in use by the current revision of Pre-Control. To locate the system.mdw in use, highlight the Pre-Control 1.2 icon, right click, and choose properties. Then, arrow through the target until you see the path to system.mdw (this will only be a small portion of the entire target). If the default target line is in use, then the system.mdw file is in the folder 'c:\program files\pre-control'. If a back up of system.mdw is desired, keep the backup some place other than the pre-control installation folder. 3. Once part files and the system.mdw file (containing security information) are backed-up as necessary, the current revision of Pre-Control must be uninstalled. Uninstall Pre-Control from the control panel, or from the start menu choose run and type: 'C:\Program Files\Pre-Control\setup\setup.exe' The setup program will begin either way. Then choose 'remove all'. The program will be completely removed. The PC may need to shut down and restart. When finished, the previous version of Pre-Control will have been removed, and the new version can be installed. 4. Install the new version of Pre-Control by following the instructions above, under 'Setup on Standalone Machine', or under 'Setup on a Network (multi-user setup)'. 5. If previous security settings must be restored, then place your backed-up copy of system.mdw either in the Pre-Control installation folder - 'c:\program files\pre-control' if the default folder was used, or on the server/shared folder if a centrally managed security system is being used. Just replace the existing copy of system.mdw (which is the new default copy just installed by the setup program). 6. If Pre-Control was previously installed on several PC's, then repeat steps 3 and 4 for each additional PC.