invent!ory ULTRA 2013 Help

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 First Time Installation – Client server Network

 

NETWORK SETUP

MPj04117300000[1]Even though it can be run as a single user app, ULTRA was designed to serve multiple PCs via a network.

 

Key functions like online requisitioning require a multi-PC installation. 999 user ids are available to support a large network of users. There is no “per seat” charge per user.

 

 

 

The basic processs for running multiple ULTRA users from a SERVER consists of:

·    setting up a SERVER PATH folder where the invULTRA2013.exe app and invplus.mdb database will reside.

·    mapping the ULTRA desktop icon to the SERVER PATH

u INSTALL ULTRA ON PCs

For  each PC running ULTRA:

·        Perform a full ULTRA Install (setup2013.exe) just like in the single-user installation.

 

·        For online-requisitioning-only PCs:  assign user IDs with “Q” access rights.

See System Administrator functions for more on user access rights.

v  SETUP THE SERVER PATH 

 

Next, you must set up a NETWORK  SERVER FOLDER.

 

Here, we will use R:\APPS. You can, of course, use any path name you wish. 

Create this path on the server. Be sure to allow:

·    Full Read/Write access to R:\APPS

·    File Sharing of all files in the folder

 

 

wCOPY ULTRA FILES to SERVER

                           

Copy ALL ULTRA FILES residing in c:\program files\invplus folder of ANY PC

TO: the SERVER PATH  

(e.g., R:\Apps)

Note: Do this only once

This will copy the necessary files to the SERVER, namely:

 

·    the ULTRA executable program file invULTRA2010.exe

·    the database files invplus.mdb, invplus_Archive.mdb, and invplus_Backup.mdb

·    all miscellaneous files (mainly the *.std files, which contain the standard Crystal report formats)

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MAPPING THE  User’s Desktop

“ULTRA” ICON

 

 

For EACH PC accessing ULTRA:

  

Right-click the v2013 icon, then click Properties | Shortcut  

 

 

Map the Target and Start in fields like this:

·        Target: “R:\Apps\invULTRA2013.exe”

 

·        Start In: “R:\Apps”

 

y Click “Apply” and "OK" buttons on the Properties page.

 

The ULTRA icon of the local PC is now mapped to the SERVER PATH.

 

Click the ULTRA icon and you will see the Sign On Screen  (right).

 

 

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z Setting Up OTHER PCs To Access ULTRA from the SERVER

 

For each PC you want to access the ULTRA program, you must:

 

  • Run the setup2010.exe program on each PC ( see step uabove)

 

  • Remap that PC’s ULTRA icon to the server path (Step 4 above).

 

  • Sign on as system administrator (ID=1, PW=NOOSPHERE) and add a User ID, access rights,  and password for each user of that PC. See System Administrator functions

 

 

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