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Using Shelf Logic on a Network
Note: This article is for Master Edition and Enterprise Edition
users.
The
Shelf Logic program is networkable, letting
multiple users share plans and databases. The program itself must be installed onto the local C: drive but the
plan files and databases can reside on network shared drives.
Step 1. Setting up your Database
You will need to have your database on a
shared drive. Databases have an extension of “.MDB”. You can
either copy an existing database onto a shared drive or create a
new database on the shared drive.
To create a new database on a shared
drive, open the program and from the “File” menu, select “New
Database”. You can then enter the name and location of your new
database. Make sure you create it on a shared drive.
Step 2. Setting the Default Database
Assuming you are going to use this shared
database most of the time, it should be made the default
database so that when the program first starts, this default
database is the one used. You want to make your shared network
database as the default so it is used when the program starts.
From the “View” menu, select
“Preferences”. Then click on the middle “database” tab and you
will see where the default database name goes. You need to enter
the full path and database name. You can click the Browse button
to search for your database if you want. Then click OK and this
becomes the new default database. The next time the program
starts, this database will be used.
Step 3. Shared Plan Files
In order to share plan files, you only
have to save the plan onto a shared drive. It will then be
available to other users of the shared drive.
When you open a plan file, it opens the
database from which it was created. If the plan file used a
network database, that database will be opened for use.
Transferring Existing Plans to Network
Drives
If you move your database to a network
drive and there were plans created before the move, these plans
will not find the database in the old location and will ask you
for a new database. Just enter the path and name of the database
you placed onto the network.
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