bde32

Network installation of a 32-bit version of PrimaSoft Organizer software:

Application Installation (installation of the Organizer)

On your network server run Setup.exe from disk #1, CD ROM, or your hard disk (if you downloaded and unzipped the software) and follow the installation instructions. As a result all components will be installed on the server and icons will be created.

Note:
If your network server is not running Windows NT or Windows 95 you should install Organizer software on a workstation (running Windows 95 or NT) first. Then copy, from the workstation to the server, the following:

entire Organizer directory (including subdirectories) e.g. c:\32io11;
entire Borland Database Engine directory (by default C:\Program Files\Borland\Common Files\Bde - you can put it in C:\Bde on the server); you will have to reflect the BDE location in 2) below;

Setup of Borland Database Engine using our Bde Setup utility

Download Bde Setup program from our home page by clicking on the following link: http://www.primasoft.com/demo/bdenet.zip and unzip it into some temporary directory e.g. C:\TEMP on your server (make sure it can be accessed from every client machine).
Start Bde Setup (Bdenet.exe) on every client and follow the instructions. When you get to the 3^rd (last) page click on Update Registry button and then on Test BDE button. If no error messages are displayed your BDE has been set up properly.

If you set up BDE successfully skip to step 4.

Manual Setup of Borland Database Engine

On the machine on which you ran Setup.exe run Regedit.exe from Windows directory and expand the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland]. Export this key to a file e.g. Borland.reg. Open the exported file in Notepad and change all drive letters to the network drive letter on which all workstations will access BDE. Also, if BDE is not installed into the default directory, you may want to modify the directories to reflect the new BDE location.

For example, you may have to change:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine]
"DLLPATH"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE"
"RESOURCE"="0009"
"CONFIGFILE01"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\IDAPI32.CFG"
"UseCount"="1"
"SaveConfig"="WIN32"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\BLW32]
"BLAPIPATH"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE"
"LOCALE_LIB1"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\USA.BLL"
"LOCALE_LIB2"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\EUROPE.BLL"
"LOCALE_LIB3"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\OTHER.BLL"
"LOCALE_LIB4"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\CHARSET.BLL"
"LOCALE_LIB5"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\CEEUROPE.BLL"

to:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine]
"DLLPATH"="F:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE"
"RESOURCE"="0009"
"CONFIGFILE01"="F:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\IDAPI32.CFG"
"UseCount"="1"
"SaveConfig"="WIN32"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\BLW32]
"BLAPIPATH"="F:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE"
"LOCALE_LIB1"="F:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\USA.BLL"
"LOCALE_LIB2"="F:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\EUROPE.BLL"
"LOCALE_LIB3"="F:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\OTHER.BLL"
"LOCALE_LIB4"="F:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\CHARSET.BLL"
"LOCALE_LIB5"="F:\\Program Files\\Borland\\Common Files\\BDE\\CEEUROPE.BLL"

Notice the double back slash used in the above example. After making the above changes save the file and exit from Notepad. Copy the created Borland.reg file to a diskette or to the network server where it can be accessed from all workstations.

On every workstation start Regedit.exe (in Windows directory) and Import created earlier Borland.reg file.

Create Organizer Icons on workstations

On every workstation, create a program group and icons to access Organizer software. In most cases you will only need one icon that links to the main EXE file (residing on the network server).

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Copyright © 1996 PrimaSoft PC, Inc. All rights reserved. Last Edited: Mar. 11, 1997

Copyright © 1996 PrimaSoft PC, Inc. All rights reserved.
Last Edited: Mar. 11, 1997