LANtastic NOS v4.0 Technical Bulletin:
SellWise version SW91-9.51 by Chuck Atkinson Programs
10.2.91
	

The following information is provided courtesy of Chuck Atkinson Programs and 
is a compilation of their own in-house compatibility testing.

Overview of setting up Multi-User SellWise with LANtastic v4.0
  
Method 1: SellWise on Server only.  Put SellWise program and data files on
	  the network drive.  All stations log onto the network drive and
	  run SellWise.

Method 2: SellWise on Server and all Stations.  Put SellWise program files
	  on all hard drives.  Data files are on the network drive.  All
	  stations run SellWise locally, and SellWise accesses the data on
	  the network drive.

For most hardware configurations, you will see better performance if you
can use method 2.  Also note that you can mix the ideas from method 1 and
method 2 on the same network.

Setup Method 1:

Execute the installation routine by typing B:LOAD or A:LOAD.  Install SellWise 
from the server by typing SELL.  Tell the install program you want to install 
station 1.  All other stations are created at this time.  In other words, 
STA1.CAP is copied to STA2.CAP and to STA3.CAP etc.  Each of the STA?.CAP files 
contains information such as printer setup, cash drawer, data path, etc.  You 
can change any of the station settings using the SellWise Configuration Screen.

If all computers (including the server) reference the network drive as the
same drive (ie. C:), then you will only need to run the install program once.

For each computer on the network that uses a drive that is different from the
server (ie. computer uses J: to refer to server's C:), walk over to that
computer, log onto the server's drive, and type:

	     CD\SW
	     BTRIEVE /E
	     SWINSTAL

SWINSTAL will allow you to change the drive (to J: in our example).


SellWise is shipped with a sample SELL.BAT file.  Delete the sample SELL.BAT.
Create a new SELL.BAT using the example shown below.  The example is for a 
3 user SellWise.  We recommend placing the SELL.BAT file in a directory called
\BAT and including this in your PATH.  This prevent SellWise updates from
replacing your SELL.BAT.

@ECHO OFF
SET NAME=AAAAAAAA
NET STRING/LEFT=-8/RIGHT=-1 NAME !"NODEID"
IF %NAME%==6EA00001 GOTO STATION1
IF %NAME%==6EA00002 GOTO STATION2
IF %NAME%==6EA00003 GOTO STATION3
ECHO Could not find %NAME%
GOTO END

: STATION1
cd \sw
btrieve /E
SW 1
GOTO END

: STATION2
cd \sw
btrieve /E
SW 2
GOTO END

: STATION3
cd \sw
btrieve /E
SW 3
GOTO END                                     

: END


Setup Method 2:

Decide which station number you would like to assign to each computer.
We usually assign 1 to the server and 2 etc. to the workstations.

For each computer, simply install SellWise from the floppy with B:LOAD or
A:LOAD.  After the LOAD has completed, type SELL.  When asked for Automatic
Installation, select No.  When asked for the station number, enter your
decision from above.  When asked for the data path, enter the drive and data
path of where all computers will access the data (ie. the server's drive
J:\SW\DATA).  During the install process you will see the data files being
created only on the first computer.  The following computers will simply open
the existing data files.  When asked to run SellWise Now, enter No.

Note that it does not matter in which order you install SellWise.  Nor does it
matter if you install on the server first or workstation first.

Although not required, you can clean up each computer's directory by
deleting the unneeded STA?.CAP files.  For example, on station 3, you could
delete STA1.CAP STA2.CAP STA4.CAP etc.  You only need one STA?.CAP file 
on each computer.

For each computer create a SELL.BAT file on the local drive (ie. C:).  Here
is an example for station 3:  

	BTRIEVE /E
	SW 3

The ideal directory to place the SELL.BAT file in a \BAT directory with your
path including \BAT.

Now run SELL.BAT on each computer.  At the main menu in the lower left
corner you can verify that each station is unique.  If there are any two
stations that have the same number then you probably need to check your
SELL.BAT files.  There is no problem having two or more stations with the
same station number.  It could, however, be confusing to see identical
station numbers on various sales reports.



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