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Network Setup & Installation, Upgrading ImagineTime®

Network Installation - Install the software on the network - local program file, data file to the server:

  1. First, install the software locally to each workstation in the office with the CD disk that was shipped to you using the Workstation Fast installation option. Accept the default program location of c:\program files\bothworldssoftware\imaginetime. Do not check Outlook Export, unless you have purchased the MS Outlook® integration option.
  2. Next, bring the installation CD to the server and use the Network Data file option to install the data file at the correct server location of your choice - we suggest the default location of c:\program files\bothworldssoftware\imaginetime. You may run this installation option from a workstation (if you do not have direct access to the server). In that case, we recommend that you use the default directory location and substitute the network drive letter of your choice...for example, H:\program files\bothworldssoftware\imaginetime.
  3. After you have completed these steps, select one of the workstations and link to the network data file (make sure no other workstations are on the system) by clicking on the ImagineTime desktop icon and perform the following steps:
    • The relinking utility will ask you to "Please link ImagineTime to the current location of the Tbdata.mdb file". Click [Ok] and a dialog box will appear.
    • Click the [Browse for File Location] Button #1 and navigate to the network data file that you installed in step (2) above. When you have located the tbdata.mdb file, double click on it, or single-click to highlight the file and click the [Open] button at the bottom right of the dialog to accept it.
    • Next, click the [Ok] button (button #2) on the relink screen. This will complete the relinking of the local program file to the server data file - please be patient as this could take as long as five minutes.
    • After the relinking has completed, a message will display. Close the ImagineTime program using the X at the top right of the screen, or by clicking File/Exit on the menu bar at the top left.
    • Re-open the ImagineTime program by Double-Clicking on the the ImagineTime icon on the desktop. If you are asked for a login name and password, please use "OPENBAL" and the password of "BWS". Verify the location of the data file by double-clicking on the ImagineTime icon in the center of the main menu. The data file path will be shown in black in the middle of the About screen starting with the word....Data. Press [OK] to close the About Screen. You are ready to register the software.
  4. Click on the registration wizard button in the middle of the main menu screen and register the data file following the registration procedure on the screen and using the unlock codes you received from us via email.
  5. Congratulations! You have now completed the installation of one workstation and the network data file.
  6. Repeat step (3) above for each additional workstation. The program should re-open automatically with the registered data file after relinking has completed. It will be unnecessary to re-register the data file since it was already done in Step 4 above. Remember, if you are asked for a login name and password, please use "OPENBAL" and the password of "BWS".
  7. Press F1 at the main menu of one of the workstations to activate the on-screen help. Go to the getting started section and follow the procedures listed there to begin the program setup.

Upgrading ImagineTime in 7 Steps:

  1. Determine the locations of your existing program (tb2000.mde) and data files (tbdata.mdb). You can check this out by opening ImagineTime and double-clicking on the ImagineTime logo in the middle of the main menu for each of your workstations. This will pull up the "About" screen. In the middle of the about screen are the locations for the program and data files.
  2. Go to www.imaginetime.com and download the most current "regular version" or "Outlook version" of our software by going to the home page of our web site. Click on update/download option (left side of screen), and type in your company name and registration ID number exactly as they appear the on the Company Information/Setup screen (A8). This will get you to the download page with the picture of the ocean.
  3. Next, select the first or second options at the top left of the download screen, depending upon whether you have the regular version or use Outlook integration. Remember that to use Outlook integration you must have MS Outlook® 2000 installed on your computer and an unlock code from Both Worlds Software, Inc. You can check whether you have this feature enabled by checking out the options tab of the Company Information/Setup screen (A8). When you have selected the appropriate download, SAVE the installation file to your desktop, or to a common network file location if you intend to upgrade all the workstations at this time.
  4. Next, execute the upgrade file on each workstation by double-clicking on it. Before you begin this procedure make sure all users have exited ImagineTime. Allow the program to install the upgraded program file to the default location (c:\program files\bothworldssoftware\imaginetime) unless you previously installed the program to a non-default location. If your program file is not in the default location, you must browse to the correct program file location during the upgrade installation.
  5. After the upgrade file has been downloaded and installed on your computer, open the ImagineTime program. At this point you may be required to relink the program file to the location of the network data file, unless you have a single user installation in which case relinking should not normally be required. See the network installation instructions above for a brief description of how to relink.
  6. After the upgrade has completed and you have relinked, load the program and double-click on the ImagineTime logo in the middle of the main menu. Verify that the program release shown at the top right of the about screen is the most recent version and the data and program file paths are correct for this workstation's installation.
  7. Make sure you update every computer in the office that is using a local program (tb2000.mde) file before you begin using ImagineTime.

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