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TBInv LAN Installation Instructions

Prepare system for district LAN install:

  1. For best performance, the 'server' should be the District Textbook Administrator's desktop PC.
  2. You can run Windows 98 as the district TBInv server if you don't plan to use the web features. Windows 2003, 2000 or XP Pro perform better.
  3. Click Start, Windows update and install all Critical Updates.
  4. Install Microsoft Access 2000, XP or 2003. Select Custom install and Select All Components. Select the Run All from My Computer option for all the Access, database connectivity and conversion components.
  5. Click Start, WindowsUpdates and click Office Update. Install all service packs to ensure the Office components are current and secure.
  6. Install antivirus software and configure it to automatically download updates and scan at least weekly.
  7. For improved support, install PC Anywhere and configure the PC as a host. This may be done on another workstation as long as it has a fixed IP address visible to the internet. Your firewall must pass traffic for ports TCP 5631 and UDP 5632.
  8. Set up a backup strategy that copies the C:\TB folder of this PC to another hard drive daily.

District LAN Install:

Note: If Access isn't at c:\program files\microsoft office\office\msaccess.exe on the user's PC, right click on the shortcut, select Properties, Target and enter the correct path to MSAccess.exe.

  1. Perform all these steps from the server.
  2. Rename the c:\ageesw and c:\tb folders if they exist.
  3. Run the executable from http://tbinv.com to create c:\tb, c:\ageesw and desktop shortcuts.
  4. Create a user group called TBInv and assign each TBInv user to the group.
  5. Share c:\tb as tb to members of the TBInv group. For more security, remove Everyone from the tb share.
  6. Click the TBSvr desktop and logon as Super. Click Tables, select the Setup table, click Edit and then Link. Change the data tables to \\tbsvr\tb\tbdata.mdb where tbsvr is the network name of your server.
  7. Copy c:\tb\tb.mde to c:\tb\ageesw.mde. (Overwrite the file that is there).
At this point you should have four working shortcuts on your server's desktop. TBInv points to c:\ageesw\tb.mde, TBSvr points to c:\tb\tb.mde, TBDemo points to c:\tb\tbdemo.mde and TBData points to c:\tb\tbdata.mdb (you can't log into this database but clicking the shortcut compacts it). Open TBSvr and click the word Ver on the main menu. Verify that the Back End database looks like \\tbsvr\tb\tbdata.mdb where tbsvr is the network name of your server. Open TBInv and click Ver. The back end database should be the same as TBSvr. Open TBDemo and click Ver. The back end database should say DEMO.

School PC Install:

  1. Make a new folder called c:\ageesw on the school PC.
  2. Copy TB.mde and A97.mdw from the TB share on the server to the c:\ageesw folder on the school PC.
  3. Copy the TBInv.lnk shortcut from the TB share on the server to the school PC's desktop.
  4. Right-click the shortcut, select Properties and change the Target after /USR to the user's UserID.
  5. To install the barcode font, double-click 3of9.reg on the server or follow this procedure.
  6. Show the user how to log on.
After the initial install, TBInv updates are automatic on School PCs.

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