I can't connect my computer at home to the computer in the office, but I would like to use OfficeTalk remotely.

  1. Install a copy of OfficeTalk on your remote machine but do not run.
  2. On your office machine use the Edit\Work Remote and choose c:\otremote as the directory.
  3. In the Disconnect Options dialog box decide which parts of OfficeTalk you wish to take with you and ensure that the is uncrossed.
  4. Copy the WBTRCALL.DLL and the OTALK.INI into the c:\otremote directory.
  5. There are several ways of transferring the data between the office and notebook. You could use products such as Laplink (from Travelling Software) to transfer information over a parallel cable.
  6. If the user cannot physically connect the machines then they should copy the information onto a floppy drive. As the information is unlikely to fit onto one 1.44mb floppy disk you will need to
  7. use programs such as Microsoft Backup or PKZIP to compress the information onto a series of disks. Please note if you are using PKZIP you will need to recurse the directories otherwise the information will be unusable.
  8. On the remote machine decompress the information. You should now have a directory called otremote. You will need to copy both the WBTRCALL.DLL and the OTALK.INI files into the remote machines Windows directory.
  9. Double clicking on the OfficeTalk icon will bring up the remote session.
  10. When you have finished your remote session log out of OfficeTalk.
  11. Copy the c:\windows\otalk.ini file back into the remote c:\otremote directory.
  12. Compress the c:\otremote directory.
  13. On the main machine decompress the otremote directory and replace the original.
  14. Copy the c:\otremote\otalk.ini file and copy it into the c:\windows directory.
  15. Fire up OfficeTalk and choose the File\WorkOnline.
  16. OfficeTalk will now update the main database.

You will need to perform steps 2-15 each time you work remote. However you will not need to copy the file WBTRCALL.DLL in steps 4 and 7 after you have done it the first time. This process can also be performed over a modem. For more information read our “Using OfficeTalk with Remote Access Software” helpsheet.

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