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- CONTENTS:
- Summary
- Installation
- Configuring OfficeView
- Removing OfficeView
- Software Support
-
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- Summary
-
- OfficeView for Windows is a program that makes it possible to
- know the comings and goings of employees at the glance of a
- screen. Your receptionist can give rapid, well-informed
- responses to clients and phone calls. Messages can be passed
- between users, too. Easy to use and install, this tool can
- improve the efficiency of your office and help you give a
- proficient, well-organized service to your clients.
- Requires: Windows 3.1 or higher, color display and file sharing
- by a file server or peer to peer.
-
- Developer: Len Phillips
-
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- Installation
-
- Disk Space Requirements
-
- The common network directory should have four megs of free
- disk space. This allows for over three megabytes of spare
- room to hold messages. For the client workstations, you will
- need two kilobytes of disk space if you are running on a
- dedicated Server. Otherwise, 500 kilobytes of disk space will
- be required on the workstations to store local copies of the
- program files.
-
- Installing OfficeView
-
- If you receive OfficeView in a compressed format, i.e., from
- the Internet or a CD library, you will receive all the
- OfficeView files as a single file. If the file name ends in
- ".exe", it is a self-extracting program that will decompress the
- files and run the Setup program automatically. If the file name
- ends in ".zip.", you will require a program to decompress the
- files, e.g., WinZip. Both ".exe" and ".zip" filenames are
- available from our website:
- http://www.capitalnet.com/~phillips/
-
- If you are installing the program on more than one workstation,
- then one copy of the program and database files must be
- installed on the shared directory. This directory can be located
- on a Server or shared on a peer-to-peer LAN, such as
- Microsoft Networks or Lantastic. Installing on a Server is
- preferable, if possible. All users should be given read, write,
- delete and create privileges in the shared directory.
-
- Installing the Files on the Server:
-
- First, install the OfficeView files on the common network
- directory. From any workstation, click on the File menu of
- your Windows Program Manager, and select Run (Windows
- 95 uses Start/Run). Type the name of the compressed
- OfficeView file or the appropriate Setup program (setup.exe
- for 16-bit or setup32.exe for 32-bit) and click OK. For the
- self-extracting program, click the Setup button. Select
- Network Install, then Server, and follow the screen
- instructions. The OfficeView Setup program installs within
- seconds.
-
- Next, run OfficeView and add all the groups and their
- associated employee names before setting up any other
- workstations.
-
- Running OfficeView from the Server:
- (not recommended for peer networks)
-
- Running OfficeView from your server allows all workstations
- to run from a single copy of the main program.
-
- At each workstation, assign (map) a drive letter to the common
- network directory and be sure to enable the option to
- automatically reconnect when Windows starts up. From the
- common network directory, run the Setup program to set up
- the workstations. Select Network Install, then Workstation.
- When prompted for the directory location, enter the
- workstation path to the common network directory.
-
-
- Running OfficeView from a Local Hard Drive
- (for peer networks or congested LANs):
-
- At each workstation, assign (map) a drive letter to the common
- network directory and be sure to enable the option to
- automatically reconnect when Windows starts up. From the
- common network directory, run the Setup program to set up
- the client workstations. Select Single Install. When prompted
- for the "Copy to" directory, accept the default of C:\OView. At
- this point, the workstation is working in isolation. To enable
- communication with other users, OfficeView needs the
- location of the common OfficeView database. To do this, run
- OfficeView using the newly created Program Manager group
- (Windows 96/NT 4.0 use Start/Programs/OfficeView menu)
- and click File/Set DB Path. Enter the workstation path to the
- common network directory. At this stage, any names in the
- central database will display. As an additional test, send a
- message to another user and confirm that it arrives.
-
- Running OfficeView Standalone:
-
- To run OfficeView on a single workstation, click on the File
- menu of your Windows Program Manager, and select Run
- (Windows 95 uses Start/Run). Type the name of the
- compressed OfficeView file or the appropriate Setup program
- (setup.exe for 16-bit or setup32.exe for 32-bit) and click OK.
- For the self-extracting program, click the Setup button. Select
- Single Install and Enter when the suggested "copy to" directory
- appears. This procedure creates a Program group or Windows
- 96/NT 4.0 Start/Programs/OfficeView menu that can be used
- to run OfficeView.
-
- Note:
- Both the 16- and 32-bit versions of OfficeView are designed to
- run concurrently using the same database. Therefore, in a
- mixed operating system environment, 32-bit workstations
- aren't required to use 16-bit software.
-
- If you are upgrading OfficeView from the 10/30 names size to
- the 300/1000 names size or from 16-bits to 32-bits, you must
- re-run the Setup program at each client workstation.
-
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- Configuring OfficeView
-
- OfficeView has a security system (password) to control access
- to use the following commands: Add Name, Remove Name,
- My
- Name, Change Password, Add New Group, Rename Group and
- Delete Group and to control access to make changes to the
- Employee Information screens for all employees. To allow
- access to make these changes, the Administrator(s) need only
- click on File/Admin Mode and enter a password. To return to
- the normal mode of operation, click on File/User Mode.
-
- Note:
- The unregistered versions of OfficeView start up in
- administration mode so that all commands are easily available
- for evaluation.
-
- To change the admin password (initially="abc"), click on
- File/Change Password and enter the current password once,
- and the new password twice. The program will confirm that a
- new password has been accepted. Passwords must consist of
- letters only.
-
- Adding Groups, Names, and Information in the Employee
- Information Screen:
-
- When you add groups (300/1000 name version only), switch to
- Admin mode by clicking on File/Admin Mode. Enter the
- password (initially= "abc"). Type Ctrl+N and the name.
-
- To populate the board with user names, switch to Admin mode
- by clicking on File/Admin Mode. Enter the password
- (initially="abc"). Type Ctrl-N and the name.
-
- You can enter information into the Employee Information
- screen by clicking on the name and selecting Information.
- Employees may prefer entering this information themselves
- after you identify their name at their own workstation.
-
- Identifying Names With Workstations:
-
- The program must identify names with workstations so that
- users can read their messages and make changes to the
- Employee Information screen at their workstations. To do this,
- at the workstation, after a new name is added, click on the
- name to be associated with that workstation and select My
- Name from the pop-up menu. The name will appear in the top
- title bar. Messages can only be read at workstations with the
- corresponding name in the title bar. This procedure need never
- be repeated, unless a new user operates at that computer.
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- Removing OfficeView
-
- The following explains how to completely remove the main
- copy of OfficeView (do all four steps) and the LAN
- Workstation copies (do the first two steps only):
-
- Delete:
- 1) OfficeView group and OfficeView icon from the Program
- Manager. 2) OVlocal.ini from the main windows directory
- (usually c:\windows). 3) all files in the OfficeView directory (
- default directory c:\OView ). 4) OfficeView directory.
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- Software Support
-
- A software support page is available on our web site at
- http://www.capitalnet.com/~phillips. In addition, e-mail
- software support is available at officeview@ottawa.com or
- phillips@capitalnet.com.
-
-
- 15 Feb 97