Installation
Guide for GartPlan for Windows
The installation comprises 2 steps:
BDE is a general database tool, used by numerous programs, e.g. Paradox,
When upgrading from the DOS- to the Windows-version of GartPlan, BDE
must be installed, unless it has already been installed together with another
program on your computer. Future upgrades of GartPlan do not require
reinstallation of the BDE.
To perform the installation, run the following programs from your CD or
download folder:
Launching
the program
After installation you can run the program by
clicking the GartPlan shortcut on the desktop. The shortcut is created au
After startup you will get the
Registration-window. The registration is necessary in order to obtain a fully
functional program, cf. Program
registration.
If the program is not registered, you can try
it out in Demo mode with limited functionality by clicking the [OK]-button in
the window.
Single
user
When installing the single user version both the BDE and GartPlan must
be installed on a standalone computer or locally on a workstation in a network
environment.
Data directories (Database, Archive, and Export) can be placed locally
or on a workstation in a network environment.
Multi
user
Due to some compatibility issues GartPlan does not utilize UNC-paths.
Instead it is installed using a fixed path, and the following steps describe
how to install in a network environment:
1. Create a shared
folder on the server (unless you already have one, like “pu
2. On each
workstation, attach the shared folder on the server as a drive, e.g. F.
3. Install the BDE
(BDESetup.Exe) locally on each workstation.
4. Run the installation
program for GartPlan (GPSetup.Exe) once from a workstation and install GartPlan
on the attached drive on the server, e.g. F.
5. Create shortcuts to
the installed program on the other workstations.
Data directories (Database, Archive, and Export) can be placed anywhere
in the network environment, but are normally created on the server, e.g. F.
The BDE installation program is intended to make a local installation of
the Borland Database Engine. We strongly recommend that the BDE is installed
locally on each workstation. We do not
support a server based shared BDE installation, and only experienced system
administrators knowing the inner workings of BDE configuration should consider
this option.
The GartPlan program could be installed locally on each workstation
instead of the server, but we do not recommend this configuration, because you
will then have to maintain all workstations with future upgrades of the
program.
See also:
Demo
data
The installation program saves a copy of Demo-data in the
Archive-directory of the actual program. You can use these data by way of
introduction when learning and investigating the program.
The Archive is placed in a sub-folder to the program-folder, e.g.
C:\GartPlan\Arkiv.
When running the program you can restore the Demo-data in a Demo-version
as well as a registered version of the program.
Restoring is performed in the Menu item:
General / Backup / Restore
from archive
When you first time have created an archive in the Menu item:
General / Backup / Copy to
archive
it will no longer be possi
If you did restore the Demo-data, it is important to delete these data
before you start creation of your own data. Otherwise you risk to mix your real
data with the Demo-data.
Deletion of data is performed in the Menu item:
General / Data files /
Generate empty data files
User’s
Guide
A User's Guide is included in the installation, and the file can be
found in the main-folder of the program, e.g. as C:\GartPlan\GP_US.Rtf. The
file can be read into Word or WordPerfect and printed out from there.
The read in can be performed in the Menu item:
Help / User’s Guide