Design-Expert 8 Network Installation Example

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Design-Expert 8 Network Installation Example

Revised: June 2, 2010

Standard Installation

Here is a brief description of what you need for a typical installation.



1. Install server component.

• Normally you would install the server component from the CD onto the server. This is "DX8Net" in the example above.
• Users will need read-execute privileges for this folder.

2. Establish a control folder on the server.

• This will need to be set up as a share where users have full control of the contents (that is, read, write, create, delete, ....)
• This is created By default as a sub-folder to the DX8Net installation, but can be anywhere.
• The location of the control folder is designated by the ControlPath= in the [Network] section of custdata.ini file found in the DX8Net application folder on the server.
  
  For example, the default location is designated by the relative path as:
  

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  [Network]
ControlPath=.\Control

  
  
  If you have the control folder in another share, say \\ServerX\DX8Control, you would specify that as:
  

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  [Network]
ControlPath=\\ServerX\DX8Control

  
  
  If you are sent a custom license file (user.lf) it should go in this folder. As the program is launched by a client, a semaphore is created in this folder and removed when the session ends.

3. Install the workstation (client) component.

• From the client computer, navigate to the network share for the DX8Net installation.
• Run WrkSetup.exe to install the client
  
  • Choosing Server-based will install a minimum amount of files on the local computer and run the program from the remote site.
  • The Client-based choice will install all the executables on the client.
    
    • By default, that will be in the folder: C:\Program Files\Stat-Ease\DX8Client.
    • A custdata.ini file in that folder will point back to the DX8Net folder on the server via the NetworkPath directive:
      

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      [Network]
NetworkPath=\\AppServer\DX8Net

      
      
      When a local install of Design-Expert is launched from the client, it's custdata.ini file is opened. If a network path is found, the contents custdata.ini at that location will be used instead of what may be in the local file.
• Regardless of installation type, the ControlPath directive in the custdata.ini on network installation will ultimately be used to locate the control file.