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Want to Share the Database with Other Users on the Network |
To share the Act4Advisors database:
- Login as an Administrative user.
- Add users to your database using Tools > Manage Users
(Caution: you must have an ACT! and Act4Advisors license for each user)
- After adding the users, choose Tools > Database Maintenance > Share Database
- Next, open you’re my Computer or Windows Explorer and copy the Advisor database PAD file into the database-files folder. This file should be called Advisors30.pad or some derivative of Advisor*.PAD i.e Advisor31.pad, Advisor35.pad, etc.
- Each user should now be able to open the database from within ACT. Open ACT! and choose File > Open
- Choose the My Network Places icon on the left hand side browse to the server computer and the folder with the database.
- Choose the Advisor PAD file
- Login with the Login name that was given to the user
Troubleshooting:
You haven’t been able to share the ACT! database from your server computer which is running Windows Vista.
To resolve this issue:
- You must be logged into the Vista computer as an Administrative user.
- Single right mouse click on the ACT! icon
- Choose “Run as Administrator”
You should now be able to share the database as noted above.
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Last Updated 18th of November, 2007
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