Installation

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In a multiple workstation environment the Primary Workstation is the one where the Auction Flex data will reside. All other workstations (secondary workstations) will have to access the data on the primary workstation. The secondary workstations will not have their own data.

 

Single Workstation Installation and Primary Workstation Installation for Multi-Workstation Setup

Install the software to c:\auctionflex\
Do not install the software to a directory whose path includes spaces. (Ex. c:\program files\auctionflex\ )
Is this the PRIMARY installation?
Click YES.
Next you will be prompted for the directory you wish your data to be saved in.
Click OK
Select Directory.
Click Select
The program will create the necessary data files.
Workstation Maintenance form will pop up.
Click DONE.
The Company Maintenance form will pop up.
You may need to enter your company information and the activation key that was provided to you.
You are now ready to use the Auction Flex software on this computer.
If this is the primary computer in a multi-workstation setup then continue, otherwise you are done:
You now need to share the c:\auctionflex folder to your network.
Go to My Computer
Open the C: drive
Right click on the AuctionFlex folder and choose Sharing & Security
Click on the check box for Share this folder on the network
Accept the default Share name of AuctionFlex
Click the check box for Allow network users to change my files and click OK

 

 

Multi-Workstation Secondary Installation

Prior to installing Auction Flex on a secondary workstation we need to Map a Network Drive to the AuctionFlex share on the primary workstation.
Go to My Computer
Click on the Tools drop down menu and choose Map Network Drive
Change your drive letter to X:
Browse for your folder. You want to choose the Auction Flex share on the primary computer. Some versions of Windows do not have a Browse button next to the folder. In this instance you need to find out the name of your primary computer and you can then manually type in the Folder path (ex:\\Primary\Auctionflex)
Make sure the checkbox for Reconnect at logon is checked
Click Finish
Install the software to c:\auctionflex\
Do not install the software to a directory whose path includes spaces. (Ex. c:\program files\auctionflex\ )
Is this the PRIMARY installation?
Click NO.
Workstation Maintenance form will pop up.
Choose drive letter X: at the bottom then double click on the data subfolder (the icon should change to a little open folder)
The remaining paths (image & report) will then automatically fill in as x:\images & x:\reports.
Choose a unique workstation number starting with 2 and incrementing by one for each additional workstation.
Click DONE.
You are now ready to use the Auction Flex software.