Parts: Configuration

Friday, July 24, 2015

Configure and Distribute Parts

Configure the Parts application

The Parts librarian can easily configure and distribute the Parts Frontend.

Use the Frontend application to create and save the configured application.

Then Zip up and distribute the configured Parts_Frontend to your users.

Zip up the Parts_Frontend file and place the Zipped file in a shared network drive folder.

Instruct users to copy the zip file and extract the Part_Frontend file in a folder on their local C:\ drive.

Notes:

If users have Access 2010 or higher installed on their machine they can run the Parts_Frontend.accde.

If the users do NOT have Access 2010 or higher on their computer they can install the free Microsoft Access runtime and run the Parts Frontend.

Steps for Upgrading to the latest version of the Part Frontend:

Save a copy of your existing Parts Frontend in the event you want to roll back to the older version.

Download and Drop the latest Parts_Frontend in the same folder where your previous version of the Frontend was installed.

Place the Zipped and Configured Parts_Frontend file in a shared network drive folder.

To keep the users on the same version of the Parts Frontend, instruct users to copy and extract the zipped Parts_Frontend file to a folder on their local C:\ drive.

Related Link: Moving and Sharing Parts

That's it !

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Configuration Options

Select a Data Source, Models Folder, DBLib Path then select Apply.

Part has user Configuration options which can be saved and loaded.

The default configuration User.ini file is stored on the user's machine in the same folder as the Parts Frontend application. Named configuration files may also be saved and loaded.

Saved configurations can be used to Hot Switch the Parts Frontend to any backend that is compatible with the Parts Frontend.

From the main menu bar, select: Configuration.

Configuration

The Parts Frontend supports up to 15 User Defined Fields.

Users can rename the Parts_Database and Parts_Demo.DBLib. Open and Edit the DBLib to connect to the renamed Parts_Database.

Users can create and save user defined configurations.

Contact Parts for free Setup and Configuration Support.

Tip:

Save a backup of the current configuration before making modifications.

Contact Parts to request technical support or a Free online demonstration.