Copyright: Quattro Pro for Windows Help, v.5.0 Beta
Citation: Copyright ® 1993 Borland International.


Network Installation Topics
Network Administration Setup Topics

The following Help topics are available for the Network Administration Setup program:

Network Installation Requirements

Network Administration Setup Program

Search Path Location

Selecting Users

Properties for Selected Users

Workgroup Desktop LAN Installation

Removing Users

Running the Network User Setup Program


Network Installation Requirements

Installing Quattro Pro for Windows on a network server for multiuser access involves three basic steps:

1.	Install Quattro Pro for Windows on a network server with the Quattro Pro INSTALL program.

2.	Run the Network Administration Setup program to add Quattro Pro network users.

3.	Have each new user run the Network User Setup program to set up and configure their workstation to run Quattro Pro.

See Also

Network User Setup Program


Network Administration Setup Program

The Network Administration Setup program performs the following tasks:

Adds or removes the users or user groups that can run Quattro Pro concurrently from the network server or a local workstation.

Sets the default Quattro Pro application properties for the users you're adding.

Adds the required search path(s) to the server's System Login Script (optional).

Sets up an Object Exchange LAN post office and mailboxes so users can use the Workgroup Desktop to exchange and distribute their notebook data over the network (optional).

The Network Administration Setup dialog box includes these buttons:

Add Users(s)	Displays the list of network users and lets you select those to add as Quattro Pro network users.

Add Group(s)	Displays the list of network user groups and lets you select the groups to add as Quattro Pro network users.

Delete	Removes the selected user(s) or group(s) as Quattro Pro network users.

Edit Properties	Lets you change the Quattro Pro Application Properties for the selected user(s) or group(s), or the default Application Properties for any users or groups added later. This option also lets you specify that Quattro Pro be copied to a user's workstation so that the user can run it locally instead of from the server.

LAN Install	Lets you set up the Object Exchange (Obex) so the Quattro Pro network users you're adding can exchange Quattro Pro data over the local area network (LAN).

Exit	Exits the Network Administration Setup program and saves any changes made.

See Also

Network Installation Topics

Network Installation Requirements


Search Path Location

This dialog box only appears the first time you run the Network Administration Setup program. The preference you set now is used whenever you run the Network Administration Program again.

To run Quattro Pro from the server, users must use the same mapping as the network for the drive where Quattro Pro is installed. This dialog box displays the paths users need to run Quattro Pro.

You can choose to add these paths to the server's system login script, a user's login script, or a user's AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Or you can set the search path manually. Users who attach to the server to run Quattro Pro need to set the appropriate drive mapping and path when attaching.

Click the option you want (None is the default) and choose OK.

If you clicked None, a message warns you that you must manually add the required paths for the Quattro Pro network users you install. Choose OK to proceed.

If you clicked System Login Script, you're asked to verify that you want to add the search paths to the system login script.

If you clicked User Login Script or AUTOEXEC.BAT, the search paths are added to these files when the user runs the Network User Setup program.

See Also

Network Administration Setup Program


Selecting Users

This dialog box lets select the users or user groups you want to install as Quattro Pro network users.

1.	Select the first user or group you want to add, then hold down Ctrl and select additional users or groups to add.

2.	Choose OK.

The users you select from this list are added to a file in the Quattro Pro directory (QPWNET.DAT) that registers the network users who can run Quattro Pro on the network.


Properties for Selected User(s)

This dialog box lets you set the default Quattro Pro application properties for the users you're adding.

1.	Click the buttons for the properties you want to change for the users you're adding. See the User's Guide for details on setting application properties.

2.	If you want the users you're adding to be able to run Quattro Pro locally on their workstations, uncheck the Run From Server checkbox. This will copy all the files they need to run Quattro Pro to their workstations when they run the Network User Setup program.

3.	Choose OK.

Note:	You can still edit the application properties (or change the Run From Server setting) for users after closing the dialog box. If you want to set different application properties for different users. Just select the users from the list of users you're adding, click the Edit Properties button, then change the properties for these users.


Workgroup Desktop LAN Installation

This dialog box lets you set up LAN mailboxes for the Workgroup Desktop for users you're adding.

The Object Exchange (or Obex) is the software engine that drives Workgroup Desktop. The Object Exchange lets you share Quattro Pro data using a wide range of messaging services. It also lets you use local area networks (LANs) to share data without requiring you purchase and install a separate mail system.

You can set up a LAN post office and user mailboxes for Quattro Pro network users with this dialog box. A mailbox is a private directory that stores incoming objects for a single Obex LAN user. A post office is a directory that contains the user mailboxes. See the Workgroup Desktop Guide for further information about creating LAN mailboxes for Workgroup Desktop.

To set up a LAN post office and mailboxes for the users you're adding,

1.	Either accept the default OBEXPOST directory specified in this dialog box or enter the name and path of another network directory. The OBEXPOST directory contains a mailbox directory for each Workgroup Desktop user's mailbox where objects sent to them are posted.

2.	Choose OK to close the Create Workgroup dialog box.


Removing Users

To remove Quattro Pro network users, select the users you want to remove and click the Delete button. (Hold down Ctrl to select multiple users.)

The users you deleted are removed from the list of users that can run Quattro Pro from the network.

You can't use the Network Administration Setup program to remove users that you set up to run Quattro Pro locally from their workstations. You must manually delete the Quattro Pro files and directories from each workstation.


Running the Network User Setup Program

The Network User Setup program is run by an installed Quattro Pro network user from their workstation. Make these instructions for running the Network User Setup program available to installed users, or refer them to Appendix F of the User's Guide.

To run the Network User Setup program on a workstation, a user must,

1.	Choose File|Run from the Windows Program Manager.

2.	In the command line, type QPWNODE.EXE. Be sure to include the correct path to the Quattro Pro network directory.

3.	Choose OK. The network User Setup dialog box appears with the user's name displayed.

4.	To change your local directory names or paths, click the Directories button.

5.	Click the Install button to proceed.