INSTALLATION

You are about to install a multi-user data management system. While there are a number of steps involved, your careful attention to each will ensure that the process is trouble-free.

Firstly, it is recommended that you read through everything here once before starting the process so that you have an overall appreciation for what is required. Then just take each section step by step to ensure a successful installation.

Read these Guidelines

PLEASE read these guidelines BEFORE you run the installer.

The two main steps involved in installing Training Provider on a Local Area Network are:

1. run the downloaded server installer program to put all the required files onto the server;
2. from each workstation that is to be able to use Training Provider, run Workstation Setup.

Running the server installer (the first of the two steps specified above) does the following:

• installs the Data File (which will hold your data) and the Workgroup Security File (which will hold usernames for your staff) to a folder on the server (referred to below as the Data Folder);
• installs the Workstation Setup files to a folder on the server (referred to below as the Workstation Setup Folder);
• runs a process which modifies the application's Interface File (held on the server) so that, when it is installed to a workstation, it will already know where the Data File is.

The Data Folder and the Workstation Setup Folder should be different folders. eg If the Data Folder specified is \\myserver\data\TrgPr, you might specify the Workstation Setup Folder as \\myserver\data\TrgPr\WorkstationSetup.

The Data File and the Workgroup Security File are the only files which should be regularly backed up - which is why it is best to have these in their own folder (the Data Folder).

During installation it is ESSENTIAL that you use a UNC path to specify the Data Folder because, when each user runs Training Provider, this is the path which will identify where your data is held. (If "UNC path" means nothing to you, just make sure you browse to the required Data Folder via Network Neighbourhood or My Network Places).

The user running the server installer must have the appropriate permissions on the server. If this means nothing to you then you need to talk to your network administrator.

Consider this IMPORTANT information about MS Access bugs and Service Packs

Some versions of Microsoft Access have bugs. Microsoft issues Service Packs to fix these.

For some versions of Microsoft Access it is important that particular Service Packs are applied before installing and using Training Provider.

Before proceeding with installation of Training Provider please determine which version of Microsoft Access you are using and, if you are using MS Access 2000 or 2007, also determine which Service Pack has been applied. Click here if you need advice on how to do this.

If you are running MS Access 97, 2002/XP or 2003 there are no specific Service Pack requirements in relation to installing or running Training Provider but it is generally advisable to install any that have been released.

If you are running MS Access 2000 please ENSURE that Service Pack 3 has been applied (and note that it is necessary to apply Service Pack 1a before applying Service Pack 3).

If you are running MS Access 2007 please ENSURE that Service Pack 1 has been applied.

To obtain Service Packs please visit www.microsoft.com and use the search facility on that website to find the Service Pack(s) applicable to your version of Microsoft Office. eg For Access 2007 search for "Office 2007 Service Pack". Please follow the Service Pack installation instructions on the Microsoft website - and consult Microsoft if you need assistance with this because it is a system maintenance issue not an Training Provider issue.

Consider this IMPORTANT information about MS Access security settings

If you are running a version of MS Access other than 2003 or 2007 you can skip this section.

MS Access 2003 and 2007 have a security feature which affects Training Provider during startup (for normal use) - and also during installation.

By default MS Access 2003 and 2007 interrupt startup to display one or more warning messages when the application being opened is not digitally signed (and Training Provider is not). Since Training Provider is opened during installation this also interrupts installation. When the appropriate button on a warning dialog is clicked the startup (and installation when startup is for the purpose of installation) resumes.

For MS Access 2003 you can change some settings, BEFORE installing Training Provider, so that these warning messages do not appear. Click here to find out how to do this.

For MS Access 2007 you cannot avoid the warning message during installation of Training Provider but you can add a setting AFTER installation has been completed so that the warning message does not appear every time you start Training Provider. This is referred to below after the 'Set up each Workstation' section.

Get the Installer

Click on the following link and, when prompted, choose Save (not Open). Then, in the Save As dialog, select the folder to which you'd like to save the installer on your computer (make a note of it because you'll need to go to it in a moment) and click Save.

Download the installer

Set up files on the Server

There are two possible installation paths to follow. Select only one of these. Complete this and then go to the 'Set up each Workstation' section below.

Path 1

Follow this path only if
- ALL workstations that are to run Training Provider have MS-Access 2000, 2002/XP, 2003 or 2007;
OR
- ALL workstations that are to run Training Provider have only MS-Access 97.

1. Go to any one of the workstations that is to have Training Provider installed on it;
2. open Windows Explorer;
3. go to the folder to which you saved the installer;
4. double-click on the downloaded file (SetupTrgPrServer.exe);
5. follow the prompts (and be sure you browse to the required Data Folder via Network Neighbourhood or My Network Places - as noted in the Guidelines above);
6. go to the 'Set up each Workstation' section below.

Path 2

Follow this path only if
- some workstations that are to run Training Provider have MS-Access 97
AND
- some workstations that are to run Training Provider have MS-Access 2000, 2002/XP, 2003 or 2007.

1. Go to any one of the MS-Access 97 workstations;
2. open Windows Explorer;
3. go to the folder to which you saved the installer;
4. double-click on the downloaded file (SetupTrgPrServer.exe);
5. follow the prompts (and be sure you browse to the required Data Folder via Network Neighbourhood or My Network Places - as noted in the Guidelines above).

If the computer used in step 1 also had an operational copy of MS-Access 2000, 2002/XP, 2003 or 2007 on it, you are finished with server setup and can jump to the 'Set up each Workstation' section below, otherwise you must complete these steps too:

6. Go to any one of the MS-Access 2000, 2002/XP, 2003 or 2007 workstations;
7. open Windows Explorer;
8. go to the folder to which you saved the installer;
9. double-click on the downloaded file (SetupTrgPrServer.exe);
10. follow the prompts (and be sure that, when prompted, you specify exactly the same Data Folder as you specified in step 5 above);
11. go to the 'Set up each Workstation' section below.

Set up each Workstation

On completion of server setup, go to each workstation in turn (on which you want to be able to run Training Provider) and:

1. open Windows Explorer;
2. go to the Workstation Setup Folder that you specified during server setup (eg \\myserver\data\TrgPr\WorkstationSetup);
3. start the Workstation Setup program by double-clicking on SetupTrgPrWorkstation.exe;
4. follow the prompts.

This will install the required files and create shortcuts for Training Provider in the Windows Start Menu.

On completion of Workstation Setup you will be asked if you want to immediately start Training Provider.

You will also be able to start it from the Windows Start Menu:

Start -> Programs -> Training Provider -> Application Interface.

Make the Application Folder a Trusted Location

If you are using a version of MS Access PRIOR to MS Access 2007 skip this section.

If you are using MS Access 2007 it is recommended that the workstation folder holding Training Provider be set as a Trusted Location - as described here.