The procedure for installing CashManager is described in the Quick Start Guide. The information offered here is supplementary to that.
This section describes the technical aspects of a CashManager installation. It is not necessary for users to read or understand it.
As with all software installations, network users should be logged on as a user with full rights when installing CashManager. Typically, the Administrator logon will have full rights. Of course, once CashManager has been installed, users can log back on with their normal login, and operate CashManager normally.
A standard CashManager installation creates a program folder (decided by the user during installation, with a default of C:\CashWin) into which program and related files are installed. Company data folders are established within the program folder, and data files for each company are stored in separate folders. Users can choose codes for companies, and these codes become the folder names. Company codes can contain upper and lower case characters as well as spaces.
CashManager uses the Borland Database Engine (the BDE). The BDE is a shared component that may be utilised by other software packages. The installation program will search for an existing copy of the BDE, and if one is located, it will suggest that the user bypass this aspect of the installation. If there is no reference to the BDE, the installation will ask the user where it is to be installed and create a folder accordingly. The default folder in such cases is C:\Program files\Borland\Common Files\BDE.
Installation of CashManager will not place any files into your Windows directory, except for temporary back-up files during installation of program updates. These are placed in a sub-folder called \CMWBack under your C:\Windows\Temp folder. This directory can be deleted once you are happy that the upgrade was successful.
Installation of CashManager and the BDE will create all necessary entries in your Windows registry.