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| . The Dawn of a New Age of Publishing Business Software . . . The AnyBook Professional Series Re-installing or Upgrading AnyBook. . . If you are already an AnyBook user, here's how to re-install the program or to install an upgrade (Note: Are installing the program for the first time? If so, see installation instructions. The directions, below, are for current users of AnyBook.) If you are re-installing the program or if you are installing an upgrade, follow the procedure below 1) Back-up Files. Make sure you have backed-up your files. This normally is done at the end of every session, but for an install, you should give yourself an added measure of security and back-up your files on a second disk. 2) Additional Files to Back-up. Note that not all files are backed up. Files which are not backed up are listed below. You'll want to make sure that you manually copy them to the back-up disk or to another directory on your hard drive before installing. a) Any graphics files (*.bmp) that you are using on your invoices, billings or royalty reports3) Clean Install. If you are doing a "clean" install, you'll want to uninstall the old program. A clean install is recommended when you move from lower level to a higher level. For example if you move from Level III to Level V, you'll want to do a clean install. When you do a clean install, it's doubly important that you have an extra back-up disk of your data. Do not proceed until you have made two back-up disks. To un-install the old program, click on the START button on the Windows desktop. Find the AnyBook listing and select the "Uninstall" option. Note: At the end of the un-install process, the program will display a list of files to be deleted. Double check the list and make sure that it's okay to delete all of the files. If you see one or more files that you don't want deleted, skip this process. Once the program has been uninstalled, you can install the new program. Specific directions on downloading and installing the program are found here: Installing the Program. 4.) Regular Install. If you are not doing a clean install, you can install the new program over the old program. It is not necessary to uninstall the previous version. Even though AnyBook will preserve your data files, you still want to make two back-up disks as a precaution. Specific directions on downloading and installing the program are found here: Installing the Program. 5) Network Re-installs. If you use AnyBook on a network, be sure to install the new program on every computer on the network. You'll want to make sure that all computers are running the same version. Complete details on network installs are found in the help documentation that comes with the program. (It's reached by starting the program. Then select HELP >> HELP CONTENTS and click on "Networking.") 6) Rover Users. If you have AnyBook Level V and are using the Rover Module, be sure to download and re-install the newest Module. The Rover Module is coordinated with the main program, and the Rover Module should be updated at the same time that you update the main program. 7) Restoring Backed-up Files. Once you've installed the program, you may need to restore your backed-up files. Restoring will be necessary if you have one the following situations: 1) If you've done a "clean" install. In other words, you have un-installed the old program.You'll know that a restore is necessary if upon starting the program, you see the sample files that come with the new program. The restore process will replace the sample files with your own files. To do a restore, select FILE >> RESTORE BACK-UP FILES. (If you haven't done a restore, click on the "Help" button on the Restore dialog box and you'll find detailed information.) Once the restore process is complete you'll have access to all of your own files. 8) Registration Code. If you have installed a new version over the old version, your registration code will remain. Also, if you use the restore process, your registration code will be brought in along with the other data files. Thus, if you are not upgrading to a new level, there's no need to re-enter your registration code. However, if you are upgrading to a new level, and you have received a new registration code, you'll need to enter the new code. Wait to enter the code, however, until after you've completed the restore process. As mentioned above, the restore process will bring in your old code. If you enter the new registration code first and then do a restore, it will be replaced by the older code. Of course, you can just re-enter the new code, but it's simpler all around to do the restore first and then enter the new code. To enter a registration code, select HELP >> ENTERING OR CHANGING YOUR REGISTRATION CODE. Type in the registration code. Note that the registration code is keyed to your company name, and you'll want to make sure the company name is exactly the same as the name you used when you registered. The spelling must be exactly the same. Abbreviations such as "Co," "Ltd," etc. must be the same. And punctuation must be the same (such as the period in "Inc."). If you change your company name in any way, contact us, and we'll be happy to provide you with a new code. New Macros We have added some new macros for on-line shipment processing. If you use on-line shipment processing, see the following: New Macros |