Axcess AxcessView User Guide - Manual (Page 8)

AxcessView User’s Guide
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Installing AxcessView
There are two scenarios for installing AxcessView, First Time Installation and Updating
a Previous Version of AxcessView.
First Time Installation
1. Insert the AxcessView CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. If you have a Plug and Play CD-ROM, an installation wizard displays.
3. Otherwise, select Run from the Start menu.
4. Type D:\Setup.exe (where D = your CD-ROM drive) and press ENTER or click OK.
5. Follow the prompts in the InstallShield Wizard.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation.
The installation wizard creates an AxcessView icon on the desktop. To start
AxcessView, double-click the icon.
Updating Previous Versions
To avoid loss of data, we strongly
recommend making a back up copy of your
Access database before you upgrade
AxcessView.
Making a Backup Copy of AxcessView Database
1. Using Microsoft Explorer, locate the database file containing the information on
Assets and Personnel. The file has a file extension of .mdb. For example, the name
of the file could be MyData.mdb (Note: Axcess2000.mdb is the default).
The file may be located in your AxcessView folder in the Program Files folder of your
c: drive.
C:\Program Files\AxcessView
C:\Program Files\Axcess International, Inc.\AxcessView
2. Right-click the file and select Copy from the pop-up menu.
3. Select another folder to which to copy the file temporarily. Open that folder and click
Paste from the Edit menu. You should see a copy of your database file in this folder.
4. After you complete the AxcessView upgrade, locate the database file you just pasted
into a temporary folder.
5. Right-click the file, and click Copy from the pop-up menu.
6. Open the AxcessView folder and click Paste from the Edit menu. All data originally
stored in this file is now accessible in the new version of AxcessView.