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Important Note – These are descriptions to changes implemented in WoodWorks Connections for version 8.1 and may not reflect current program behaviour.
Connections now has the version number in the name of the program that appears in the program title bar, and over icons that appear in the start menu. This enables you to quickly identify the version of the program you are running.
The procedure to set up multiple users running the program from a network server has been streamlined, as follows:
Previously, you had to manually copy a version of the connect.ini file to all the client machines. The program now does this automatically.
It is still necessary to modify the connect.ini in the server to indicate it is a network version and give the location of the program on the server. A new step is required, to copy the file from the Program Data area of the server for All Users to the corresponding folder in the Program Files area of the server. In other words, the connect.ini file on the server will be found in one of the following locations
Windows 7 - C:\ProgramData\WoodWorks\CWC\Canada\8\
Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\WoodWorks\CWC\Canada\8\
After modification, it has to be copied (not only moved) to the following location, if the default installation was selected:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Woodworks\Cdn\Connections\
The advantage of this approach is that the file has to be copied only once, and within one machine, rather than distributed to several machines.
With the introduction of new locations for database and setting files with Version 8, the network installation required you to modify the file Database.ini by indicating it was a network installation. This is no longer necessary.
The instructions in the Connections Read Me file have been modified to explain the new procedure. In addition, the following corrections have been made:
The instructions regarding key code security instruct you to contact WoodWorks sales, rather than using a key code that is delivered with the software.
Instructions were given for those users who wish to modify the database files on their local machine using Database Editor on the server. These have been removed, as this procedure is not possible.
Starting with Version 8, when you tried to open a Connections file from Windows explorer, for example by double clicking, the program opened, but then asks you if you want to save the newly opened file, then it closes down the file whether you want to save it or not. This has been corrected and it is possible to open Connections projects directly from Explorer.
The following changes apply to the Connections design results output file with the project name and the extension “.rlt”.
In Windows Explorer, the generic icon showing a blank page has been changed to show lined page with a small replica of the Woodworks logo.
When you double click the file, the corresponding project file now opens in Connections and immediately shows the output file in the Connections viewer. This is the same result as currently can be achieved by dragging the file into the Connections.
The file now has the description WoodWorks Connections Design Results that shows up in Windows Explorer in the Type column and in the description of the selected file at the bottom.
Connections would crash if you tried a keyword search from the help file, if the help file had been accessed from the Connections menu. This has been corrected.