This topic provides instructions about how to install WoodWorks® software on a network server, rather than on individual computers. With a network installation, each WoodWorks® user opens the program from the server and runs it on their individual "client" computer.
If any WoodWorks® program is to be run from a server then the network administrator must do the following after installation on the server:
On the server:
C:\ProgramData\WoodWorks\CWC\Canada\11\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Woodworks\Canada 11
;[Network]
;INI_Location=
[Network]
INI_Location=\\[Server Name]\[Share on server to WoodWorks ProgramData folder]\CWC\Canada\11\
This will instruct the client computer to look for the database files on the server at this location.
Then move the modified copy of these files into each program’s installation folder on the server, that is, the folder into which the program had been installed. For a default installation, the folder is
C:\Program Files (x86)\Woodworks\Canada 11\[program name]\
where [program name] is Sizer, Shearwalls, or Connections.
The first time the program is run on the client computer, the .ini file for that program will be copied from the installation folder on the server to the WoodWorks ProgramData folder of the client machine. This allows the client program to find the shared database resources on the server, and for the user of the client computer to independently save program settings and preferences.
If the program does not operate on a client machine, check that the Sizer.ini, Shearwalls.ini, and/or Connections.ini files have indeed been copied to the client machine’s Program Data folder for the person using the software.
On the client computers:
For 64-bit Windows,
C:\Windows\SysWOW64
For 32-bit Windows,
C:\Windows\System32
Then copy the file ShearwallsNetworkSetup.cmd to any location on the client computer and run it.
NOTE: WoodWorks® Database Editor (DbEdit.exe) will not work on the client computers. Any changes to the database must be made on the server computer.