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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 Sizer.ini file to all the client machines. The program now does this automatically.
It is still necessary to modify the Sizer.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 files 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 Sizer.ini file on the server will be found in one of the following locations
Windows 7 - C:\ProgramData\WoodWorks\CWC\USA\9\
Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\WoodWorks\CWC\USA\9\
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\USA\Sizer\
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 9, 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 Sizer Read Me file have been modified to explain the new procedure. In addition, the following corrections have been made:
Sizer 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.
Starting with version 9 of the program, the project files with extensions wprj ( workspace), wwb (beam), wwc (column), wwa (Concept) were not associated with the WoodWorks program, so that they did not appear in the list of known file extensions in Windows Default Programs Control Panel group, and that double-clicking on the file did not open it in Sizer. This has been corrected.
The following changes apply to the Sizer output files, that is, files with the extension .w[bc][acdg] bc is beam or column, acdg is analysis output ,design check, design run, or analysis graphs, and also concept files .wd (design by group), .wdm (design by member), and .wml ( materials list).
For all of the Sizer output files shown in Windows Explorer, the generic icon showing a blank page has been changed to show a similar icon to those for the files in the toolbar, with the addition of a small replica of the Woodworks logo. If there is no toolbar button accessing the file, than an icon representing a lines on a page with the logo is shown.
When you double click any of the text output files or analysis graphs, the corresponding project file now opens in Sizer and immediately shows the output file in the Sizer viewer. This is the same result as currently can be achieved by dragging the file into the Sizer.
Note that the text files are associated with Sizer and not the Windows Notepad application, which would be advantageous if you wanted to edit the file. However, Notepad can be associated on the Windows 7 operating system only, not in XP or Vista. For this reason, association with Notepad will be deferred until Windows 7 and later versions of Windows are exclusively used.
The files now have descriptions that show up in Windows Explorer in the Type column and in the description of the selected file at the bottom. These descriptions are of the form e.g. WoodWorks Sizer Beam Results, WoodWorks Sizer Column Graphs, WoodWorks Sizer Concept Results by Member, etc.
The program now also has descriptions for names to the project files – WoodWorks Sizer Project (.wprj), WoodWorks Sizer Concept Mode (.wwa), WoodWorks Sizer Beam (.wwb.), and WoodWorks Sizer Column (.wwc).