To install Booking Pro on more than one PC we recommend that you store the Booking Pro software on a network share and configure each PC to use a shortcut pointing to the network share. This makes the software much easier to update (thus ensuring that each user is using exactly the same version), makes it easy to incorporate the software files in a regular backup regime and makes it extremely easy to make Booking Pro available on additional PCs.

To do this you will need to do the following:

  1. Check to ensure that you have purchased sufficient licences to use Booking Pro on another PC. You can easily verify how many PCs you are licensed to use Booking Pro on from the licence details shown in the bottom half of the Welcome page.
  2. If you haven't already installed Booking Pro install the client software on a network share. If it is already installed simply create a new folder on a network share, move the contents of the program folder to it and update any shortcuts used to run the program. (When moving Booking Pro please ensure that you move the contents of the "Documents" folder as this contains file templates customised by the User.)
  3. Change the permissions on the Booking Pro program folder to give each user “Full Control” over the program folder and its sub-folders.
  4. Run d:\extras\dotnetfx.exe on your installation CD (replacing d: with the drive letter for your CD drive) to install Microsoft's .NET Framework 1.1 on each PC.
  5. Use the .NET Framework Wizards (found in Administrative Tools in the Control Panel) to Adjust .NET Security to grant Full Trust to the Local Intranet
  6. Setup a desktop shortcut to the program (bookingpro.exe).
  7. Start Booking Pro and check that it loads correctly.
  8. Sign-in and use the Security option on the Tools menu to setup a User name for each user.

Booking Pro is now ready to use on the additional PC.

I don't have .NET Framework Wizards in Administrative Tools in the Control Panel. What should I do?

If you don't have  .NET Framework Wizards you will need to click the Windows Start button and select the Run option to run the program ConfigWizards.exe. This is normally found in the folder C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322.

I made the changes above but I get a message saying "This application does not have the necessary permissions on your PC. Please use the .NET Framework Wizard in Administrative Tools to adjust your .NET security to grant 'Full Trust' permissions to the zone (e.g. Intranet) from which you are starting this program.". What should I do?

If the title of the window displaying the error message contains "Internet" then it is because Microsoft Windows thinks that you are running Booking Pro from the Internet zone rather than the Intranet zone. (This can happen if the server name contains a full stop.)

To work around this behaviour, you must add the server name (or the appropriate IP address range) to the Local Intranet Sites dialog box:

  1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
  2. On the Security tab, click Local intranet, and then click Sites.
  3. Click Advanced, and then type the server name (or an IP address range e.g. 157.54.100-200.*) in the Add this Web site to the zone box.
  4. Click Add, click OK, click OK, and then click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box.
  5. Restart the computer.

For more information please see Microsoft's website by clicking here.

What if I don't want to grant Full Trust to all software on my Local Intranet?

If you don't want to grant Full Trust to all software on your Local Intranet then use the .NET Framework 1.1 Configuration option (found in Administrative Tools in the Control Panel) to add a Code Group (under Runtime Security Policy, Machine, Code Groups, All_Code) using a Condition Type of URL and setting the URL to the network folder containing the application software followed by \* (e.g. \\servername\sharename\*) and use the existing Full Trust permission set.

Alternatively if you have caspol.exe from the .NET Framework SDK you can use it as shown in the following example:

caspol -machine -addgroup 1. -url "\\servername\sharename\*" FullTrust -n BookingPro

How can I stop Windows displaying an "Open File - Security Warning" stating that the "Publisher could not be verified"?

To prevent this message being displayed every time you run Booking Pro open Internet Options in the Control Panel, select the Security tab, Local Intranet and click the Sites button followed by Advanced. You can then add the URL of the server you are using for the Booking Pro application software (e.g. \\MyServer).

 

Last Updated: 07/02/2008