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    #1

    Network Optimize

    Is the only way to get to "Network Optimize" through the Tools Menu in A5 Developer? It does not seem to be available from the Tools Menu in A5 Runtime. Am I missing something?

    Thanks,

    Mike R.
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    Re: Network Optimize

    You can't network optimize the shadow copy of the database.

    Have you logged on to the master database on the server first, before opening the Tools Menu?

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      Re: Network Optimize

      Tom,

      I'm a bit new and struggling to understand the installation procedure. Here is where I am at:
      I have A5v10.5 Developer and Runtime installed on my desktop which, for the present is doubling as my database server.
      I have created my desktop application and have a laptop sitting to my immediate right that I want to install the runtime on just as if it were a client's laptop (computer).
      That is my test setup.
      I launch A5 Developer on my desktop(development machine) and go to Tools>Utilities>Create Install Package
      I then copy the created zip file to a USB stick and unzip it there.
      I then insert that USB stick into my laptop and copy all of the files to an Alpha5 folder on the laptop.
      I have mapped an "S" drive to my desktop.
      I launch A5 Runtime from Alpha5 folder on my laptop and direct it to the "S" drive on my desktop to the folder that contains my Master DB files.
      Questions and concerns:
      How do I create a Shadow database folder on my laptop using Network Optimize? Network Optimize is not available in the Tools Menu in the Runtime version.
      I am sure I am missing a step somewhere and maybe going about this all the wrong way. Since I have control of all the installation and access to the server and client machines, I suspect I don't need a bootstrap.
      However, I have read the Runtime PDF as well as dozens of threads on the Forum and have learned a great deal, but I am still not getting this installation procedure. Is there a step-by-step procedure documented out there somewhere?
      Can you help me?

      Thanks,

      Mike R.

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        Re: Network Optimize

        Tom,

        I did find where one step where I was going awry. After creating the install package, I was simply getting the zip file, unzipping it an copying the files to a folder on the latop. Reading all the way to the last line in the installation procedure in the wiki, I found that the self-extracting Setup.exe file was being saved to the root directory, C: of my desktop. I copied it to a USB stick along with the "license.key" file and installed it on the laptop by simply clicking on the Setup.exe file. Now it appears I have the application files also installed in the folder in which I installed using Setup.exe. I can select to run the applicaition from there or still go to the desktop and access the Master DB files as well. How do I set it up to automatically refresh the Shadow DB files on the latop?

        Mike R.

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