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Networking Extra! and TossEm!

     If you need to use either Extra! or TossEm! on a network, special steps are required in order to accomplish this functionality. Please follow the steps contained within this document to accomplish this task.
     After installing either system, you can only access its data from that same computer. In a network environment, you will want to share this data with other computers on the network. Never use the computer that acts as the server as if it were a workstation. Doing so will cause you to lose information!

     Networking Extra! and TossEm! is accomplished thru the use of the Borland Database Administrator. This program is automatically installed with Extra! and TossEm! and is accessed through the Windows' Control Panel.

Follow these steps in the order presented:

Install Extra! or TossEm! on the server computer.
Using the Create Database feature of the program you installed, create the database that you will be using. Refer to the system's on-line help for assistance in doing this, if needed.
Install Extra! or TossEm! on each client computer.

Make sure that each client computer is mapped to the server computer.

Open the Borland Database Administrator in each client computer by clicking on Start|Control Panel|BDEAdministrator. The remaining steps need to be completed on every client computer.

Select Object|New from the menu bar. In the window displayed, simply click the OK pushbutton leaving the default selection as STANDARD.
In the left panel, you will see a new entry that reads STANDARD1. This entry is ready to be renamed. Change the name from STANDARD1 to the name of the database that you created on the server computer.
In the right pane, click on the word PARADOX in the Default Driver field and change the selection to DBASE.
Click on the Path field. A button will appear at the end of the field. Click on this button in order to find the location of your database folder on the server computer. To do so, click on the Drives field and select the drive letter for the server computer. The left pane will now show all the folders on the server computer. Double click on the Extra! folder, then double click on the folder whose name is that of the database that you created. Finally, click the OK pushbutton.

Select Object|New from the menu bar, again. In the window displayed, simply click the OK pushbutton leaving the default selection as STANDARD.

In the left panel, you will see a new entry that reads STANDARD1. This entry is ready to be renamed. Change the name from STANDARD1 to EXTRAROOT.

In the right pane, click on the word PARADOX in the Default Driver field and change the selection to DBASE.
Click on the Path field. A button will appear at the end of the field. Click on the button in order to find the location of the Extra! folder on the server computer. To do so, click on the Drives field and select the drive letter for the server computer. The left pane will now show all the folders on the server computer. Double click on the Extra! folder, then click the OK pushbutton.
Close the Borland Database Administrator window. If you are prompted to save your changes, respond Yes.