VinPlus

Installation Guidelines
This document provides details on installation of VinPlus. Akshatha R 25/02/2012

Table of Contents
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Abbreviations/Acronyms Used ......................................................................................................... 3 Minimum System Requirements ...................................................................................................... 3 Assumptions ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Installation Procedure ....................................................................................................................... 3

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1) Introduction
This document contains installation guidelines for VinPlus.

2) Abbreviations/Acronyms Used
a) b) c) d) e) f) DB Database API Application Programming Interface SQL Structured Query Language RAM Random Access Memory GB Giga Bytes MS Microsoft

3) Minimum System Requirements

a) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent b) RAM: 1 GB (2GB recommended) c) Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server / 2000 / XP / 7 32-bit (with latest Service Pack) d) Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 (2.0.50727.42) e) Microsoft Excel 2003 f) Microsoft SQL Server Express / 2005

4) Assumptions
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server Express is installed.

5) Installation Procedure
a) Double click the setup file (with file extension .msi) to start installation. A window will appear as below.

b) Click Next as shown.

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c) Read the End-User License Agreement and check I accept the terms in the License Agreement option. Click Next.

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d) In the next screen (shown below), the installation can be customized by selecting or omitting services such as Parser Service, Convert API Service, DLMS Service and DLMS SANDS MRI Service. Click Next once selection is completed.

e) Now click Install to install the application.

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f) The installation window will display progress as shown in the following screenshots.

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g) Once installation of VinPlus is complete, the following window will appear.

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h) Fill in the User ID, Password and Data Source as shown. If a new VinPlus database is to be created, then select Create New DB and select Database File location using the Browse button. Click Start. If a VinPlus database is already present at the selected location, a message box will be displayed as shown. Click OK. The database file will be stored at selected database location and a new VinPlus database will be created in selected Data Source as shown. Note: The user ID and password details of Microsoft SQL Server that VinPlus uses will be as per the database configuration file. Any changes in the database configuration should be updated in config.ini file of VinPlus through Edit Configuration in VinPlus.

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i)

If an existing VinPlus database needs to be updated, select Update Existing DB. Click OK on the pop-up message box. Click Start button. Click OK. The existing VinPlus database will be updated without deleting existing data.

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Note: Update Existing DB option is applicable only VinPlus versions released after Version 1.0 Release 12. For VinPlus Version 1.0 Release 12and below, please select Create New DB.

Note: i. Select Data Source as (local) if SQL Server Standard/Enterprise editions are installed. Select .\SQLExpress as Data Source only if SQL Server Express edition is installed.

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ii.

SQL Server needs full access to the selected database path. The database file should have administrative rights and it should not be shared, compressed or password protected.

j)

After step g, if a database should not be created, then click Skip as shown.

k) If User ID or Password fields are empty and Skip is clicked, a message box will be displayed as shown. Click Yes. Another message box will be displayed. Click OK. User ID and password needs to be updated manually in the VinPlus configuration file.

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l)

Click Finish to complete the installation.

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m) After installation is complete, the folders for Convert API and Parser operations will be created at the VinPlus installation location. They will be named Convert and Parser respectively. Initial configuration will be done automatically by the setup.

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