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Install your APS software using the "NETWORK INSTALLATION" option like shown
below:
See the Installation Instructions for more
information on installation.
All of the program files that make up the
APS software are placed in a
shared location except your configuration file, your menu files, and
shortcut definition file since these are commonly different from user to user.
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Files:
Files often include:
Menu files (.cui, .mnu, .mns, .mnc .mnl, and .mnr)
Default configuration file
(APS.cfg)
Shortcut definition file (SHRTCUTS.lsp)
and any file that may or should be different than anyone else's |
Shared Files:
 Files
include:
Everything else. |
Why would I want to convert several local installations of the APS software
to a single network location?
Because customizations only need to be made once for all users on the network.
Steps to converting:
1. Create the shared location on the network.
Create a location for the APS files on a shared network drive. The format
should look similar to the image shown here. The simplest way to do this is
simply to copy the entire APS-200x folder from one of the local computers to the
network location so the subfolders will be created for you. We recommend copying
the files from the computer that has the customizations done that are closest to
what you want for all the computers.
2. Create a location for the local files on one of
your computers.
Create a folder on the local computer similar to the folder shown here. Move
the files that are going to be unique to each computer to this location. These
files typically include:
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Menu files (.cui, .mnu, .mns, .mnc .mnl, and .mnr)
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Default configuration file
(APS.cfg)
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Shortcut definition file (SHRTCUTS.lsp)
But any file that needs to be different for each computer should also be
included.
3. Remove the "local files" from the shared network location.
Remove all copies of any of the files placed locally in step #2 from the
shared network location created in step #1. The shared network location should
not contain any of these "local files".
4. Set the "Support File Search Path" in AutoCAD
Go to the AutoCAD "options" or "preferences" and click on the "Files" tab
We need to modify the "Support File Search Path" to include the standard
AutoCAD locations plus 3 (and only 3) APS file locations. Your previous APS
installation will have added 2 path lines that refer to your local installation
of the APS software. These two lines need to be modified to refer to the new
shared network location from step #1 above and a third entry needs to be added
that points to your "local files" from step #2 above. In this image the "C:\Program
Files\APS-Local Files" folder is the "local" folder created in step #2
above and the "X\:APS-2005\Custom" and
"X:\APS-2005" folders are two of the
network shared folders created in step #1 above.
The order of these entries is important so use the
 and/or
 buttons to
arrange them in the order shown in the image here.
Once you have verified that this new installation is fully functional you may
remove the local APS installation that is no longer being used (typically in the
"C:\Program Files\APS-200x" folder).
5. Set up the remainder of the computers on the
network.
Perform steps #2 and #4 on all of the computers that you want to run off the
network location of the APS software.
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