15.21.1 Overview

Requires one file named MANXXXX.EXE. XXXX contains the version number of pc/MRP for Windows that you are updating to. MANXXXX.EXE can be obtained from Software Arts by downloading the file or ordering the file to be sent on a floppy disk. pc/MRP can be "manually " updated when the version number on the manual update disk are the same as the installed version of pc/MRP for Windows with only the revision letters being different .

If the version numbers are the same and the revision letters are different, it indicates the exe and report form files have been changed but the file structures have not changed. This allows for a simpler update procedure, basically a copy *.*. Before you start this update make sure the version number on the manual update disks match the version number on your present copy of pc/MRP for Windows. For example, you can manually update version 6.36C to 6.36T, 6.49A to 6.49B, but not 6.36F to 6.49L. Also, make sure the update disks are labeled "Manual Update".

1. Make sure you have a file named MANXXXX.EXE
2. Make sure your present version number is the same as the version number on the manual update disks with only the revision letters being different
3. Go to the DOS prompt by exiting Windows. Then enter the drive letter that pc/MRP is stored in (assuming pc/MRPW is in drive c:): C:
4. Change to the pc/MRP for windows directory by entering: CD\PCMRPW
5. Make a back up directory for your data in pc/MRP by entering MD\PCMRPWBK (make sure this directory is empty before proceeding)
6. Copy all of your current data in pc/MRP into the backup directory by entering: COPY C:\PCMRPW\*.* C:\PCMRPWBK
7. If you have a multi-user copy of pc/MRP for Windows and a Windows 95 server, unattribute the following files in the PCMRPW directory read/write by entering :


CD\PCMRPW
ATTRIB PCMRPW.EXE -R
ATTRIB CONFIG.FPW -R
ATTRIB MSG.DBF -R

8. Make a manual update directory and change to that directory by entering: MD\MANUPD (make sure this directory is empty before proceeding)
9. Copy the MANXXX.EXE file into the MANUPD directory
10. Unzip the MANXXX.EXE file by entering: C:\MANUPD\MANXXXX.EXE
11. Copy all the new unzipped files from the MANUPD directory into the pcmrpw directory: COPY C:\MANUPD\*.* C:\PCMRPW /V
12. If you have a multi-user copy of pc/MRP for Windows and the server is a Windows 95 server, attribute the following files read only by entering :

CD\PCMRPW
ATTRIB PCMRPW.EXE +R
ATTRIB CONFIG.FPW +R
ATTRIB MSG.DBF +R

15.21.2 Possible Installation Errors

• In Windows NT and 98 network administrators can asign certain access rights to folders. If the manual update seems to have problems, your are unable to copy and paste files from one folder to another, contact your network administrator for folder/file access.