Advance Steel databases are usually stored locally on the PC, in a folder related to the Advance Steel installation. For companies which have more than one computer with Advance Steel is useful to store the databases on a server computer, and make all the computers to read this common database.
The server computer doesn't need to have Advance Steel installed on it, only the local computers need to have it.
The operating system for the server needs to be Windows 2000 or newer.
How to share the databases on the server computer
2. Copy the databases which you need to share (for example: AstorSettings.mdb) in this folder and verify if the database in not read-only.
3. Open the file properties dialog for this database (right click on the file > Properties). Then go to "Security" tab to change the security settings for this file (please see the image below).
How to configure the local Advance Steel installation to read the network databases.
- Open DatabaseConfiguration.xml file located in: Graitec\AdvanceSteel\2010\Configuration on a user computer and change the path for AstorSettings.mdb according to the folder on the server:
- For AstorProfiles database, in order to access it from a network address the user needs to change a registry entry.
The location for the others databases in Advance Steel:
Database | Location in Windows XP | Location in Windows Vista and Windows 7 |
AstorAddin | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\Advance Steel\2010\User2\Data | C:\ProgramData\Graitec\AdvanceSteel \2010\User2\Data |
AstorBase | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\Advance Steel\2010\Steel\Data | C:\ProgramData\Graitec\AdvanceSteel\2010\Steel\Data |
AstorDetails | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\Advance Steel\2010\Steel\Data | C:\ProgramData\Graitec\AdvanceSteel\2010\Steel\Data |
AstorRules | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\Advance Steel\2010\Steel\Data | C:\ProgramData\Graitec\AdvanceSteel\2010\Steel\Data |
AstorSettings | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\Advance Steel\2010\Steel\Data | C:\ProgramData\Graitec\AdvanceSteel\2010\Steel\Data |
Database | Location in Windows XP | Location in Windows Vista and Windows 7 |
AstorProfiles2010 | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\Data | C:\Program Files\Graitec\Data |
- To the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Graitec / Database Connections.
- Here change the folder target for the AstorProfile2010 entry with the network address.