Installing the WorkFlows Java Client on Windows Systems
If you have never used the WorkFlows Java client on your Windows workstation, or you have never installed the client under a particular login user name, follow this procedure.
Sites with Windows Vista workstations will need to disable User Account Control before non-administrator accounts can install and update the WorkFlows Java client. The following Microsoft documentation explains the User Account Control feature in some detail: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709628.aspx.
To install the WorkFlows Java client on a Windows system
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Log in to the Windows workstation. You should log in as the user who will be installing the WorkFlows Java client. This can be the administrator or a non-administrator. |
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The fupd_jwf.exe file from the /Unicorn/Clients directory on the server should already have been copied to your workstation as part of the upgrade process. |
Locate the fupd_jwf.exe executable file on your workstation and double-click it to launch the Install Shield.
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Follow the instructions in the setup windows. Answer the questions posted by the installation program affirmatively. |
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At the end of the install, you will be prompted to connect the client to the Symphony server. The installation will not be complete until you connect the client to the server. |
Type the server connection information. Allow the WorkFlows Java client to connect to the SirsiDynix Symphony server and transfer server files to the client system.
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If you are logged on to the Windows workstation as an administrator, the WorkFlows Java client will be installed in the \Program Files\Sirsi\JWF directory on the workstation. This client will be accessible to all users on the workstation, but only the administrator will later be able to update the client to future versions. |
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If you are not logged into the Windows workstation as an administrator, then the WorkFlows Java client will be installed in C:\Documents and Settings\[name]\Sirsi\JWF. Only users logged in under this username will be able to access this client. Only these users will later be able to update this client to future versions. |
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If there are multiple non-administrator users logging into the same workstation with different user names, each user can install his or her own copy of the WorkFlows Java client. Each login user will only see the Desktop icon for his or her own copy of the client, and each login user will only be able to update his or her own copy of the client. |
After the install
Each time you start the WorkFlows Java client after it is installed, the client checks the stamp file on the SirsiDynix Symphony server to see if a newer version of the client is available. If a newer version is available, you are prompted to download the new client.
For Sites Running MSSQL/Unicode
In order to have a full range of symbols available to you on a Windows PC, you need to have Microsoft's Arial MS Unicode font. The Arial MS Unicode font supports up to 45,000 of the 100,000 plus Unicode characters, which in many instances is sufficient. This font is delivered with version 2000 or higher of any of the following programs running on Windows 2000: Access, Excel, FrontPage, Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher or Word. To install Unicode fonts, see FAQs: Installing Microsoft’s Unicode Fonts. Additionally, to input Unicode characters you will need to add keyboard drivers for the different language keyboards you will be using. Go to FAQs: Adding Keyboard Layouts in Windows 2000. To insert symbols into fields in WorkFlows, you must customize fonts to use a Unicode font. On the Preference menu, point to Desktop and click Font Settings. If you have installed the Microsoft Unicode fonts, select the Arial Unicode MS in the Font column of the Font Chooser. If you are in the process of modifying a value when you change fonts, you need to close the record and begin again. When Arial Unicode has been setup on the PC workstation, it will need to be setup in WorkFlows:
Font Settings
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On the WorkFlows menu bar, select Preference |
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Set Menu text and Window text both to Arial Unicode MS |
Symbol Table Setting
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On the WorkFlows menu bar, select Tools |
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Set Customize font to Arial Unicode MS |
Receipt Printer Setting
If the PC workstation has a receipt printer attached:
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On the WorkFlows menu bar, select Preference |
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On the Attributes tab, set the font to Arial Unicode MS |
Related topics
FAQs: Installing Microsoft’s Unicode Fonts
FAQs: Adding Keyboard Layouts in Windows 2000
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