Retail Management Software: Installing the Retail Management Software Pamphlet

Caution: For best results, Wizard recommends users install this software during business hours when technical support is available.

You will install the Store Server and one or more Store Integrated Framer® Retail Management (IFRM) Clients. The Server and one IFRM Client may be installed on a single PC if desired, or they can be installed on separate PCs. If the software is installed on two separate computers, then these computers must be connected using an Ethernet local area network. It is the customer’s responsibility to provide this networking.

The IFRM software operates in a networked environment on Microsoft’s .NET 2.0 using Microsoft’s SQL server or Express server database engine.

IFRM software requires the installation of the following Microsoft products:

• Microsoft SQL Express Server or Microsoft SQL 2005 Server on the store server computer (the user will be asked during installation if they wish to install Microsoft SQL Express Server). The user may elect to install Microsoft SQL 2005 Server if they prefer. Microsoft SQL 2005 is not provided with the IFRM software; it is the customer’s responsibility to procure that software and satisfy its license requirements.

Microsoft SQL Express Server is free from Microsoft and is adequate for small systems of five or fewer users.

• Microsoft .NET 2.0. This software is free from Microsoft and is provided by and installed with the IFRM software.

• IFRM corporate server web services software may also be installed on the store server computer. The installation procedure contains instructions on how to install MatDesigner™ and Integrated Framer® Visualization.

Install IFRM Store Server from the Wizard CD. If you have a CD, install it in the CD drive; it should automatically start the installer and display the screen illustrated below. If the installer does not start, or if you downloaded the CD, start the installer manually. Launch Windows Explorer and go to the CD drive, double click on the “Install.exe” file name. The installer will also install the .NET 2.0 and Microsoft SQL Express database engine if desired.

Click Install IFRM Server.

Enter the Customer ID and the product key for the store server software if prompted and then click Continue. The product key for a single software program is 20 characters; it is 30 characters for a bundled product key. A bundled product key licenses a set of programs as a group – it needs to be entered only once for the entire group. The product key you have is dependent on how you acquired your software (purchase or subscription).

The software displays a key accepted message.

Click OK. The installer prompts to shut down other windows applications. Do that, and then click Next.

Read the End User License Agreement and click Accept.

The installer now displays the connection information for the database.

Confirm the server name is the name of your store server computer (from Windows), the database instance name is WIZRMS (set by Wizard) and set the database name as STORE. Click Install SQL Express UNLESS you have previously installed the full MS SQL Server 2005. If you do have MS SQL Server 2005 installed then enter the appropriate connection, database user name and password for it here.

Select “Install Wizard default product data” if desired (this loads products from Bainbridge, Crescent, Larson-Juhl and Tru Vue and Wizard’s example project definitions). Do not make this selection if you wish to define your own products and do not want Wizard’s basic content and examples.

To continue, click Next.

The installer displays a progress screen while the software and data are loaded.

The installation process runs to completion – this install may take 15 minutes or more as the installer is setting up the database and populating it with data if you selected that option. When the installation process completes, click Next.

Following installation the installer may ask the user to activate a product’s license or the bundled software license. When activating a bundled license one single activation will apply to all the products licensed by the bundle.

Activation requires either a live connection to the internet, a dial up connection to the internet, or a manual telephone call to Wizard’s customer support desk for manual assistance with the activation sequence. It is preferred that you activate with your computer connected to the internet. Activation is a simple process that records your installation on a data server at Wizard. If you have an internet connection the fully automated activation process takes only seconds. If you do not have access to the internet, call Wizard’s Customer Services for assistance.

Click Finish.

This section gives instructions to install the Wizard software on a Store IFRM client computer; this computer may be the same computer used for the Store Server or it may be a separate computer. If installed on separate computers the machines must be connected using an Ethernet local area network as discussed earlier.

Install IFRM Client software from the Wizard CD image. If you have a CD, install it in the CD drive; it should automatically start the installer and display the screen illustrated (Fig A). If the installer does not start, or if you downloaded the CD image, go find the folder where the image is then locate and click setup.

Click Install Retail Management.

You may be prompted for a product key. Enter the Customer ID and the product key for the store server software if prompted and then click Continue. The product key for a single software program is 20 characters; it is 30 characters for a bundled product key. A bundled product key license a set of programs as a group – it needs to be entered only once for the entire group. The product key you have is dependent on how you acquired your software.

The installer prompts to shut down other windows applications. Close down the other applications, and then click Next.

Read the end user license agreement and click Accept.

The installer now displays the connection information for the database.

Confirm that the server name is the name of your computer (from Windows), the database name is STORE (or whatever name you used when you installed the store server) and then click Next.

The installer displays a progress screen while the software and data are loaded.

The installation process runs to completion – this install may take 15 minutes or more as the installer is setting up the database and populating it with data. When the installation process completes, click Next.

When the load process finishes, the software announces the install is complete.

Click Finish. The Store client is now installed.