CaseFinder Network Concepts

A. The CaseFinder program should exist in only one location on the network.

When CaseFinder is correctly installed on a network, only one copy of the CaseFinder program ("casefind.exe") will exist, and it should be located in a folder (the "application folder") that is accessible to all of the workstations on the network. This means that the installation program on CaseFinder Disc One ("setup.exe") will only be run once.

B. Workstations must have read/write access to the application folder.

As noted above, casefinde.exe will be located in only one place on the network, known as the application folder. Workstations, and the users who log on to the network from those workstations, must have read/write access to the application folder.

C. Do not install CaseFinder on the workstations from the CaseFinder CD.

Do not take the CaseFinder CD around to the workstations and use it to install anything on them (see D, below).

When CaseFinder is installed from the CD to the application folder (see "A" above), two sub-folders ("\WkSetup" and "\Users") are always created under the application folder. The \WkSetup folder contains a setup.exe program and associated files. Running that setup.exe from a workstation will set up that workstation so it has access to CaseFinder, by copying files into the \Windows directory of the workstation, making entries in the Windows registry of the workstation, and placing a "shortcut" on the desktop of the workstation.

D. CaseFinder knows where it was loaded from.

Double-clicking on the CaseFinder shortcut on the desktop of a workstation loads the program from the application folder into the workstation's memory, from which it runs. The program determines if the application folder was on a network drive, and if so, configures itself to access databases from CDs or hard drives out on the network. If instead the application folder was a local drive, the CaseFinder program will only be able to access databases from local drives.

E. CaseFinder enforces its license agreement.

Under the terms of the CaseFinder license agreement, you can use the program on one computer at a time. There is no limit to the number of computers within your entity ¹ upon which it may be installed, or upon the number of workstations which may be configured to access CaseFinder. When CaseFinder is run, the current CaseFinder CD must be in a CD drive accessible to the computer upon which it is being or CaseFinder will not run. Further, when one workstation is running CaseFinder, no other workstation can start it until the first workstation exits the program. For multiple simultaneous use, (a/k/a "concurrent use") see below. . .

F. Concurrent use.

If more than one person on your network needs to run CaseFinder at the same time, you do not need to purchase another complete CaseFinder system at the full price. Rather, you can purchase and install one or more concurrent use permits for significantly less than the cost of a complete annual subscription. Each permit allows an additional workstation to use CaseFinder simultaneously with existing users, and also allows CaseFinder to run without having the CD in an accessible drive. Concurrent use permits are generated by the CaseFinder program itself; you call us and read off a code number, we read you back a different code number, and voila! Permits expire at the end of the period for which they are licensed, with several weeks notice.

In a non-network setting, CaseFinder is often installed on both a desktop and a notebook. All the databases are transferred to the hard drive of the notebook and a concurrent use permit is also installed on it, so it can run without the CDs. Meanwhile, the CDs are used on the desktop.

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