How to Install?

BS1 Accounting requires Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, or a 100% compatible operating system, an 80486 or better processor, and 16Mb of system memory. 5Mb of disk space is required for program files.

To start the installation, run bs1sb.exe.

For best performance, users of Norton Antivirus should either disable monitoring of the database folder(s) and "Priv" folder (created in the program folder for temporary database files) or disable monitoring of the database files (extensions .dat .idx and .blb).

Network Installation
Note: For client/server operation please see DBISAMClientServer.txt which you receive when you purchase a client/server license or source code.

First install the program on the client(s).

Next create a new company database on the server via the Welcome screen or from menu File | Companies | New Company. You can use the Browse button to select an existing empty directory/folder in My Network. Or you can type the path of a new or existing directory/folder.

Example 1: \\MyServer\BS1\Data
Example 2: \\My Server\BS1\Data

On any other client(s), add the new company database to the list of companies via the Welcome screen or from menu File | Companies | New Company.

Alternatively, if the database previously existed on a client PC, you can move it to the server.
Example: C:\BS1\Data to \\MyServer\BS1\Data
Then add it to the list of companies via the option on the Welcome screen or from menu File | Companies | New Company.

Remember to set appropriate file sharing options.

Multi-company Installation
You can set up as many companies as you wish via menu File | Companies | New Company. You can use the Browse button to select an existing empty directory/folder or you can type the path of a new or existing directory/folder. If creating company databases on a network server, please see notes above.

After you have created one or more company databases, then each time you launch the program it starts in the last company worked on. You can then select a different company from the menu if desired.

Additionally you can set up Windows program shortcuts to go to specific companies. To do this, set the command line on the program shortcut to include the database path. Use quotes (") if the path includes spaces.

Example 1: C:\BS1\BS1.exe C:\BS1\Data2
Example 2: C:\BS1\BS1.exe "C:\BS1\Data 2"
Example 3: "C:\Program Files\BS1\BS1.exe" C:\BS1\Data2
Example 4: C:\BS1\BS1.exe \\MyServer\BS1\Data
Example 5: "C:\Program Files\BS1\BS1.exe" \\MyServer\BS1\Data>

How to import data from a previous version
Data entered to a previous version must be imported so as to be compatible with the new version.

Create a new company database (not Sample Data) from the Welcome screen or from menu File | Companies | New Company. Then import your old data via menu File | General | Import.

Once you are happy the new version is working properly, you can uninstall the old version. Note: the uninstall program won't delete any files changed since the install, so you will need to delete the old program folder and database(s).