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ScotWeave supports standard Windows® local area networking (LAN) and can be setup to share files and printers quickly and easily. Since networking is technical area it is recommended that you have some experience of LANs before you attempt to configure ScotWeave.

ScotWeave uses mapped drive letters to access LAN drives and this simple, standard technique lies at the heart of setting ScotWeave for network use.

The most common LAN setup is that of several ScotWeave pc workstations saving data to a common, shared network file server. To create this setup use the following procedure.

Server Setup

1. Decide on where the shared "drive" will be located
2. Create an empty \ScotWeave folder in the root of this "drive" area
3. Ensure the "drive" is shared with full read/write access

Workstation Setup (do this at every workstation)

1. Map a free drive letter to the Server drive allocated above
2. Check that the drive letter is available in My Computer
3. Start ScotWeave as normal
4. Select Setup & Print then Setup
5. Select Configure - Disk Drives
6. Select a User data file type
7. Select the mapped drive in Current Drive Assignment
8. Repeats steps 6 and 7 as required or, if all data is to saved to the
same mapped drive click Use current drive for all data file types
9. OK the dialog
10. Select Files - Save

Now, when you start ScotWeave it will automatically default to the drive letter specified above for data files. Note that you must ensure that this mapped drive is always available when you start ScotWeave or you will see an error message indicating that the mapped drive has not been found.

Do not change the Temporary Files drive in the System area to a shared local area network drive or unexpected problems may arise - more information.