DAWIN Product Updates
For a small annual fee, you can receive a subscription to the
Product Updater and every time the company changes the order form we
will provide you with the latest order form via internet download. (These instructions
do not apply to DAPRO as product installation is automatic in DAPro) With a
subscription, downloads are accessed by going to the website and clicking on
'Support'. You must be logged into your account to access downloads. Downloads appear as
links to the left of the screen. You'll find both the link to the current product order form as well as a link to
the previous order form. The links will display the date of the product update. Click
on the link and when prompted, save the file to your desktop. The download itself will happen
relatively fast. When the download is complete, you can open the file to launch the installation.
Some computers will experience a bit of a delay while your system scans the file for potential problems. Eventually
a yellow installation screen will appear where you click Next..next.. to finished installation. It's important the the update is
installed into the same directory as your initial program installation. (typically c:\dawin which is the default) You will be prompted with Installation Complete
when the update has been installed. (NOTE: some computers will open the installation screen behind your browser window. After opening the
download file, if nothing seems to be happening, check behind your browser window to see if the yellow install window isn't hiding behind. Once
installed, you run the Product Updater program. Exit the main
program before running the product updater! Click 'Start',
'Programs', 'Dawin' and 'Product Updater' to open the product update
program.
A window will appear identifying the time period the update
applies to. You will have the option to Begin Update or Exit.
Selecting Begin Update will bring up a prompt asking if you have
backed up your data base. If the answer is yes click Yes. If the
answer is no, click No, back up your database and begin again.
Customizing the Update
You will be prompted to make several selections. Follow the
instructions on the screen.
Your first choice will be to select between 'Standard'
descriptions and 'User' descriptions:
Standard descriptions will utilize descriptions provided with the
update. By selecting replace all descriptions, you will overwrite
any customized changes that you have made to the descriptions in
your database. i.e.) If you have changed the description of some
products, the products in your database would be changed back to the
original descriptions. By selecting only add new , then only new
products are added with the included descriptions.
As stated, utilizing User descriptions will do just that, update
the database based on the way you have customized your database.
i.e.) If you change the description of cleansers to be the specific
product, Creamy Cleanser, it will retain your original format when
it is put into the proper sequence of the order form.
Make your selection and hit O.K.
When selecting, Star old product and add new, you are choosing to
add the new items to your database and if a classic product is found
to utilize a similar description that product number will be
modified to begin with an * as the first character and both
products, part numbers, and inventory will be maintained in your
database. The come back of Bisque Ivory is a good example. i.e.) If
you have classic Bisque and new Bisque, both will be retained in the
database as separate. You will need to make sure you select the
proper item from your pop up window while creating an invoice in
order to reduce the proper inventory.
When selecting Utilize old product and update part number, you
are choosing to have the products combined into one part number and
inventory. Again utilizing the Bisque example, i.e.) you have 3
classic Bisque and 5 new Bisque, they will all be reflected as 8
items on hand under the current part #.
Make your selection and hit O.K. to begin update.
As the update rearranges your order form it will display products
as they are being added. You can change the description and color of
products being added. Click OK to close the product window and
continue with the update. A message will appear to notify you when
the update has been complete. Click OK to close the message.
