Network Installation
Network installation should be carried out whilst logged in as administrator. The basic steps for installing The Report King are:
1) Make sure Microsoft .NET is installed and working correctly (click here).
2) Install the The Report King using the setup file downloaded from the website.
3) Still logged in as administrator, run the program and enter your activation details.
4) Now give all users full access to the installation directory and its subdirectories. This is where The Report King stores some temporary data during report generation, and where information about individual user preferences are maintained.
5) Create a short-cut to the program, and copy this into the correct user profiles (so your users see the program on their desktop / start menu).
Once these steps are complete, you should then log in as a “normal” user and check that you can create reports.
Where to install The Report King
There are two ways of installing The Report King on a network. The first, and easiest, is to install the software on each computer individually, remembering to activate the program before it is used for the first time. We recommend that all of our site license customers install The Report King in this fashion.
The second is to install the software on a shared drive on your server; please be aware that, as The Report King now contains .NET components, you may need to configure access to the program on each client machine using the .NET configuration tools. The exact settings for this will vary from network to network, and are dependent upon your security policy. The “CSTunnel.exe” component of The Report King contains .NET components, and requires Full Trust permissions in order to run correctly.
Microsoft.NET 2.0
Each individual computer will require Microsoft’s .NET 2.0 framework. If The Report King detects the framework is not present on the local machine, the user will be given an error message and then directed to the correct page of Microsoft’s website (click here).
If this behaviour is undesirable, it is possible to instruct the program to use automation instead of the .NET framework. This will require a copy of Microsoft Word to be installed on the local computer if the user wishes to produce Microsoft Word documents.
To set this behaviour, add the switch -useautomation to the shortcut to The Report King. The program will then no longer make any checks for, or attempt to use, the .NET framework.
Although The Report King has been rigourously tested, all installations are ultimately executed at the user’s own risk.
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