DATAflor CADXPERT Upgrade instructions

General information

Here you will find all the information for a Upgrade an existing version of DATAflor CADXPERT. If you want to do a new installation, please have a look here.

In your own interest, please make a complete data backup before installation. You can find information on data backup here or contact our support.

If there is a network setup with user-related data, please refer to the chapter User data in the network.

The following describes the installation using the downloaded installation file. If you have the latest version of DATAflor CAD on a data carrier, please proceed as follows:

  1. Insert the data carrier in your DVD drive. The installation menu starts automatically. If not, start the CD_Start.EXE file on your DVD drive manually.
  2. Click on the DVD's start menu [Installation]> Install {program name}

Administrator rights are required for the installation. To work with DATAflor CAD user rights are sufficient.


System Requirements

Make sure that your computer meets the system requirements. You can find all information about this here.


Installation

Start the installation by double-clicking on the downloaded installation file.
Depending on the computer system and the access rights, this can take 2 to 90 seconds.

First, the installation files are unpacked into a temporary directory.

Then the System Requirements checked. If a red traffic light is displayed, the installation cannot be continued. Make the system requirements and start the installation again.

If all requirements are met, ie all traffic lights are green, continue the installation with [Continue] continued.

A yellow traffic light indicates that the minimum requirements have been met.

In the following dialog you agree to the license conditions and carry out the installation [To install] continued.

Nachdem DATAflor CADXPERT has been successfully installed, end the installation with [Finished].


licensing

You already have a license for the previous version DATAflor CADXPERT completed and therefore do not need to license the current version again.

If you DATAflor CADXPERT as a Network version with a license server installed, this must also be updated. You can find the latest version on our Website. It is not necessary to request a new license.


User data in the network

When you have set up your network to share user-related data, complete the following steps before you start the upgrade.

Before upgrading:

  1. Open on one of the jobs the database selection: Windows START> DATAflor - DATAflor Tools - database selection.
  2. On the tab Network disable the option Keep current settings.
  3. Select the option Local (copies the configuration to the current directory).
  4. click on [OK]. The data is now copied from the network to the local directory.
  5. Now carry out the upgrade on this workstation.

After the upgrade:

  1. After the installation, call up the database selection on this workstation again and now select the option Network. This already contains the selected network path.
  2. click on [Configuration on the network drive copy]to get the data from the DATAflor Copy the user directory of the current workstation into the specified directory and thus make it available to all users.
  3. When the copying process is complete, close the dialog with [OK].

Further information on handling user data can be found in the help under Database and network access and CAD user data in the network