The MainBoss Setup Program

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The MainBoss Setup program installs MainBoss on your system. During the process, you will be asked a number of questions including the following:

Is this the first time you have installed MainBoss at your site, or do you already have an existing MainBoss database? If you have already installed MainBoss on at least one computer at your site, choose Existing MainBoss Data Files. Otherwise, choose New MainBoss Data Files (which tells the Setup program to create a new empty database).
If you are installing a new database, where do you want to store the files? MainBoss typically needs 30-40 megabytes of storage (depending on how much data you store in the various tables and databases the software uses).
What type of installation do you want? The choices are Typical, Compact, and Custom. If you choose Custom, Setup lets you choose what will and won't get installed; if you choose Compact, Setup gives you the minimum amount required to run MainBoss (which means, for example, that Setup will not install any sample databases); if you choose Typical, Setup gives you all three sample databases and the default online help.
If you answered Custom to the previous question, the installation program asks you to specify what you want to install. The possibilities are:
- The program files: these contain the actual MainBoss software and must be installed.
- The sample files: these are sample databases showing how MainBoss can be used in a variety of contexts. The samples are:
  - Facility: A rental management facility, where the maintenance staff primarily deals with the needs of tenants.
  - Plant: A manufacturing plant, where the maintenance staff primarily deals with the plant's equipment.
  - Laundry: A large hospital laundry.
    By default, the installation program installs all three. However, you can select or unselect any of the samples by clicking on the entry.
- The help files: these contain online help information. There will always be a set of files called Default, providing help in English. You may also have the option of obtaining online help in other languages.

If you have already installed MainBoss 2.9 on your computer and then run the Setup program again, the program asks whether you are modifying your installation, repairing your set-up, or uninstalling.

Modify: You would pick this answer if, for example, you wanted to install a sample database that you didn't install when you first installed MainBoss.

Repair: You would pick this answer if you have previously installed MainBoss 2.9 on this machine but have to re-install (for example, if you are installing a new update or you accidentally deleted some of the files). In this case, Setup will re-install using exactly the same configuration you requested when you first installed MainBoss 2.9.

Remove: You would pick this answer if you want to remove MainBoss from the machine. The process will delete the program files and sample databases, but will not delete your actual MainBoss database files. If you want to delete those files too, use normal Windows commands to delete the directory that contains the files.

Note: You must have Administrative permissions on your Windows system in order to run the MainBoss Setup program. If you do not have such permissions, you must use standard Windows procedures to log in to an account that does have the permissions.

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