Top 5 Networking Errors

This isn't really new, but we feel compelled to put it in the first section of the newsletter because it's so important.

Despite our best efforts in the documentation to warn about incorrect setup of the networking functionality, many people still set it up wrong.  This is usually because a consultant comes in and assumes he knows what to do based on how other software works, and doesn't look at the documentation.

PLEASE, if you plan to set up Campground Master for networking, make sure the person doing it reads the documentation carefully.  Setting up the networking incorrectly (specifically, trying to share the database file) can cause massive data loss.

In case you're already networked and you're wondering whether it's set up right, here are the top 5 signs you've set up the networking incorrectly:

5. You don't see a "Connecting to server" progress window when you start Campground Master on a client workstation.

4. You often get the message "Cannot open the database for saving".

3. Changes from one computer don't show up on another one unless you restart it.  (Or changes disappear after restarting the program.)

2. You often get the message "Changes are present in the log that are not in the database" when starting Campground Master.

1. You didn't read the Networking Setup section of the documentation.

Any of these are signs that you may be trying to share the database file between computers instead of setting up the network the appropriate way (with each computer saving its data on its own hard drive).  If this is the case, it must be corrected immediately to prevent further problems.