Article ID: 8023

Connecting a Network Workstation to an Existing (Multiple-User) Database

Take the following steps to connect a workstation to an existing database:

Install the application on a workstation using the installer file, setupe.exe, in your shared files directory on the server for a quick installation. If you cannot locate your shared files directory then take the following steps to install the application on a network workstation using the installer file, setupe.exe, you downloaded via the link in your LexisNexis Product Keys email.
  1. Close all open applications on the computer.
  2. Double-click Setupe.exe to open the Welcome window and begin the installation.
    NOTE: If you do not have the .NET 3.5 Framework on your computer, the LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage® software installs it at this point. This may take several minutes to complete, during which time the installation does not proceed.
  3. Enter your product key from the LexisNexis Product Keys email in the Product Key: field.
    NOTE: You may also copy the product key from the LexisNexis Product Keys email and click Paste Key in the Welcome window to paste the entire product key.
  4. Click Next to open the LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage 10.0 Software Agreement window.
  5. Select I accept the terms in the software agreement if you accept the agreement.
  6. Click Next to open the LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage Installation Type window.
  7. Select one of the following installation types:
    • Complete - Use this option to install all program features.
    • Custom - Use this option to select the features you want to install.
  8. Click Next to open the LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage Application Folder window.
    NOTE: Skip to step 13 if you selected Complete.
  9. Click Change if you want to install the application to a different location.
    NOTE: You must install the application to a non-network location.
  10. Click Next to open the Custom Setup window.
  11. Click the icon beside any feature you want to modify.
  12. Click Next to open the Ready to Install window.
  13. Verify the installation settings that you have selected.
  14. Click Install to begin the installation and open the Installing LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage window.
  15. Click Next on the Application Installation Complete window to open the LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage Database Creation Wizard window.
  16. Select Connect to an existing LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage 10 database.
  17. Click Next to open the Specify Configuration Information window.
  18. Enter the path to the Files directory you created during the server installation in the Shared files directory field.
  19. Click Browse next to SQL Sever name to open the SQL Server Instances window.
  20. Click to highlight the LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage 10 SQL instance from the list.
  21. Click OK to close the SQL Server Instances window.
  22. Click Next on the Specify Configuration Information window.
  23. Click to highlight your LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage 10 database on the Specify Location to Store Your Data window.
  24. Click Next on the Specify Location to Store Your Data window to open the Application Installation Complete window.
  25. Click to uncheck Start Practice Advantage if you do not want to start the LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage software.
  26. Click to uncheck Open New User Guide if you do not want to open the User Guide.
  27. Click Finish to close the Application Installation Complete window.