Total Visual SourceBook Manual

System Requirements

Total Visual SourceBook requires:

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Windows XP or later including Vista, 7 or 8 (32 or 64-bit version)

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Sufficient hardware to run Microsoft Office, Access and/or Visual

Basic 6.

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30 MB free disk space to install the product, and additional disk space to store your code databases.

Installation Overview

While the Setup program is designed to make installation as simple as possible, you should take a few moments to read through this chapter in order to determine the configuration that best suits your needs.

Administrator Rights Required for Installation

Total Visual SourceBook is installed through a professional setup program that conforms to Windows install and uninstall standards. Total Visual

SourceBook requires the installation of ActiveX controls and DLLs, so

Administrator rights are required. You can install the program so that it works for the current user or everyone on the machine.

Multiple Developer Support

Total Visual SourceBook offers a great deal of flexibility in how it stores code and makes code available to multiple developers. By default, the database storing your code is located in the same folder where Total Visual

SourceBook is installed. To share code across multiple developers, this database should be on a network folder accessible to all the developers on your team. After you install the program, you can point to the database under the program’s Tools, Options menu.

Upgrading from a Previous Version

Upgrading from Total Visual SourceBook

If you have a previous version of Total Visual SourceBook, upgrading to the new version is simple:

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