About the Program
Note!
We strongly recommend that you read this guide before commencing
the installation of the program. By doing so, you will familiarise yourself
with the system requirements and the terms used during the installation,
and thereby prevent any errors that might occur during the process.
The elements below are part of Mamut Business Software. Most of these run in the background and will have little impact on your daily work with the program. However, it is important to be aware of these elements.
Mamut Business Software uses Microsoft® SQL Server® as a database. When installing the program it will check if you already have Microsoft SQL Server installed on the computer.
If it is already installed, you are able to use it, as long as it is SQL Server version 2008 R2 Express or higher. We recommend that you create a separate instance for Mamut Business Software as this will make it easier to update to later versions in the future. This can be done in the installation wizard.
The database files contain all data that you enter in the different modules in the program, such as contact information, sales and purchase data along with accounting data. During the installation, a predefined file path will be suggested. This file path can be customised by defining a new file path in the Advanced settings in the installation wizard. The database files must be installed on a local disk on the server; external devices or mapped drives cannot be used. We recommend that you use the predefined file path.
Read more about the predefined file paths in Installed Files.
The document directory is used by the system to save documents, pictures, reports and other files that are not part of the database. Each system database will be allocated a unique area. The document directory is created in the first time startup wizard, and can be customised. For multi-user installations, the document directory must be shared in the network so that all users have access to it.
Read more about sharing the document directory in How to share the Document Directory.
Your license determines how many computers you can install the program on. If you have received your license number, you can register this in the wizard for first time startup. Otherwise select to install the evaluation version in this wizard, and enter the license number in the program at a later point by going to Help - About - Register License number.
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