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Shoper 9 POS Customised Installer

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Version:Shoper 9 POS Customised Installer/1.1/July 2009

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Contents

Shoper 9 POS Customised InstallerIntroduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1Customised Installation ........................................................................................................................... 1Customisation of Files............................................................................................................................. 1

Content of the POSCustomisation folder ................................................................................................. 1Steps to create a Custom Build .............................................................................................................. 2

Custom Build Installation — Method 1 .................................................................................................... 4Shoper 9 POS Installation...................................................................................................................... 8

Custom Build Installation — Method 2 .................................................................................................. 20


IntroductionThe custom specific installation concept in Shoper 9 is aimed at installing customer specific files, templates, etc. This document contains the guidelines to create Shoper 9 POS Custom-ised Installer and setup Shoper 9 POS accordingly.

Customised InstallationTo setup a customised POS installation, install the POSCustomisationSetup before installing Shoper 9 POS.

The POSCustomisationSetup will copy .exe files, templates, logo, etc. to your system.

POS installation will use these files, templates, etc. to complete the installation as per your requirements.

To configure installation as per your requirements, the contents of certain files in the POSCustomisationSetup can be edited.

Customisation of FilesTo customise the files, open the folder POSCustomisationSetup > WinRoot > POSCus-tomisation.

The contents of this folder POSCustomisation are grouped under the extensions .zip, .ini, .bat, .jpg, .dll and .exe. You can edit the contents of all the files except the .exe files.

Content of the POSCustomisation folderzip files

The folder POSCustomisation has the following zip files:

ShoperCustIni.zip - Containing the customised INI files

ShoperCustWinDll.zip - Containing the system32.dll files including Crystal Report related files and font folder

ShoperCustScript.zip - Containing the customised script files

ShoperCustApp.zip - Containing the customised application files

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ini filesCustomiseInfo.ini - This file contains information regarding the title, date, description and company logo to be displayed during the installation of Shoper 9 POS

FileInfo.ini - This file is for futuristic use only

FileList.ini - This file is blank before the customisation process. After the customisation process the list of all the zipped files in the folder is listed in this file.

bat filesCustRegis.bat - run this file to register the customisation

UnCustRegis.bat - run this file to unregister the customisation

jpg fileThis is an image file and is displayed during the installation of Shoper 9 POS, along with the customised setup configuration

exe fileThis file cannot be modified and should not be deleted.

Steps to create a Custom Build1. Customise the file, CustomiseInfo.ini to display the following information while installing

the custom build. Maintain the structure of the file while editing the contents.

Double click on the file to open it

Title: Enter the title that you want to be displayed on the main screen

Date: Enter the date of creating the installer that you want to be displayed

Description: Enter the description about the type and purpose of customisation

Logo: Enter the name of the image file containing the logo which is available in the folder \POSCustomisationSetup\WinRoot\POSCustomisation\

The file, FileList.ini file is blank before the customisation process. After the customisation process the list of all the zipped files in the folder is listed in this file.

These files (BillTemplate, ParamDef, Images, Barcode) can be extracted, edited and saved/zipped back in to this folder.

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Apart from the INI files, there are four zip files where you can upload the customer specific business template, bill template, customised exe, dll and other related files.

The file, ShoperCustApp.zip contains all the customised files such as, application(.exe), Images, Paramdef, template, bill template, barcode template, etc., that are to be copied in to the application folder.

The folders are as follows:

Templates: Contains the customised Business templates

Bill Templates: Contains the customised Bill Printing templates

ParamDef: Contains the INI file of System Parameters

Images: Contains images of stock items

Barcode: Contains barcode related files.

2. Copy the customised files to the respective folder in the zip file.

All the customised INI files to be copied to the INI folder are available in the file, ShoperCus-tIni.zip.

All the customised script files to be copied to the application folder are available in the file, ShoperCustScript.zip.

All the system files to be copied to the system are available in the file, Shoper-CustWinDll.zip. These files should follow the given format:

Fonts: Files containing the fonts or bar codes

System32: Files containing the system dll or ocx

Crystal: Files related to the Crystal Report

Avoid creating a folder before zipping the files. First, select the files to be zipped, right click and select WinZip > Add to Zip file.

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Custom Build Installation — Method 1Steps

1. Double click the CustomisationSetup.exe icon

2. The Shoper 9 POS - Customisation Setup screen is displayed as shown.

Figure 1. Customisation Setup

3. Click Next to begin the installation

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The InstallShield Wizard displays the Preparing to Install screen.

Figure 2. Destination Folder

The Shoper 9 POS Customisation InstallShield Wizard displays the Destination Folder screen.


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The default location for the destination folder is <windows installation drive>:\POSCus-tomisation\.

4. Click Browse to select the required path

5. Click Next

The Custom Configuration Info. screen is displayed as shown.

Figure 4. Custom Installation

6. Click Finish

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The Installation Completed screen is displayed as shown.

Figure 5. Installation Completed

7. Click Finish to complete the customisation installation process

8. Now, install Shoper 9 POS

The files and templates customised for a company should be installed in a folder before the installation of Shoper 9 POS.

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Shoper 9 POS Installation1. Double click the ShoperPOSSetup.exe icon in the Shoper 9 POS Installer source

The Welcome to Shoper 9 POS Setup window is displayed.

2. Click Next

3. The Welcome to Shoper 9 POS Setup Wizard window is displayed.

4. Click Next

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) are installed. Then, the Choose the Type of Installation window is displayed.

Figure 6. Choose the Type of Installation

5. Select POS as Server or Stand Alone

6. Click Next

In case any component of Shoper 9 POS is already installed, a correspond-ing message is displayed along with appropriate steps to be taken.

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The Choose the Type of Installation screen as shown.

Figure 7. Type of Shoper POS Installation

7. Select Stand Alone POS or Server and POS based on you requirment

8. Click Next

The Choose the Shoper 9 POS Configuration window is displayed.

9. Select Standard product Configuration

The standard out-of-the-box configuration will be installed. The option Custom build product Configuration allows you to install customised template types with extended product features in Shoper 9 POS.

10. Click Next

The Cancel option available at various stages of the installation process allows you to abort the installation, if required.

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11. Select Server and POS

12. Click Next

The Test SQL Connectivity window is displayed.

Figure 8. Test Database Connection

13. Enter the Server Name, User Name (ShoperAdmin login created on SQL Server) and Password

14. Click Next

A message Database Connection Successful is displayed, if the connection is successful.

The Shoper 9 POS Stand Alone - InstallShield Wizard displays the Destination Folderwindow. The default location for the destination folder is <windows installation

If the connection is not successful, a message indicating database connec-tion failed is displayed. Click OK to close the message box. To continue, ensure that database server is accessible and user name & password are correct.

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drive>:\Shoper9\. Enter the folder name, or click Browse and select the required folder, if necessary.

15. Click Next

The Setup Status window displays configuration status of software installation. Then, the Shoper 9 POS LiveUpdate window is displayed.

16. Select Check for Updates

It is recommended that you check for updates. This will look for patch updates on the website, and if available updates the patch.

Choose Skip Updates to avoid looking for patch updates.

17. Click Next

Once the download is completed, a message Download of updates for Shoper 9 completed is displayed.

18. Click Next

The Shoper 9 POS Installation window is displayed.

19. Select Setup New Instance of Shoper POS

Select Restore an Instance of Shoper POS, if you want to restore a POS installation from a backup. For details, refer to the document Shoper 9 POS Installation & Setup on the installation CD.

20. Click Finish

The Shoper System Configuration window is displayed where the database connection information provided earlier in the Test SQL Connectivity window is already populated.

21. Enter/ change the server name, user id and password, if required

You may click Advanced to change the default values of Node/ Terminal ID and Name, and Shoper Configuration Database Name.

For better disk space management, you may choose to write data files and log files in a desired path instead of the default path provided by SQL Server. Then, select Specify data file paths and enter the data file and log file paths.

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Figure 9. Shoper System Configuration – Advanced

22. Click Ok to accept values in the Advanced window

23. Click Next

The system database is created and the Shoper System Configuration window is displayed with the configuration summary.

24. Click Finish

The database path needs to be a local path. If any problem is encountered while accessing the paths provided, then an error message The database is being used/Path is not Valid is displayed.

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The Shoper 9 POS Setup window is displayed.

Figure 10. Customisation Complete

The content incorporated during customisation is displayed.

25. Click Next

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The Shoper Company Configuration screen is displayed as shown.

Figure 11. Shoper Company Configuration

The Business Environment is customised as Retail.

26. Select New company as the Company Setup

27. Click Next

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The required databases are created and the Shoper Company Configuration screen is displayed with default values for Company Administrator.

The Company Configuration screen is displayed as shown.

Figure 12. Company Configuration

The purpose of the fields and their corresponding default values are as listed below.

28. Enter the Company Information

29. Change Company Administrator details, if required

30. Click Advanced to specify the location of data files if different from the default location

31. Click Next

Field Purpose Default ValueCompany AdministratorLogin ID To login to Shoper 9 applica-

tionsuper

Name Display name used for the login ID

super

Password Security for the login nothing

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The Parameters screen is displayed.

Figure 13. Parameters Setup

32. Make changes in the settings, if required

To alter the parameters, click the cells in the column Value. Most of the parameters are either to select or to set the captions for Basic item classification, Super classification and Item analysis codes.

33. Click Next

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The Shoper 9 POS Setup window is displayed.

Figure 14. Shoper POS Setup details

34. Click Next to continue

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The Shoper Company Configuration screen is displayed.

Figure 15. Shoper Company Configuration In-Progress

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The Installshield Wizard registers the components and the Installation Completed screen is displayed.


35. Click Finish

The installation of the customised build of Shoper 9 POS is complete.

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Custom Build Installation — Method 2In this method you need to ensure the availability of the custom setup before you start the installation.

36. Double click the ShoperPOSSetup.exe icon in the Shoper 9 POS Installer source

The Welcome to Shoper 9 POS Setup window is displayed.

1. Click Next

The Welcome to Shoper 9 POS Setup Wizard window is displayed.

2. Click Next

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) are installed. Then, the Choose the Type of Installation window is displayed.

Figure 17. Choose the Type of Installation

In case any component of Shoper 9 POS is already installed, a correspond-ing message is displayed along with appropriate steps to be taken.

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3. Select POS as Server or Stand Alone

4. Click Next

5. The Choose the Shoper 9 POS Configuration window is displayed.

6. Select Custom build product Configuration

7. Click Next

The Open Customer Specific Customisation screen is displayed as shown.

Figure 18. Open Customer Specific Customisation

8. The folder path containing the Customisation files is displayed. Click Browse, to select the required path.

9. Click Ok.

The Cancel option available at various stages of the installation process allows you to abort the installation, if required.

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The Shoper 9 POS - Customisation Setup screen is displayed as shown.

Figure 19. Customisation Setup

10. Click Next to begin the installation

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The Shoper 9 POS Customisation InstallShield Wizard displays the Destination Folder screen.


The default location for the destination folder is <windows installation drive>:\POSCus-tomisation\.

11. Click Browse to select the required path

12. Click Next

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The Custom Configuration Info. screen is displayed as shown.

Figure 21. Custom Installation

13. Click Finish to complete the process of configuring

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The Installation Completed screen is displayed as shown.


14. Click Finish to complete the installation process

15. Now, install Shoper 9 POS

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