In a networked environment, always install
on the server computer first.
Download file
EstMaster.msi and choose "Run" or "Open".
Estimate
Master installs in the Program
Files\Estimate Master folder. A database
folder "EMData" is created under your
"Documents an Settings" folder.
Launch Estimate
Master and select Define estimate fields
under the Utilities tab: Enter your preferences.
In a networked environment, install any
remote ("client") copies of Estimate Master,
then click the Database
management button on the Utilities tab.
See help screens regarding how to locate the
server database.
If errors occur when Estimate Master is
launched, re-run the install file and choose the
"Repair" option.
Estimate Master update installation
instructions
Make a backup of your database using Estimate Master before
upgrading.
In a networked environment, always update
the server computer first and always update
every copy of Estimate Master on your network.
If the database is not locally accessible by any
computer, move the database files to the
local access folder ("EMDdata") while updating,
then move them back to the common database
folder.
No other copies of Estimate Master should be
running (on any computer on your network)
during the update installation.
Download file
EstMaster.msi
and choose "Run" or "Open".
If prompted to "Repair or Remove", remove the
older version of Estimate Master, then double
click the downloaded EstMaster.msi file
to install the new version. Your existing
registration will be maintained.
Startup Estimate Master when the install
completes.
Repeat installation
for each computer where Estimate Master is
installed.
Empty the installed
sample database and restore your database using
Estimate Master.
How to setup QuickBooks
so Estimate Master can access it from another
computer on your local area network (when
QuickBooks is installed on a different computer
than Estimate Master):
Server computer
where QuickBooks is installed:
Download and install RDSServer.exe (go to
Downloads page).
Launch QuickBooks.
Launch "QuickBooks Remote
Data Sharing Server" (an icon on your desktop)
and create a login and password for use by the
remote computer when prompted.
Click the Start
button in the RDS Server, then when prompted in
QuickBooks, give the RDS Server access by
clicking "Yes, Always".
Note--
Startup the RDS Server after starting up
QuickBooks and stop the RDS Server before closing
QuickBooks.
Remote
computer where Estimate Master is installed:
Startup Estimate Master and install the QuickBooks
interface by clicking "Install QB access" from
the Setup button under the Utilities tab.
Download and install
RDS30Client.exe (go to Downloads page).
Launch "QuickBooks Remote
Data Sharing Client" (an icon on your desktop).
Click "Find server" which
should show the RDS Server you launched above,
then click Ok.
Go to the Utilities tab and
click Setup in Estimate Master.On the Setup screen, choose
QuickBooks then click "Show QuickBooks items",
then when prompted, enter the RDS login and password you setup
in step 3 above, under the Server instructions.
Note-- The RDS Client
automatically starts whenever it is needed by
Estimate Master. Also note that QuickBooks
cannot be installed on this computer.
Estimate Master Installation