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modesuccessfullycopeswithsuchsituationsandworkstationsarestillabletooperate,butsomelim-
itationsapply.
TheothercaseofOff-lineusageistheuseoflabelingsoftwarewithlaptopusers.Inacompanythat
hasaNetworkversioninstalledsomeoftheworkstationinstallsareperformedonlaptopcomputers.
Ifthiscomputerisdetachedfromthenetwork,theregularlabelingsoftwarewillnotoperate.Off-
linemodesuccessfullycopeswiththissituationandenablesyoutousetheNetworkeditioneven
withoutconnectiontothenetwork.
Switchingthelabelingsoftwaretooff-linemodeisdonewithLicenseManagerprogram.Whenyou
startLicenseManagerfromHelpmenu,itwilluseonelicenseforitself.Thiscurrentlyoccupied
licensecanbeassignedasAvailable Off-line.Whenthisoptionisenabled,yourworkstationwillbe
abletooperatewithouttheserverornetworkbeingon-line.
Note:Theclientrunningintheoff-linemodewilloccupyonelicense.Off-linemodecausesthe
licensetobeusedallthetime.WhentheNetworkclientinisstartedinoff-linemode,itdoesnot
occupyanotherlicense.Afteritquitsitalsodoesnotreleasethislicense.Thenumberofallavail-
ablelicensesisthusreducedbyone.
Ifyouwanttoreleasetheoff-linelicense,startLicenseManageragain(Help->ManageLicense).
ClickthebuttonDisable Off-line andyouwillcanceltheoff-linemodeandreleasethelicense.
Thesystemrequirementforoff-linemodetoworkislocalinstallationoflabelingsoftware.Make
suretoselecttheoptionCopyfilestolocalharddiskininstallprogramonallworkstationsforwhich
youwanttoenableoff-linemode.Youmustinstallalllabelingapplicationstothelocaldisk.
Whenthelabelingsoftwareisstartedinoff-linemodeitwilluselocalcopyofthesystemfiles.For
thispurposealocalcopyofSystemfolderfromtheservercomputerwillbemade.Whenlabeling
softwarestartsitwilldetermineifserverisaccessible.Ifitis,serverfileswillbeused.Ifnot,local
copyofsystemfileswillbeused.
Whentheworkstationisrunninginofflinemode,therearefewimportantissuesthathavetobecon-
sidered.Allfunctionalityofthelabelingsoftwareisnotavailableintheoff-linemode.
Limitations of the Network Offline Mode
Global var-
iables
Global variables cannot be used in off line mode. If the local
copy of global variable and a copy on another workstation or
server would be used at the same time, the serial numbers
would be duplicated.
Log file If you are using MS Access log file, the log will be created, but
will not be merged with the main system log file when on-line
mode is restored.
If you are using Text format of the log file and the path to the
log file is not accessible, the data will not be saved to log file.
Location of
labels, data-
base, graph-
ics, etc.
The availability of necessary label files is up to the user. The
labeling software will not duplicate these files.
If you are using Windows 2000 (or newer) environment, you
can enable off-line system accessibility directly in the Windows
system with the option Make Available Off-line.
Number of
off-line
clients
The maximum number of off-line workstations is limited to
half of the purchased licenses.
Login pro- Login protection and custom software usernames are disabled
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