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Sharing Data between Computers

Using the different options for sharing your setup data between multiple computers in your office.

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Networking Basics for Photography Studios

If you want to share data with the computers in your studio (in a single physical location) you'll need a wired network configuration. This means that all your computers have network cables connecting to a gigabit network switch. Using a wireless network usually will not move data fast enough so music and video will not play correctly. If you don't have experience with networking, it's probably best to hire a local professional to set it up for y...

Resolving Shared Data mismatch

If you have ProSelect installed on multiple computers (according to your license) and found that some computers are not pointing to the correct data sharing location/missing data, then here are the instructions from the ProSelect Reference Manual with some additions to help resolve this for you. Also see Trouble shooting data sharing. Firstly: Close ProSelect on all computers. Make a backup copy of your master ProSelect Resources Folder and...

Shared dropbox folder troubleshooting

If you have setup your ProSelect Resources Folder to be shared using a Shared Data Folder (such as Dropbox) and it doesn't appear to be working correctly then try these suggestions/checks... Background There are two parts used for sharing: The ProSelect_Data.xml file which has all the "specification data" for templates, prices, frames, rooms, styles, book designs etc. ProSelect Resources Folder contains all the actually images t...

Sharing Data between computers - Sharing Resources, Step by Step

Sharing ProSelect Templates and Pricing Data with other Computers in your Studio Most studios use multiple computers in their studio operation. It's important that each computer using ProSelect has the most recent pricing and product information available. ProSelect uses three basic data sets. ProSelectData.xml fileIt's a simple text file, but it contains all your vital pricing information, paper sizes, template parameters and references to ...

About the ProSelect Network Server

The ProSelect Network Server is a separate program that can be freely downloaded from ProStudio Software's website (under Downloads menu) and installed and run from any computer on a local area network. It allows multiple ProSelect users on a local network to share one set of Price Lists and Templates data. It relieves you of the task of having to transfer your Price and Templates Data between computers anytime any changes are made to them. The ...

Recovering from lost setup data on a Shared Folder setup

Using the Shared Data folder is a great way to share prices and template data across multiple computers in your studio. Bringing a new computer online incorrectly or a careless employee can cause the master data to be overwritten. This article will help you recover from an incorrect data file replacement using either your recent backup copy or one of the auto-backup copies kept by ProSelect. It assumes that you have only made no ...

Using Dropbox - beware!

Using a Dropbox folder is a great way to share your ProSelect setup data between your ProSelect installed computers (using the "shared folder" option) and it can be used for sharing ProSelect album files between computers provided you do not open your album files while they are in a Dropbox folder. When you have a ProSelect album open, ProSelect is usually doing regular updates to the file. These updates include: Locking and unlocking the fil...

Missing prices and templates setup data after upgrade

Updating the ProSelect software doesn't remove your ProSelect Setup data (or Resources folder) data unless you manually did this or completely wiped your hard disk. If you start the newly installed version of ProSelect and find this data missing then: A) If you didn't select to clear your ProSelect Setup Data, then they should still be on your computer. You may have logged in to your computer under another User.&...

ProSelect Network Server sleep issue (Macs)

Updated March 01, 2020 Running on OSX Sierra (10.12) A user has reported an issue when running the ProSelect Network Server on Mac OSX Sierra (10.12). It turns out that, in Sierra, the ProSelect Network Server is suspended from running when the server's display goes to sleep or the screensaver comes up. If any other computers running ProSelect try to send data to or get data from the server, such as when starting up or updating their settings, ...

Backing up your ProSelect Setup Data

Keeping a regular backup of your valuable ProSelect Setup Data is important so you don't have to re-enter everything after a computer failure. For a complete understand of this process see the Backup and Sharing Section of the ProSelect Reference Manual (you can open this under Help menu in ProSelect). Below is a summary to get you going quickly. Apart from your preference settings, ProSelect keeps your setup data in two places: ProSelect Data f...

Recovering lost ProSelect Data file when using Sharing

If you are using either the ProSelect Network Server or the Shared Folder option to share your prices and templates data, and this data is not showing up on a local computer(s), then please check the following: If missing shared data after initial Sharing Setup After setting up sharing for the first time on a computer, make sure that you re-start the ProSelect software to get ProSelect on your local computer to copy the data from the shared locat...

Trouble shooting data sharing

If you are using a sharing option and have updated your setup on one computer but your changes are not getting correctly updated on the other computers then this article outlines the steps to take. Make a backup copy of your data Firstly, on your master computer (the one that you have all of your latest changes on) make a back up of your new data if you haven't already done so. Please see the article Transferring Prices and Templates to anothe...

ProSelect Server cannot save Preferences or Data File Error Message

The ProSelect Network Server saves its data in a special folder on your computer. See below for where these folders are located. To allow the Server to read and write from this location: the account that the server is running under needs to have Administrator privileges the permissions for this folder need to be read/write (ie the folder is not locked) the files in the folder need to have read/write permissions (ie not locked) If you are not...

How to Move the ProSelect Network Server to another computer

If you wish to move the ProSelect Network Server software to a different computer, then the following steps will assist you with this: In one copy of ProSelect, use ProSelect Data -> Use Export Data To... (under File Menu) to get a backup copy of the latest ProSelect_data.xml file. Make a backup copy of your shared ProSelect Resources folder. Turn off sharing on all copies of ProSelect Close all copies of ProSelect Turn off the ProSelect Netw...

"Unable to locate ProSelect Resources folder" message

If you are not using sharing and have just moved the ProSelect software to another computer or changed the name of your startup disk, and receive the message "Unable to locate ProSelect Resources folder" then the following will assist in resolving this for you. This can be due to ProSelect using the old path to your resources folder which now different on your computer. Firstly check that your ProSelect Resources Folder is still located in the co...

Restoring Shared ProSelect Data Folder (if not backed up!)

If you are using the "Shared Folder" option for sharing your ProSelect Data (prices, templates and resource image data), and the location where you keep this folder has been lost (eg server drive crash), AND you haven't backed up this data (naughty you!), then the following may assist in restoring the shared location data again. Note: If you are using the "ProSelect Network Server" option for sharing your data between computers, then please see t...

Registration details keep disappearing on Network Server

If you are using ProSelect v4 and your business name and registration key details keep disappearing from your ProSelect Network Server, then you may wish to check the following. The registration details for the ProSelect Network Server are kept in the file ProSelectDataServerPrefs.xml in the ProSelect Network data folder location (see under the section "ProSelect Network Server Data Folder Location" of this article for where t...

Could not find Network Server message

If you have previously setup ProSelect to use the ProSelect network server and you are suddenly getting this message when you startup ProSelect then it is likely that the ProSelect Network server is not running or something has changed in your network setup. First check that the ProSelect Network Server is running on the computer that you have installed it in. If not, close ProSelect, start the server and start ProSelect again. If the ser...

Best computer to run the server on

You can install the ProSelect Network Server software (free) on any computer on your network (but only on one computer at a time). Since the ProSelect Network Server software needs to be running BEFORE any copies of ProSelect are started, it should be located on the computer that is started first or always running. The best option is to configure that computer to start the server when the computer starts up. More details can be found in th...

ProSelect not connecting to the ProSelect Network Server

If you are using the ProSelect Network Server, ensure you have the current ProSelect Network Server software version installed also. You will find this software release on the main ProSelect Software Download page and this will run with all versions of ProSelect. Note: Each installed version of ProSelect must be the same version to enable the connection to the ProSelect Network Server (see below). You can check which version is installed by look...