Install SWB on a server

Installing executables on a server can help ensure consistency across all users. All users will run the same SWB version and use the same modifications (panels and parameter file).

Each user still requires a hardware-dependent license key.

The standard installation creates one data directory and one ini-file. If two users start SWB at the same time, you cannot use the same data directory. Multiple users require a manual and non-standard configuration of the SWB installation. The project is responsible for the non-standard configuration of SWB installation. We recommend having an experienced SWB consultant perform this type of modification.

These are the non-standard configurations that you can set up:

Create one ini-file for each user and one data directory for each user. You must start SWB with the ini-file created for you.
Modify the ini-file to use %USERNAME% in the data directory path, and manually create one data directory for each user. You can use a shared ini-file, and SWB will automatically use your own data directory.

Example of modification:

Copy the existing ini-file to a new customer-specific ini-file, which could be named after the customer (for example, customer42.ini). Modify the customer-specific ini-file. Depending on the installed industry, different ini-files are used. For manufacturing, use the Manufacturing data.ini file.

Find five instances in the ini-file that contain this string: %APS_DATA_DIR%\Data\Manufacturing. Replace each instance with this string: %APS_DATA_DIR%\Data%USERNAME%.