Change Several Single-User Land F/X Installations to a Multi-User Installation (Local or Cloud Data, Office Server or Shared Online Folder)

Step 1 (if applicable): Back Up all Land F/X data on all workstations

1A. From each Land F/X workstation in your office, follow our steps to back up your Land F/X data. Make sure to select the Backup All option.

This step will create a date-named subfolder within the folder C:/Landfx/data/backup on each of your existing workstations. Once the backup is complete, a pop-up will confirm the location where the backup was created. (The folder will be named with the date when you performed this step, as pictured below.)

1B. Create a backup copy of the LandFX location to preserve any user-defined data. We recommend that you simply rename the C:\LandFX folder on each of these computers to C:\LandFX-old.

Step 2: Copy a LandFX folder to your shared location & share it with users

2A. Copy the LandFX folder from one of your Land F/X workstations – ideally, one where you've saved any custom content such as blocks or details – to your server or shared online folder.

2B. Share your LandFX folder with the Land F/X users in your office or network.

Step 3 (if applicable): Copy any additional custom content to your shared LandFX folder

If your office has created custom blocks, details, hatches, or other content that was not saved on the workstation whose LandFX folder you copied to your shared location, you'll want to ensure that this content is included in your shared LandFX folder. If you have some of your content saved on an additional workstation, navigate to the appropriate subfolders within the LandFX folder on that workstation, then copy these subfolders into the LandFX folder on your server or shared online location, replacing the existing subfolders of the same names.

For example, if you have custom details, copy the folder LandFX/details from the workstation into the LandFX folder in your shared location, replacing the details folder that's already there. Repeat this step with the appropriate folders for any other custom content. Blocks are stored in the folder LandFX/Blocks hatches in the folder LandFX/Hatches, etc.

Step 4: Rename your old LandFX folder(s)

Change the name of the LandFX folder on each of your workstations to something like LandFXold.

Step 5: Uninstall Land F/X on each workstation

5. Follow our steps to uninstall Land F/X on each of the existing Land F/X workstations in your office. (In the example shown above, you would complete these steps from computers 1, 2, 3, and 4). Make sure you uninstall the following programs:

• F/X Server
• F/X Workstation
• MySQL Server (If you find two or more MySQL files, uninstall all of them)

5B. Rename the C:\LandFX folder on each of these computers to C:\LandFX-old.

Step 6: Reinstall Land F/X on each workstation

Complete the following steps from each computer in your office that will function as a Land F/X workstation. In the example shown above, you would complete this step on computers 1, 2, 3, and 4 – as well as any additional computers you want to use as a Land F/X workstation. (You do not need to complete this step on the server or shared online folder.)

6A. Follow our steps to map a network drive to the LandFX folder on the server or shared online folder (if not accessible from an existing mapped drive).

6B. Make sure all Land F/X users have full read/write permissions to this folder.

6C. Follow our steps to install the Land F/X Workstation component, making sure to run the Workstation installer (uninstall_FXWorkstation) from within the LandFX folder on your server or shared online folder. (In our example, you would navigate to the LandFX folder on Computer 0 from each workstation, and run the Workstation installer from that location.)

If you run into problems at this point, see our Manual Workstation Installation Steps.

Step 7 (if applicable): Import the old project data to your shared Land F/X location

If you're combining multiple Land F/X installations with different Support IDs, you'll now import your Land F/X projects and other data into the LandFX folder on your server or shared online folder. (You previously backed up this data in Step 1 above).

Remember: You'll likely have different versions of each project floating around – and maybe even different versions of each Preference Set. Take care to import the correct version of each project, Preference Set, and other data.

Follow our steps to restore your Land F/X data to your shared location.

You should now have a networked setup in your office for sharing Land F/X data.