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- | ====== Brand New Installation | + | ===== Brand New Installation ===== |
- | ===== Install Required Programs | + | ==== Install Required Programs ==== |
- Click this link to download PDFCreator: **[[https:// | - Click this link to download PDFCreator: **[[https:// | ||
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* //Choose " | * //Choose " | ||
* //After the download finishes, the setup file will start automatically. | * //After the download finishes, the setup file will start automatically. | ||
- | * //If you receive the message, "MS Access was not found. | + | * <wrap important> |
- | - **Only if needed**, click this link to download a copy of the Access Runtime: [[https:// | + | - **Only if needed**, click this link to download the latest copy of our installer for use with 64-bit Office: **[[https:// |
+ | * //Follow the same steps as listed above for the TaxColl2k Setup file// | ||
+ | * //There are two versions of Office--32-bit and 64-bit--which is why we have two different installers// | ||
+ | * //Both installers install the **same version of TaxColl2k**// | ||
+ | * <wrap important> | ||
+ | - **Only if needed**, click this link to download a copy of the Access Runtime: [[https:// | ||
* //Download and install as you did for the previous files.// | * //Download and install as you did for the previous files.// | ||
- | * //Re-run step 2 above, " | + | * // |
+ | * //If you receive an error message that the 32-bit Access Runtime cannot be installed because you have a 64-bit version of Office, continue with Step 5 below.// | ||
+ | - **Only if needed**, click this link to download a copy of the 64-bit Access Runtime: [[https:// | ||
+ | * //Download and install as you did for the previous files.// | ||
+ | * //Re-run **step 3** above, " | ||
- | ===== First Run ===== | + | ==== First Run ==== |
- | The first time you open the program, it will ask for the year and your district number. | + | The next steps after installing |
- | <wrap important> | + | * [[# |
+ | * [[# | ||
+ | * [[# | ||
- | The "Get Year and Twp/ | + | Please contact us with any questions if you run into problems. |
- | | + | === Moving to a New Computer === |
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+ | Please follow the instructions in [[transfer_files|transferring files from another computer]] if you have used TaxColl2k before and are just moving to a new computer. | ||
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+ | === Brand New Tax Collector === | ||
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+ | The "Get Year and Twp/ | ||
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- Click on "Show advanced options..." | - Click on "Show advanced options..." | ||
- Change **County** and **District** to match your information, | - Change **County** and **District** to match your information, | ||
+ | - If the file downloaded correctly, you will get a message box saying " | ||
+ | - Enter your **District** number in the box then click [OK]:\\ {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | === New Taxing District User === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Most taxing districts store TaxColl2k data files on a network file server. | ||
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+ | - Open the [Utilities] menu on the new computer | ||
+ | - Click on [Change Dist/Year] | ||
+ | - On the form that opens, **make note of the " | ||
+ | * For school districts, this will be a letter. | ||
+ | * For counties, it should be three zeroes ('' | ||
+ | - Click [OK] to close the form on the old computer. | ||
+ | - Click [Close] to close the Utilities Menu on the old computer. | ||
+ | - Click [Settings] on the Main Menu on the old computer. | ||
+ | * At the top of the Settings form, it will say "Data files are located in:". | ||
+ | * The line directly below that will show the location of the data files.\\ {{: | ||
+ | * **Make note of the //exact// file location from the old computer**. | ||
+ | * //NOTE: Your data location will likely begin with either a double-backslash ('' | ||
+ | - Open TaxColl2k on the new computer. | ||
+ | - The cyan "Get Year and Twp/ | ||
+ | - Enter the " | ||
+ | - Enter the "File Location" | ||
+ | - Click [OK]. | ||
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+ | <wrap important> | ||
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TaxColl2k runs inside Microsoft Access. | TaxColl2k runs inside Microsoft Access. | ||
- | You don't need to worry about whether you have Microsoft Access or not. When you run our setup program, it will look for a suitable version of Microsoft Access. | + | You don't need to worry about whether you have Microsoft Access or not. When you run our setup program, it will look for a suitable version of Microsoft Access. |