UNIVERSAL BUYING FORM (UBF)

USER GUIDE 

Downloading Applications from the dennis, keenan & associates pty ltd (dka) Web site.

Program Version
The dka web site
Logging in
Update Details
Installed Modules
Download Confirmation
Download Dialog
Backup old executable
Decompress the file

To access the web site you must have access to the Internet.

There are 2 methods to access the dka web site:

• Access the web site via the UBF Application (Help/Support Providers)
  Select the "Universal Buying Form" tab and select the "dennis, keenan & assoc. pty ltd" entry.
  Press the "Updates" Button on the right of the window.  Your Internet browser will open and connect you to the dka web site.  You will be taken to the UBF Version window. See Figure 1
• You can open your Internet browser, and enter the URL Web address of http://www.dka.net.au/ which will take you to the home page of dka (Figure 2) where you can "Log-in (Figure 3) as an existing User". 
  

Figure 1 - UBF Version window

 
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Figure 2 - dka HOME PAGE

 
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Figure 3 - LICENCED USER LOGIN

 
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Once the log in details are accepted a display similar to the following will be shown.
You should check the displayed details and amend as required.

To continue:
    If changes are made then select the "Save Changes" button.
    If no changes are made then select "Exit without Changes".

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INSTALLED MODULES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

This window displays details of the modules installed at your site including your current version number, the last download date and the latest release number similar to the following:
If there is more that one module shown, select the applicable module you would like to download.
Press the "DownLoad" icon once the selection has been made.

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FILE DOWNLOAD CONFIRMATION
A window, similar to that shown below will be displayed.  
The file size and approximate download time are shown (based on a connect speed of 28.8 kb/s).
        Click the "DownLoad" icon to start the download.
        You will be prompted (Figure 4) for a location in which to save the downloaded file.
        Downloaded files are sent in a compressed state to minimise download time and must be
        de-compressed (unzipped or in WinZip terms 'Extracted  ') before being used.

Do not exit this window until the download is complete.

Once downloaded successfully, select the "Successful" Button. 
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Figure 4 - DOWNLOAD DIALOG

With this dialog select "Save this file to disk" and press OK.  
You will be prompted for the destination to which you want to save the file.
Save the file to a temporary location on your computer.  (Make a note of where you saved it.)

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BACKING UP YOUR OLD EXECUTABLE PROGRAM FILE

Before you continue to unzip the newly downloaded file it is advisable to backup the old executable file.
This can be done by renaming the old file to have an extension of ".old" or ".ol2". (eg.  UBF.EXE gets renamed to UBF.OLD)

This is important to do just in case there is a problem with the new executable, so you can easily revert back to the original.

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DECOMPRESSING DOWNLOADED FILES

Once the download has completed and the backup of the old executable has been done, locate the downloaded file and, using WinZip (or equivalent), 'Extract'  the executable file to the folder where the present executable program resides.  

If you do not have WinZip (or equivalent) to unzip the file then follow this link and download WinZip.
Winzip download link

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