Installing Day Surgery as a stand-alone Application

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. Insert the Day Surgery disc to your computer's drive. If you are prompted by windows to take any action, ignore/cancel it.
  2. On your computer's C: drive, create a folder called DS*. You will eventually copy the Day Surgery files from the CD to this folder, as explained following.
    • MedicalDirector's naming conventions for the Day Surgery folder dictate that NSW is the only State where the folder is named 'DS'. All other states include a suffix: VIC = DSV, DSQ = QLD, DSS = SA, DSA = ACT, DSW = WA.
  3. Navigate to the Day Surgery disc.
  4. Locate and copy the three Day Surgery database files: DS Data.mde, DS Episodes.mde, DS.mdb.
    • If your Windows has been configured to hide file extensions, you will only see the file names of DS Data, DS Episodes, and DS, without the "mbs" extension.
  5. Navigate back to the new DS folder you created and paste the three Day Surgery files into it.
  6. Right-click each file, select 'properties', and then from the Properties window that appears, ensure that Read-only deselected.
  7. Replace the current permissions on the DS folder and its contents to ensure that all users have Full Control. Please consult your Systems Administrator is you require assistance with this procedure.
  8. Within the DS folder, locate the DS.mdb file.
  9. Right-click the DS.mdb file and select Send to > Desktop (Create Shortcut) from the menu that appears. This creates a shortcut to the Day Surgery database and places it on your Windows Desktop.
  10. Navigate to the Day Surgery folder again, and then locate and double-click the DS file.
    • If prompted to create a new Episode, click No.
    • If prompted with the following message, click OK. The path it refers to will be defined in the following steps.

  11. Within Access, select the Add-Ins tab.
  12. On the Add-Ins tab, select Advanced > Relink Databases > Episodes.
  13. When prompted, navigate to the DS folder you created earlier, and then click the Open button. You should be prompted that the link has been made successfully.
  14. Repeat this process for DS Data.

Results

This concludes installation Day Surgery as a stand-alone application.

What to do next

You can check that the linking has been successful by selecting Advanced > Relink Databases > Show Links.