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  • ScreenSteps Workgroup Overview 2
    • Introduction to ScreenSteps Workgroup
    • How ScreenSteps Workgroup Concurrent Licenses Work
  • Setting Up ScreenSteps Workgroup On Your Network 8
    • What You Need to Install ScreenSteps Workgroup
    • Choose a Database and Install the Admin Tool
    • Create a Workgroup Database
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  • Using ScreenSteps Desktop With a Workgroup Library 5
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  • Reference Lessons 3
    • Connecting to an Existing Workgroup Database
    • Specifying the Database Host (for ODBC Connections)
    • Exporting an Author-Specific Connection File
  • Prerequisites for Using PostgreSQL 6
    • Overview
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    • Installing PostgreSQL on OS X
    • Opening the pgAdmin Tool
    • Creating a Login Account for ScreenSteps Workgroup
    • Configuring PostgreSQL to Accept Connections From Computers on Your Network
  • Prerequisites For Using Microsoft SQL Server 5
    • Overview
    • Creating a SQL Server Database
    • Adding a SQL Server User
    • Creating ODBC Connections on Windows
    • Creating ODBC Connections on OS X

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Feb 16, 2011

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Connecting to an Existing Workgroup Database

This lesson will show you how to connect to an existing ScreenSteps Workgroup library.

To get started you need to download and install ScreenSteps Workgroup Administrator.

Connect to Existing Library

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When you launch ScreenSteps Workgroup Administrator for the first time on a computer you will see this screen. To connect to an existing library click on the Connect to Existing Library button.

Configure

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Enter the connection settings for the database server where the ScreenSteps library database was installed*.

Click the Connect button.

* The database user account that you connect with must have permission to modify database tables as well as add, delete and update records.

The Result

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If you entered the correct connection settings then you will be taken to the Libraries tab. You can now perform any administrative tasks.

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