Running Openlaw Verifier (part of Case Setup)

You must run Verifier once on every Openlaw Case before you first use it (and sometimes after you move it to a new location).

If you move a case to a new location you may have to set up your Image Set locations again.

You will be prompted if you need to run Verifier before you can run Openlaw.

 

Double-click on Case Setup.exe. The screen shown below appears:

 

 

Click on <Select Case> and navigate to the Case directory (if Case Setup is in the Case directory you will be in the right place anyway). Select the Licence file (a file with the extension .lic) and press <Open>. The Case name appears as shown above.

 

Click on <Verify this Case>. A warning message advises you to back up the Case. The Case is then verified and should then work when you run its executable (e.g. Openlaw Demo.exe). It should not be necessary to run Verifier again unless you move the Case, are given a new EXE which requires re-verification, or mix .mdbs from different versions of the Case.

 

Message Variants

 

As with Openlaw itself, the messages you see may cover a variety of situations. The older the Case, the greater the possibility that you will see recommendations for updating your data. The message below, as an example, indicates that the data has not been updated since the addition of Job Descriptions in the summer of 2002.

 

 

Mixing Case Databases

One example of a situation where it is in order to mix files from different sets is where multiple users at different locations or on different PCs (say a desktop and a laptop) have Site .mdbs which belong to a particular location or PC. Site .mdbs hold Bundle details, Image Set information and Site Comments. Whilst they are usually shared in common with all other users, they do not have to be.

 

See the Manual section called Moving Cases between Machines and Sites.