You can run an application from a shared hard drive on your network without copying it to the client computer's hard drive or the At Ease Disk (if you are using a Workgroup version of At Ease).
Follow these steps:
Note: The steps in this article assume you know how to share a hard drive and set user access privileges. Search the Knowledge Base for System 7 and file sharing to locate additional information.
At Ease 1.0
1. While in the Macintosh Finder, under the Apple Menu, choose the Chooser. Click the AppleShare icon on the left side of the Chooser. Double-click the name of the shared hard drive on the right side of the Chooser which contains the program you want to run.
2. Type in your user name and password to mount the hard drive on your desktop.
3. You need to set access privileges for the users of this setup on the shared hard drive in order for them to mount the server. Each time a user of this setup clicks on the button to open the application you are adding, At Ease will bring up the standard AppleShare login dialog box before you now. You can create a 'generic' user and password or if security is not an issue, grant guest access to this folder.
4. Open the At Ease Setup control panel in the Control Panels folder of your System Folder.
5. Click the Select Items button.
6. Click the Desktop button in the Open Dialog box. Double-click the name of the mounted hard drive that appears in the window in the left side of the Open Dialog box. Click the Gather Applications... button.
7. A dialog box will appear telling you which applications are on the mounted hard drive that are not in At Ease. You will have the option to Add or Cancel. Click Add. You can remove any extra unwanted applications from the At Ease Items window by clicking each once and clicking Remove.
8. Click Done, close the At Ease setup window.
At Ease 2.0.3 and At Ease 3.0
1. While in the Macintosh Finder, under the Apple Menu, choose the Chooser. Click the AppleShare icon on the left side of the Chooser. Double-click the name of the shared hard drive on the right side of the Chooser which contains the program you want to run.
2. Type in your user name and password to mount the hard drive on your desktop.
Note: You need to set access privileges for the users of this setup on the shared hard drive in order for them to mount the server. Each time a user of this setup clicks on the button to open the application you are adding, At Ease will bring up the standard AppleShare login dialogue box before you now. You can create a 'generic' user and password or if security is not an issue, grant guest access to this folder.
3. Launch the At Ease Setup application.
4. Double click the Setup you would like to add the program to.
5. Click the Items icon to open the Items panel. Click the Add Applications button.
6. In the Add Applications screen, you will see a choice of applications on the left side. Click and hold the words after "Disk:" at the top left corner to see the pop-up menu.
7. Select the name of the mounted hard drive and release. At Ease will search for any applications on that volume.
8. Double-click the name of the program you want to add to the list of Items for This Setup on the right. Or, you can hold the shift key while single-clicking each application to select multiple items and then click the ">>Add>>" button. Repeat this process until you have added all the programs you want from the mounted volume.
9. Click the "OK" button and follow the rest of the steps as necessary to set up At Ease the way you like.
When you return to At Ease, you will see the button for the application you added in the At Ease panel. If you click the button and the hard drive is not already mounted, the login window appears prompting you to enter a user name and password or to connect as a guest.