Downloading Lynx Over the Internet

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If you're an existing customer using Lynx, you can download upgrades to the software directly from our web site at www.LynxPropaneSoftware.com. This allows you to get new versions of the software whenever you want. It also eliminates the need for synchronizing a download directly from Columbus Systems. It's also faster.

The download procedure is a two step operation and will automatically replace all versions of Lynx running on your individual computer or computer network.

By the way, this procedure will only update the Lynx software if the version on your system is older than the one being downloaded.

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Before downloading, make sure that you have a current backup of the system. In this way, if there is a problem you can easily recover.

STEP 1. . . Downloading the new Lynx software.

The first step is to download the new software over the Internet. It will be loaded onto your computer hard drive and will then be ready for the second step (which is to replace all copies of the "old" Lynx software located on your system). Here's how to do this:

ΠGet on the Internet and go to our web site at www.LynxPropaneSoftware.com.

� Left-click on the word "SUPPORT" (on the left side of the screen) which will take you to the "Support" window. Near the bottom, this message will be displayed:

Ž Left-click where it says:

� This window will now be displayed:

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Save the update file to your C: drive and DO NOT change the file name "p98Update.exe".

� Left-click the button.

‘ You may now get this message (if you have a previously downloaded a copy of the Lynx software to your system):

’ If you get this message, left-click the button to continue.

“ The Lynx software will now be downloaded onto your hard disk and placed in the file called p98Update.exe. As it's downloading, a window with a progress bar will appear. Like this:

” When the download is complete this window will disappear.

STEP 2 . . . Replacing "old" copies of Lynx on your system.

Once the new version of the Lynx software has been downloaded and placed on your hard drive, it's time for the second step. This involves replacing all occurrences of the Lynx software on your system with this new code.

IMPORTANT: If you have a network of computers, make sure before running the "p98Update.exe" program that all of the computers are turned on, all of the computers are logged onto the network, and that Lynx is not running on any machine. It's critical that Lynx is not started on any computer until the update is complete.

ΠOpen the Windows Explorer and find the p98Update.exe file you just downloaded:

� Run this program by double-left-clicking on p98Update.exe.

Ž This message will now appear:

� If anyone is running Lynx on your network, left-click the button and wait until everyone is off the system. Otherwise, if no one is running Lynx on your network, left-click the button.

� This window will now appear. It will show you the progress of the update. First it will find all of the accessible drives on your network. Then it will find all of the copies of Lynx on your network. And finally, it will replace all of these copies with the new code (but only if the downloaded code is a newer version than the old code currently on the system.

‘ After all copies of the code have been updated, this message will appear:

’ Left-click the button to continue.

“ This message will now appear:

” Left-click the button to continue.

• All of the copies of Lynx on your system have now been updated with the new version. The next time you run Lynx, this new version will be used.