This is an AnyOrder 6 - 7  feature.

You have a choice of whether or not to set up the program with a program administrator.  There are a couple of reasons why you might want to do this. You may wish to limit access so that only you are able to log into the program.  Or you may wish to limit access so that you AND one or more designated users are able to access the program.

Note that it is not necessary to set up an administrator.  If you don't set-up an administrator, you'll continue to have full access to the program.

Setting Up the Program Administrator

The way that you set-up an Administrator is by entering a user name and password. That's done in the Administrator's dialog box reached by selecting SECURITY >> SET-UP PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.  The following dialog box appears:

Click on "Set-up Password."  Enter the log-in name and password.  Write them down somewhere.  The administrator's name and password are extremely important.  If a user loses their password, administrator can recover it, but the administrator's password can not be recovered.  You'll want to carefully record how you enter the name and password.  Remember: they are case sensitive and you'll want to be careful to record the capital and lower case letters.

The administrator's password can be changed at any time.  To do so, click on the "Change Password" button.  In order to change the password, you'll need to enter the current password.

Removing an Administrator

If you'd like to go back to using the program without an Administrator, it's just a matter of removing the Administrator's log-in name and password.  To do so, select SECURITY >> SET-UP PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.  Click on "Change Password."  You'll need to log-in with the current Administrator's name and password.  This will open a dialog box on which you can change the password -- or you can remove password protection completely.  To remove the name and password, click on "Remove."

The Administrator's Log-in Area

You'll notice on the Administrator's dialog box that blanks are provided for Logging-in.  These serve two purposes:

1. You can use the Administrator Log-in to make changes to the Administrator's options (explained in more detail below).

2. Or you can use the Administrator log-in to gain full access to a user's computer.  Let's look at this closer.  You can set-up users on each of the workstations in your network.  The users can be configured so that they have varying amounts of access to the program.  If you need to work on one of the user's computers, you'll need full access to the program.  To gain full access, it's just a matter of selecting SECURITY >> SET-UP PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR and logging in.  Once you have logged-in as administrator, you'll have full access.

Administrator's Options

Require Password to Start AnyOrder.  Many business find that it is not necessary to use a password to start AnyOrder.  AnyOrder allows you to set-up an Administrator and even set-up users with varying levels of access without having to log-in.  Logging-in can be intrusive and waste time.  Users may have already logged into their computers and it would be repetitious for them to log into programs as well.  The choice of whether to require a log-in or not is completely up to you.  If you do decide to log-in, then each the users (if any) will be required to log-in as well.

Administrator's Initials. Generally most people will leave this field as the default "ADMIN." But it can be changed if desired.  When logged in, and using the large screen display, the initials will appear near the bottom of the Main Invoice Screen (just above the Notes area).  When using the smaller screen (used in conjunction with user defined and shipment fields), the initials will appear just below the shipping country on upper right of the screen.

Show User Name But Not Password on Log-in Boxes. If you require a log-in, this makes things a bit easier.  Your log-in name will show, but you'll still need to enter your password to gain access to the program.  This setting also applies to all users.  The log-in name of the most recent individual using the program will appear in the start-up log-in box (but not the password).  The log-in name can be changed if someone else needs to log-in.