Question: How to connect to Xin Inventory 2.0 server from client?

Answer: 

  1. In order to connect to Xin Inventory 2.0 server from client, both server and client computer need to be in the same network.
    - Setup home network in Windows XP, please refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813936
    - Setup home network in Windows Vista, please refer to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Setting-up-a-home-network
    - Setup home network in Windows 7, please refer to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/start-here-to-set-up-a-- home-network-in-windows-7
    - Setup home network in Windows 8, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/what-you-need-setup-home-network 


  2. Install Xin Inventory 2.0 in others PC as client and connect to Xin Inventory server's MSSQL 2008 Express database and also server's "Xin Inventory 2.0" folder
    After install Xin Inventory 2.0 to client computer, connect to Xin Inventory 2.0 server database. 

    Client Installation: 
    Select install Xin Inventory 2.0 as Client.



    Client connect to server:

    To connect to server, click on the Database Setting and in the Connection, select Network. Enter Database Location and click on OK.
    1: Select Network in Connection if want to connect to server. 
    2: Enter Application Location. In this example, server name is XIN-SERVER and the shared folder name is Xin Inventory 2.0. So, we enter "\\XIN-SERVER\Xin Inventory 2.0".
    3: Enter Server Name. In this example, server name is XIN-SERVER. So we enter XIN-SERVER. You can use the IP address if you know the IP address.
    4: Enter Instance Name. It will be either SQLEXPRESS or SQLEXPRESS2008. Try SQLEXPRESS first, if failed, try SQLEXPRESS2008



    5: Click on Test Connection to Test the setting.
    6: Click on OK if Network Connection OK
    7: Click on Save button if the connection is correctly entered. 




    For more details, please check on http://www.xininventory.com/xin-inventory-network-setup.html