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 Pointix v1.1 Installation
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Pointix is an easy to use ticketing system software that suit for selling ticket of movies, 
cinema, theater etc.

Just click to the seat image on the displayed seat layout to choose the desired seat number. 
Operator does not necessary to type anything to serve the transaction. So it speeds up and 
simplifies the ticket selling process.

System Requirements :
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  Hardware :
  - Processor minimum Pentium 166
  - Memory minimum 32 MB
  - Disk space 5 MB for Pointix programmes only
  - Display SVGA
  - Ethernet card
  - Ticket printer
    This demo version use common printer to print ticket. 
    If you plan to use special ticket printer Pointix must be adjust to match the printer. 
    Please contact us to do that.

  Software :
  - Can be run on Windows 95/98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows NT.
  - Microsoft Access ODBC Driver (for this version).


To install Pointix v1.1, please run SETUP.EXE and choose the directory where the software 
you wish to install on your PC. After the installation there will be two programs installed 
on your PC that is PTAdmin.exe for administering Pointix and Pointix itself.

Before you run Pointix you have to configure your Windows and setup Pointix.

Procedure to setup Pointix :
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1. Install TCP/IP protocol on your Windows and set its IP Address for each PC will be used.
2. Soon after you installed Pointix, share with full access the directory where the database 
   file (studio.mdb) to be used exist.
3. Set Date and Time of each PC to the same time. 
4. Run PTAdmin to setup Pointix. PTAdmin is included on the Pointix package. 
   The first time you run PTAdmin or Pointix it will be shown a message asking whether you want to
   create DSN now ?. Answer OK for that and then fill in the name of the DSN and the directory 
   where the Pointix database (studio.mdb) on. After you created DSN a login window will appear. 
   Login as : ADMIN and its password : admin
5. First set Preferences. Type in IP Address of every PCs used.
6. Open Theater menu and fill in the name of the seat layout file and its showtime for the theater
   to be activated.
   You must have already created the seat layout file of each theater before. You can use Paint 
   from Windows or Photoshop or else to create theater layout. The layout file format is either 
   BMP, JPG or GIF.
   After fill in the data you must logout from PTAdmin and then login again in order to the 
   settings take effect.
7. Open Design menu and create all seats for the theater.
8. Fill in operator data.
9. Fill in the name of the show and its show date.
10. You are ready to run Pointix now. Please read Pointix Help to operate Pointix.