Aeon Client (v.5.2.5) Installation/Upgrade Instructions (with access to Software Center)
Click Start Menu
Type in Software Center
Click Software Center
You will see a list of applications that are available for download
Run the Software Center Refresh - Refresh Software Center job (from the list of applications) to ensure you have the most current list of applications
It may take a few minutes to update the Software Center
Click the software you want to install - Aeon Client V5.2.5.0
Click the Install button
The Software Center will display the progress of the installation
Once installation completes, run DBCChooser (see below).
Aeon Client (v.5.2.5) Installation/Upgrade Instructions (for those without Software Center access)
Note - the installation package will automatically uninstall any previous version of Aeon
Open File Explorer and navigate to the folder containing the .exe file
If the .exe file is hosted on a network drive, copy it to your C:\ drive first.
Right-click on the .exe file and select Run as administrator
A window with an orange background will open and display installation status messages until complete. When the installation has finished, the window will close.
Once installation completes, run DBCChooser (see below).
Install the 3 of 9 font.
Right-click the 3 of 9 font file and select "Install for All Users".
Running DBCChoser
Note that installing Aeon via Software Center or the latest manual installer will include the latest DBCChooser.
Open File Explorerand navigate to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Aeon folder
Double-click on the DBCChooser.bat file to run the utility. (You may not see the “.bat” part.)
When the orange window opens, enter P for Production and hit Enter
Enter the appropriate letter for your repository and hit Enter
The new database will be set and the window will close
Update addons
Note that this step is only necessary if you are updating Aeon; if you are installing it for the first time, this can be skipped.
Copy LocalSettings.xml to a separate folder
Delete all folders in Documents\Aeon\Addons under the Aeon user's Users folder.
Copy over LocalSettings.xml from where you backed it up earlier into Documents\Aeon\Addons.
Start Aeon, which will copy the latest addons from the T:\ drive automatically.
Installing Without Access to T:\
Follow instructions under "Aeon Client Installation/Upgrade Instructions (for those without Software Center access)"
After running DBCChooser, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Aeon\Client\Print\
Make a backup of PrintCallslip.docx (e.g. make a copy named PrintCallslip-backup.docx)
Copy the provided PrintCallslip.docx into this directory
Navigate to Documents\Aeon\Addons
Copy the provided addon folders here
Important Note for New Aeon Implementations
If you are installing the HUIT-provided package for the first time after going through training with Atlas (i.e. you are implementing Aeon for the first time), you will need to delete the registry key for the sandbox database. This setting will override those set in DBCChooser and prevent you from connecting to your production database.
Open regedit
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AtlasSystems\Aeon
Delete the LogonSettingsPath entry
You can verify that your database settings are correctly updated by running SQL Alias Manager. There should be zero entries in the left panel with "user default", and one entry with "machine default".