Network Information

1st Contact is a network ready, multi-user information management system that can track contacts across a network.

Contact Data Path

You are allowed to set one contact data path, which can be shared by all the users on the network.

Step 1 - Decide where on the network you wish to keep the contact data and create a directory with full read/write permissions for every user.

Step 2 - Go to Options|Import Contacts and set the contact data path to the directory you created in Step 1 above. If there are no contact files in the chosen location, 1st Contact will create an empty data set. If you are setting an existing contact data path, 1st Contact will only verify the file structure and if need be, upgrade the files to the v3.00.0 format.

How to import contacts from 1st Contact.

Once you have set the contact data path, you can import contact data from an existing 1st Contact v2.00.0.1 or later installation. Click on Import 1st Contact Data 
and choose the directory your contact files are currently in. When you click on OK your exiting contacts will be upgraded and moved to the Contact Data Path set in Step 2 above, leaving your existing 1st Contact databases unchanged.

File-Locking

When any contact notes are opened by a user, the file is set to read-only. This means that anyone else on the network can read the file, but can not save any changes, until the original user has closed and released the file.

Internet 

Browser - 1st Contact uses your default Windows web-browser to display URLs clicked on in the contact management section. If you are using a modem and dial-up ISP, make sure that Remind Me is checked under Options|Network. This will display a dialog confirming that you are connected to the internet, before proceeding any further. This is not necessary if you have a permament connection to the internet such as a LAN or DSL.

Email - 1st Contact uses your default Windows Email Client to send emails in the contact management section. So whether you use Pegasus Mail, Eudora, Netscape or Outlook to send your emails, when you click on an email, your default client starts and the to address is placed in the appropriate spot. To change your default Windows Email Client, start IExplorer, go to Tools|Internet Options...|Programs and choose which email client you wish as the Windows default. This can also be set by going to the Windows Control Panel|Internet Options|Programs and making your changes from there.

Auto-Dialer

When a phone number, with the exception of a fax number, is displayed in the contact management system, clicking on the dial button or phone number will start the Windows TAPI phone dialer to dial that number. To determine how Windows dials your phone numbers, go to the Windows Control Panel|Phone and Modem Options.
