Security
Selecting Security from the File drop down menu opens up the Security dialog.
Desktop Version
The first time you open this dialog, there is a warning explaining how security is enabled in the desktop version along with a login dialog to setup the first user: the Administrator. Clicking OK opens the dialog.
In the desktop version, security is NOT mandatory. If you are the only one using your computer, there is no need to enable it. If several people use your computer and you want to restrict the use of ProprioSoft to only a few functions, then enabling security and creating a few users make sense. Of course, only one user at a time will be able to use ProprioSoft since it resides on a single computer. If you want several people using ProprioSoft at the same time, you need to install the network version.
Network Version
In the Network version, the Administrator cannot login to a client application, because he is already logged in to ProprioSoft Server. The first user must be created on the server side and if this first user has rights to the security function, he may add other users from client applications.
Users can only login to ONE instance of ProprioSoft. This includes the Administrator.
In the network version, security is mandatory. See the help on Networking.
Desktop and Network Versions
Once the dialog opens for the first time, the only user is the Administrator. The Administrator has permissions to all the functions and this is why the functions list is disabled. You cannot reduce permissions on the Administrator. Once you create a new user by clicking the Add button, the functions list is enabled and you can allow any combinations of functions to this new user. Upon saving the user, you are asked to provide his password. This password can be changed by the user later upon login. If a user loses his password, the Administrator or any other user with rights to the security function can reset his password using the
Reset Password button.
Be aware that if you lose the Administrator password, there is no way of logging back into ProprioSoft.