1 Topic by nnaemeka (edited by nnaemeka 08/13/2013 09:05:41 pm)

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Topic: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

i can see that all the files in the frontaccounting directory are php.
I have followed through with the installatin guide.
Pre-requisites

    A working HTTP web server. IIS 7.
    PHP installed on the web server. [configured php.ini and other tasks]
    A working MySQL server - with innodb tables enabled (see notes below)
    Adobe Acrobat Reader - or another PDF reader for viewing the PDF reports before printing them out.

I have also followed through with the instructions on the page. It's been hours work! Now, what else do I need to do to get FrontAccounting up and running?
Windows 7, IIS 7, 64 bit.

I reallly don't understand what it means to

Install FrontAccounting.

At least I should not be ashamed of my ignorance. everyone starts from somewhere.     

First, after scrupulously following through with the php configuration instructions (I carried out the manual installation since I use IIS and downloaded php with non-thread safe option), how do you verify that the configuration was okay?
That's for starters!

2 Reply by nnaemeka (edited by nnaemeka 08/03/2013 02:46:22 pm)

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Re: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

Feedback: I finally found PHP Manager for IIS: https://phpmanager.codeplex.com/releases/view/69115. After tweaking some settings, I tried phpinfo() but the report was negative.
I then tried: http://localhost/phpinfo.php and got this error report:

Error Summary
HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error
C:\php\php-cgi.exe - The FastCGI process exited unexpectedly

contents of phpinfo.php file=>
<?php  phpinfo() ?>

thanks. what do I need to do?

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Re: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

I really hope we have some Windows users here who can assist you. Because once you get PHP running, you'll need to install and configure a database. I understand the Linux VM suggestion was probably a bit much for an accountant, but... Wouldn't it have been easier to just install something like XAMPP?

Anyway... The error suggests that IIS did call PHP, but the latter returned an error (or didn't return anything). What happens if you open a command prompt, change directory to that of the phpinfo.php file and type the command "C:\php\php-cgi.exe phpinfo.php"?

4 Reply by nnaemeka (edited by nnaemeka 08/03/2013 07:36:28 pm)

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Re: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

tm wrote:

What happens if you open a command prompt, change directory to that of the phpinfo.php file and type the command "C:\php\php-cgi.exe phpinfo.php"?

I received this report: The program couldn't start because MSVCR110.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem.

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Re: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

It seems you are missing the Visual C++ runtime libraries from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

6 Reply by nnaemeka (edited by nnaemeka 08/03/2013 08:42:02 pm)

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Re: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

tm wrote:

It seems you are missing the Visual C++ runtime libraries from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

Thanks tm. I now have it installed, x86. phpinfo.php was displayed brilliantly.

What Next, Please? I have the Mysql server instance running, tried opening the install.php and other files in the frontaccounting extracted zip folder. I copied the folder contents on a folder under c:\inetpub\wwwroot with folder name "account." The php files in the folder did nothing.

found this: https://frontaccounting.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=1003

index, install and other php files only gives gibberish code on browser

Suggestions will be highly appreciated.

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Re: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

nnaemeka wrote:

index, install and other php files only gives gibberish code on browser

i tried running the index.php file from the command line.
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\account>> c:\php\php.exe index.php
Length error report about failing to open streams and includes with several lines. same result.

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Re: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

If you still cannot get it resolved, then try contacting Planettel for remote live support - they are in UTC+8.00 TimeZone.

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Re: [SOLVED]How do I start using FrontAccounting?

apmuthu wrote:

If you still cannot get it resolved, then try contacting Planettel for remote live support - they are in UTC+8.00 TimeZone.

resolved and fun doing so.