Direct Access allows you to easily share commands between different PCs using a peer to peer network. You don't need to setup a server and you can be operative in a few minutes.
Getting started
| 1. | Export the group containing the commands you want to share to a command pack and place it in a folder that is accessible to all users (you may just need to create a folder share). |
| 2. | Each user will create a linked group pointing to the exported command pack. |
Setting up user access privileges
Setting up user privileges is very simple, as you can use file system permissions. You can assign read or read/write privileges according to what operations your users are allowed to do.
Detecting changes
When the linked command pack is changed, Direct Access detects it and displays a warning icon 
, so that users know that the underlying command pack has changed. They can simply press the 
Refresh button to update their commands.
Managing conflicts
Direct Access doesn't handle conflicts on linked groups: if more users are updating the shared commands at the same time, you need to be careful not to lose commands saved by other users.
There's a simple procedure that users can follow to prevent conflicts.
Each user has Direct Access setup so that there are private groups and a linked group which is linked to the shared command pack.
When an user adds commands, they are added into the private folder. When the commands need to be published, the procedure to follow to share commands and prevent conflicts, before publishing new commands, is:
1. Refresh the linked command group
2. Copy the new commands in the group
3. Export the group