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Title of script: ABT for Windows

Author: Trupti Rajesh Kini

Keywords: video tutorial, Accounting software, Windows, ABT.apk, Genymotion


Visual Clue Narration
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Hello and welcome to the spoken tutorial on ABT on Windows Desktop.
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Learning Objectives /*Slide 2 */

This tutorial will show you how to install and use ABT on a Windows desktop.
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System Requirements /*Slide 3 */

To record this tutorial, I am using-
  • ABT version 1.0 and
  • Windows 7.0

For the installation, you will need -

  • A working internet connection and
  • At least 2GB of RAM
Open browser >> http://aakashlabs.org/abt/

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Open the web browser and go to this URL-

http://aakashlabs.org/abt/

Point to the download link. Click on the download link.
Switch to the Downloads folder ABT_window_installer zip file will get downloaded in your Downloads folder.
Extract downloaded ABT_window_installer.zip file I have already downloaded ABT_window_installer zip file on my Windows machine.

I will now extract the contents of this zip file.

Go to the folder ABT_window_installer >> Select files one by one


Let me open this folder ABT_window_installer.

You can see the following files-

resources

abt_autostart.bat file

abt_setup executable file and

README file

Point to resources Resources includes all the dependencies required for ABT.
Point to abt_autostart.bat abt_autostart.bat file is used to restart backend of ABT on startup of machine.
Point to abt_setup.exe The abt_setup executable file installs all the dependencies required for ABT.
Point to README README file contains the documentation for ABT on Windows.
Let’s begin the installation now.
Double-click on abt_setup.exe file Double-click on abt_setup executable file.
Click on Next Click on Next.
Click on Install. Click on Install.
Click on Next. We will install Python 2.7.3 for all users.

Click on Next.

Change the path to C:\ABT\Python27\ >> Click on Next wherever required We will change the path to C:\ABT\Python27\

Click on Next.

Click on Next wherever required.

Click on Finish. Python 2.7.3 has been successfully installed.

Click on Finish.

Click on Next >> Click on Finish Now, we will install Twisted.

Click Next wherever required.

Twisted has been successfully installed.

Click on Finish.

Click on Next wherever required >> Click on Finish Now, we will install zope.

Click Next wherever required.

zope has been successfully installed.

Click on Finish.

Click on Next >> Click on I accept the agreement radio button >> Click on Next >> Change path to C:\ABT\GnuWin32 >> Click on Next wherever required >> Click on Install >> Click on Finish Now we will install CoreUtils.

Click on Next.

Then click on I accept the agreement radio button.

Click Next.

Browse and change path to C:\ABT\GnuWin32

Click on Next.

Click on Next wherever required.

Click on Install.

CoreUtils has been successfully installed.

Click on Finish.

Click on Next >> Click on Finish Next, we will install python-dateutil.

Click Next wherever required.

python-dateutil-2.2 has been successfully installed.

Click on Finish.

Click on Next >> Click on Finish Now we will install setuptools.

Click Next wherever required.

setuptools has been successfully installed.

Click on Finish.

Click on Next >> Click on Finish Now we will install six.

Click on Next wherever required.

Click on Finish.

six has been successfully installed.

Click on Next >> Click I Agree >> Click on Install >> Click on Next >> Click on Finish. Now we will install sqlalchemy.

Click on Next.

Click on I Agree in License Agreement.

Click on Install.

Click on Next.

sqlalchemy has been successfully installed.

Click on Finish.

Click on Ok >> Click on Next >> Change the path to C:\ABT\Genymotion >> Click on Next wherever required >> Click on Install Now we will install Genymotion

Click on Ok for default language, ie English.

Click on Next.

Browse and change path to C:\ABT\Genymotion and click on Ok.

Click Next wherever required.

Click on Install.

This installation will take some time.

Click on Next >> Browse and go to C:\ABT\Oracle\VirtualBox\ >> Click on Ok >> Click on Next wherever required >> Click on Yes >> Click on Install >> Check ‘Always trust Software from Oracle Corporation’ checkBox >> Click on Install >> Uncheck Start Oracle VM Virtualbox >> Click on Finish


Now we will install VirtualBox.

Click on Next.

Browse and change path to C:\ABT\Oracle\VirtualBox\

Click on Ok.

Click on Next wherever required.

Click on Yes to proceed with installation.

Click on Install.

The installation will take some time.

In Windows Security dialog box, check ‘Always trust Software from Oracle Corporation’.

Click Install.

Uncheck Start Oracle VM Virtualbox.

And click on Finish.

Click on Finish.

Point to the virtual device >> Click on Finish Genymotion and VirtualBox has been successfully installed.
Point to genymotion Genymotion will be launched.
Check public and private network >> click Allow access If windows security alert dialog prompts,

Check on both public and private network and click Allow access.

Point to the message,

You have no virtual device available yet. Do you want to add a new one? >> Click on Yes.

The following message appears on the screen-

You have no virtual device available yet. Do you want to add a new one?

Click on Yes.

Click on Connect In the new window that appears, click on Connect.
Type Username & Password >> Click on Connect. You can enter Username and Password to connect to Genymotion cloud.

The default Username & Password provided are aakashabt and aakashtest1.

Click on Connect.

This will authenticate the user.

Point to the new window After this, a new window appears to create a new virtual device.
Select Custom Phone 7”-4.4.4-API17-1024*600 >> Click on Next Select any one of the available virtual devices.

I will select this option from the available virtual devices.

Click on Next.

Change device name to ABT >> Click on Next. Change device name to ABT.

Click on Next.

It will start deploying genymotion virtual device.

This may take some time.

Click the Finish button Click the Finish button to close the deployment window.
Click the Play button Now, click the Play button to start the newly created virtual device.
Point to the virtual device We can view the loaded virtual device.
Slide 5 Note:

Don’t close the launched virtual device.

Now let’s proceed to install ABT on genymotion.
Press Windows key+R

Type cmd in the prompt >> click on Ok.


Open the command prompt by pressing Windows plus R keys simultaneously.

Type cmd and click on Ok.

Go to the path where apk file is located.

Type

cd C:\ABT

We will now install the front end of ABT.

Go to the path where apk file is located.

Type

cd C:\ABT and press Enter.

Type

adb -e install ABT.apk

Now type

adb -e install ABT.apk and press Enter.

We have successfully installed ABT on a Windows machine through a virtual device genymotion.
Slide 6 Now, we will learn some important features of ABT on Desktop.

The features are-

  • Import Report as pdf/csv.
  • Import and Export organization.

Note: Your files will be saved on the system.

Open Ledger report >> Sbi I have already created a sample organization called TK Group.

I will open a Ledger report now.

And I will view the ledger report for Sbi account.

Point to the top right corner >> click on Options button In the report, on the top right corner, I will click on Options button.

It will give me 2 options:

  • Export as PDF.
  • Export as CSV.
Choose Export as PDF I will choose Export as PDF option.
Select No >> Click on Save file button I don’t want to set password for file security.

So I will select No and click on Save file.

Point to ABT_PDF A folder named ABT_PDF will get created automatically in C:\ABT\abt\ path.
Point to the folder ABT_PDF All the pdf files generated will be saved in this folder.
Point to the folder ABT_CSV Likewise, the csv files generated will be saved in C:\ABT\abt\ABT_CSV folder.
Now, we will learn how to import and export an organization.
Click on Export Organization option >>

Click on Yes.

First let’s learn how to export an organization.

Click on Export Organization option and then click on Yes.

Point to export folder This will create a folder named export in C:\ABT\abt\ path

All the exported organizations will be saved in this folder.

Point to export folder These organizations can be imported on any other Windows machine, on which ABT is installed.

We just need to transfer the export folder to C:\ABT\abt\ path of the other Windows machine.

Slide 7 Note:
  • The export folder when transferred, will overwrite the existing export folder.
  • Hence, it is advisable to take a backup before transferring.
Go to the welcome screen of ABT Now, we will learn how to import an organization.

For that, we will go to the Welcome screen of ABT.

Point to Import Organization option on the sliding drawer on the left. We can see the Import Organization option on the sliding drawer, on the left.
Click on Import Organization. Click on Import Organization.

We can import only those organizations which are present in the export folder.

Click on Import >> click on Exit. Click on Import and click on Exit.
Note: To use ABT later, just click on genymotion's shortcut present on the Desktop.
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Summary

Let us summarise.

In this tutorial, we learnt how to install and use ABT on a Windows desktop.

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That's it for this tutorial. This is Trupti Kini from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching.

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey, Trupti