Installation

Your @Quote Plus 32 representative will walk you through the installation and setup process. However, for those of you who requested and received a "Demo" copy of the software and want to get started right away, we encourage you to install it yourself. Please review the License Agreement before getting started.

If you are comfortable moving around your computer and have installed software in the past, you should find this software easy to install. Note that these instructions are for installing single user (non-network) workstations. If you are not comfortable installing software or if you need to do a multi-user (network) install, please give your HERO Data Services representative a call before getting started and we will help you with the installation.

Installation Instructions:

1.  Check your version of Internet Explorer:

1. To find your version, open Internet Explorer. On the menu bar at the top of the window, go to Help -> About.




2. The About Internet Explorer window will open. The version is listed here.




3. If your version is lower than 5.50.xxxxx, you have to install Internet Explorer 5.5 from the @Quote Plus 32 CD. (See Installing Internet Explorer, below.)

1. Before installing the software, make sure to log out of all open programs. Place the @Quote Plus 32 CD in your CD-Rom drive, then browse to it's contents. One way to do this is to double-click on My Computer, then double-click on your CD-Rom drive.



2. Run SETUP.EXE in root of CD. From here, the installation will begin.




3. Make sure to accept ALL defaults unless otherwise directed by your @Quote Plus 32 representative. Examples of the install screens you will see are given below. Under each screen is the instructions for that particular screen.





4. Click Next.





5. Enter your Name and Company. In the Serial field, enter the date of installation. Click Next.





6. Click Next





7. Keep default "Typical" installation type. Click Next.





8. Click Next.





9. Click Next.





10. Be patient as the program installs. This may take several minutes. Note that the screen view will change throught the installation process. You do not need to do anything until the Setup Complete window, below, opens.





11. Click Finish. DO NOT check the "Yes, Launch the program file" box. Upon completion, the installation will place an icon (shown below) on the desktop.
    
    
    

1. Click on Start (bottom left corner) -> Settings -> Control Panel.




2. The Control Panel window will open up. Double-click on BDE Administrator.





3. The BDE Administrator window will open. In the left pane of that window:
• Click on the Configuration tab.


• Click [+] next to Configuration.


• Click [+] next to System.


• Click on INIT.






4. In the right pane, under the Definition tab, check the following settings and change as needed:
• DEFAULT DRIVER = DBASE


• LANGDRIVER = dBASE ENU cp437


• LOCAL SHARE = TRUE


• LOW MEMORY USAGE LIMIT = 32


• MAXBUFSIZE = 16384


• MAXFILEHANDLES = 128


• MEMSIZE = 32


• MINBUFSIZE = 256


• MTS POOLING = TRUE


• SHAREDMEMSIZE = 8192

Changes can be made by clicking on the field that needs to be changed. For some of the fields (such as the DEFAULT DRIVER field), a dropdown menu is provided. When not provided (generally on the "number" fields), you must type the changes manually.


5. When you have finished making changes, click Object -> Apply from the top menu.




6. Click Yes when asked to "Save all edits to INIT?".



7. Next, go back to the the left pane of the BDE window.
   • Click the [+] next to Drivers.
   • Click the [+] next to Native.
   • Click on DBASE.



8. In the right pane, under the Definition tab, change the value for LANGDRIVER to dBASE ENU cp437.




9. When you have finished making this changee, click Object -> Apply.



10. Click Yes when asked to "Save all edits to dBASE?"



11. Exit BDE Administrator and Control Panel.

Installing Internet Explorer 5.5

While this can be done either before or after installing @Quote Plus 32, it MUST be done or you will not be able to run reports.

1.  Before installing the software, make sure to log out of all open programs. Place the @Quote Plus 32 CD in your CD-Rom drive, then browse to its contents. Click on the \IE55 folder. From that folder, run IE5SETUP.EXE. The installation process will begin.

a.  Make sure everything in first group (Internet Explorer 5.5) is CHECKED.


b.  Scroll down the list and make sure everything else is UNCHECKED. Pay special attention to Visual Basic Scripting Support, found under the Web Authoring Components group, as it will likely need to be unchecked. Unchecking this does not affect @Quote Plus 32, but will help protect your system from viruses. Click Next.