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Installing Choreo for Visual Basic Help Contents

Welcome to Choreo for Visual Basic!

System Requirements

System Software

Hardware

Memory

Disk Space

Using the Setup Program

About the Setup Program

Installing Choreo Locally

Installing Choreo on a Network Server

Specifying a Directory for Choreo

Specifying Installation Options

Selecting DataDrivers

Selecting a Program Group

Specifying a Visual Basic Path

Modifying Your AUTOLOAD.MAK File

Modifying Your AUTOEXEC.BAT File

Starting Choreo

Launching the Demonstration Manager

Technical Support

Contacting CenterView Services and Support


System Software

Choreo requires the software listed below:

  Microsoft Windows 3.1 or greater

  Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0


Hardware

You can run Choreo on any IBM and compatible computer. Choreo requires the hardware listed below:

  A personal computer capable of running Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Visual Basic 3.0.

CenterView recommends a fast processor (80386 or faster) for best performance and maximum developer productivity.

  A Microsoft Windows-compatible monitor of VGA resolution. (640x480 or better.)

CenterView recommends display resolution of 1024x768 or greater to allow you to view all Visual Basic and Choreo windows simultaneously.

  A Microsoft Windows-compatible mouse is required.


Memory

For information about memory requirements, consult your Microsoft Visual Basic documentation.


Disk Space

The trial version of Choreo requires three megabytes of available disk space.


About the Setup Program

The Choreo Setup program installs all of the files required to use the trial version of Choreo. The Setup program completes the following install procedures:

  Creates a Choreo directory structure or uses a directory structure that you specify.

  Installs the Choreo trial version files.

  Modifies the DOS search path to allow Windows to locate the Choreo files.

  Creates a Choreo Program Group or uses an existing program group that you specify.

  Modifies your AUTOLOAD.MAK to include the Choreo module and the Choreo custom controls (optional).


Installing Choreo Locally

This section contains an overview of the steps you perform to install Choreo locally. After each step, choose OK in the Choreo for Visual Basic Setup dialog to proceed with the installation.

  To install Choreo locally:

1.    Choose Continue in the Choreo initialization dialog.

2.    Specify a directory in which you want to install Choreo.

3.    Specify installation options.

4.    Select the DataDrivers that you want to install.

5.    Select a program group.

6.    Enter your name and company.

7.    Enter your Visual Basic path.

8.    Specify whether you want to modify your AUTOLOAD.MAK file.

9.    Review your setup information in the Setup Information dialog.

10.  Specify whether you want to modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

11.  Remove the Setup disk from drive A, then reboot your computer.

After you restart Windows, the program group you specified during installation contains icons for the Choreo applications.

See Also

Specifying a Directory for Choreo

Specifying Installation Options

Selecting DataDrivers

Selecting a Program Group

Specifying a Visual Basic Path

Modifying Your AUTOLOAD.MAK File

Modifying Your AUTOEXEC.BAT File


Installing Choreo on a Network Server

Choreo can be run from a network server as a convenience for a work group. Choreo operates exactly the same from a server as from a standalone computer except that its program files reside on the server.

To install Choreo in a network, complete the local installation instructions, but specify a network drive as the destination drive instead of a local drive. The computer from which you run the Setup program is ready to run Choreo from the network after installation is complete.

Any additional users who want to run Choreo from the network should copy the CHOREO.INI file to their Windows directory (i.e. C:\WINDOWS) and they must modify their AUOTEXEC.BAT file to add the location of Choreo to their path.

The CHOREO.INI file is located in the Windows directory of the computer from which you ran the Setup program. The location of Choreo is the network drive specified during installation.

See Also

Specifying a Directory for Choreo

Installing Choreo Locally


Specifying Installation Options

Specify Choreo installation options.

Note:  For the Choreo trial version, you cannot modify the preset installation options.

Install To:  The default directory is C: \CHOREO.

Set Location:  Choose Set Location to change the default location.

Installation Options:  Specify the components of Choreo that you want to install by checking on the corresponding check boxes.  To specify which DataDrivers you want to install, choose the Select DataDrivers button next to the DataDrivers check box.

CHOREO

DataDrivers

Help

Examples

Tutorial

Gupta SQLBase 5.2

Gupta Reference Guide

See Also

Specifying a Directory for Choreo

Selecting DataDrivers

Installing Choreo Locally


Specifying a Directory for Choreo

Specify the drive and directory where you want to install Choreo.

If you specify a directory that does not currently exist, the Setup program will automatically create the directory during installation.

See Also

Installing Choreo Locally


Modifying Your AUTOLOAD.MAK File

Specify whether you want to modify your AUTOLOAD.MAK file.

By default, the Setup program modifies your AUTOLOAD.MAK file to include the Choreo module (CHOREO.BAS) and Choreo custom controls (CVCTL.VBX). If you prefer not to add these files to your AUTOLOAD.MAK file, deselect the check box.

If you do not have an AUTOLOAD.MAK file and you choose to add the custom controls, Choreo creates the file for you.

See Also

Installing Choreo Locally


Modifying Your AUTOEXEC.BAT File

Specify whether you want to modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include the Choreo path.

If you upgraded from Version 1.0 of Choreo and did not install Version 1.1 into the same directory, you need to remove any references to any Choreo 1.0 directories from the PATH entry in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

If you do not want to include the Choreo path, choose to save changes to AUTOEXEC.CHO.

See Also

Installing Choreo Locally


Selecting a Program Group

Specify a program group for Choreo for Visual Basic.

The default program group, Choreo for Visual Basic, is automatically selected. The Setup program creates this program group for you during installation unless you specify a different program group.

See Also

Installing Choreo Locally


Selecting DataDrivers

Specify the DataDriver(s) you want to install.

Note:  For the Choreo trial version, you can install the ODBC DataDriver only.

You need only choose those drivers that apply to the databases you are currently using. You can re-install Choreo if you need additional DataDrivers at a later date.

Available DataDrivers are:

  Gupta SQLBase

  Microsoft/Sybase SQL Server 4.x

  Miscrosoft SQL Server 6

  Sybase Sytem 10

  ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)

  Oracle6

  Oracle7

See Also

Installing Choreo Locally


Specifying a Visual Basic Path

Use the Visual Basic Path dialog to specify the location from which you run Visual Basic.

The default path is the path specified in the Visual Basic section of your VB.INI file.

See Also

Installing Choreo Locally


CHOREO FILES
CHOREO

Program files for the DataLink Manager, Model Manager, and Data Director.


DataDrivers

Database drivers for databases supported by Choreo.


Help files
Help

Choreo online Help files.


Example files
Examples

Sample projects that were created with Choreo and Visual Basic; scripts to set up the sample database; bound control examples and Direct SQL code examples.


AUTOEXEC.BAT

A batch program that automatically executes when you boot your computer.  This file is located in your root C:\ drive and includes commands you want to execute when you start your system.  For example, you can set your path, temp directory, and other environment variables in this file.


VB.INI

Visual Basic initialization file which stores Visual Basic properties such as the Visual Basic path.  This file is located in your Windows directory.


AUTOLOAD.MAK

Default Visual Basic project file which specifies default information about each new project when you start Visual Basic.  In general, .MAK files are text files that store information about a Visual Basic project - such as the forms and files included in a project.


CHOREO.BAS

The Choreo module file that includes the Choreo Application Programming Interface (API).  To access the Choreo API functions, you must include the Choreo.bas module in a project.


CVCTL.VBX

Choreo custom controls, which include the Navigation Toolbar and the DataGrid.


Tutorial

The Choreo Tutorial Manager and the project files to run the tutorial lessons.


Gupta SQLBase 5.2

The Gupta SQLBase database engine and the WinTalk application that allows you to talk to your database using SQLTalk/Windows.


Gupta Reference Guide

Reference information for using SQL and SQLTalk/Windows with the Gupta SQLBase database.


Contacting CenterView Services and Support

If you have questions about Choreo, please contact CenterView Services and Support.

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Phone  415.266.7007

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Fax  415.266.7008

Contact our support staff via our support fax line.


Launching the Demonstration Manager

  To start the Choreo Demonstration Manager:

1.  Open the Choreo for Visual Basic program group

2.  Double-click the Choreo Demonstration Manager icon.