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              README FOR INTERBASE 5
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Online documentation and Release Notes

For a description of new features and changes in InterBase 5,
use Acrobat Reader to view the ReleaseNotes.pdf file.
In addition, the complete 5-volume document set for InterBase 5 
is available in PDF format with InterBase 5. 

Use Adobe Acrobat Reader 3 to view these PDF files. To take advantage 
of the full-search indexing for the document set, you need Acrobat 
Reader 3.0.1 (or later) With Search. This version of Reader is 
included on your InterBase 5 CD-ROM. You can also download it from 
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
If you go directly to this Adobe site, be sure to download the
version "with Search", not the plain version.

The online PDF version of the document set is often more recent than
the printed set. If you find descrepancies between the two versions,
follow the information in the online PDF documents.

ACCESSING THE DOCUMENT SET:  You can open any of the books
directly from the InterBase 5 folder in the Start menu if
you have Acrobat Reader already installed and the PDF extension
is associated with Acrobat Reader. To access the books from the 
Help menu in Server Manager, choose InterBase Help and choose the
book you want from the "InterBase Books Online" section.

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Changes between printed and online docs

The following topics have a more current treatment in the online
PDF document versions than in the printed books:
*Implementing SQL3 roles
*Using FREE_IT with UDFs
*Using the IPX/SPX Netware protocol

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Uninstalling InterBase 5

The Windows InterBase installation allows you to choose 
between performing a complete install or selecting individual 
components. If you choose to install components at different 
times, the uninstall program will remove only the components 
selected for the last install.

The ODBC driver or the ODBC driver manager must be removed 
manually; there is no uninstall available through the Windows 
control panel.


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