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- INSTALLING FOXPRO FOR MS-DOS
-
- Three installation options are available with FoxPro for MS-DOS:
-
- * Normal Installation copies the FoxPro program files, help files
- and examples from disk or from a network to your hard drive.
- Normal Installation installs FoxPro for MS-DOS on a single
- machine.
-
- * Administrative Installation ( /A) copies all FoxPro files along
- with installation files to a network drive so that users can
- either run the shared network copy after doing a Workstation
- Installation or install FoxPro for MS-DOS to their local machines
- with a Normal Installation.
-
- * Workstation Installation ( /N) copies FoxPro initialization files
- to a local machine so that a shared network version of FoxPro for
- MS-DOS can be run. Workstation Installation requires less space
- on individual machines and allows greater administrative control
- of the use of FoxPro. Workstation Installation requires a
- previous Administrative Installation.
-
- * Normal Installation After an Administrative Installation works the
- same way Normal Installation from floppy disks works. The way you
- initiate Normal Installation after an Administrative Installation
- is by typing X:\<path>\INSTALL at the MS-DOS prompt and pressing
- Enter. X represents the network drive and <path> represents the
- directory in which FoxPro was installed with the Administrative
- Installation option.
-
-
- **************************************************************
- * Note: Every Microsoft FoxPro user must have a Microsoft *
- * FoxPro license. A license is obtained by buying a retail *
- * package or a Microsoft License Pack. For more information *
- * about network use restrictions, see your Microsoft FoxPro *
- * license agreement. *
- **************************************************************
-
- For information about Normal Installation, see the FoxPro for
- MS-DOS Installation and Configuration manual.
-
- FoxPro asks you several questions during the installation process.
- The default response is listed in brackets, for example:
-
- Is this information correct? [Y] :
-
- To choose the default response, press Enter.
-
- These instructions assume that you are installing from drive A.
- If you are installing from another drive, please adjust the
- instructions accordingly.
-
-
- ADMINISTRATIVE INSTALLATION ( /A)
-
- Before you start the Administrative Installation, the network must
- be operational and you must have read and write access to the
- network directory in which you want to install FoxPro. For more
- information, see your network software documentation.
-
- To install FoxPro for MS-DOS for administrative use:
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- 1. Insert FoxPro Disk 1 into drive A.
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- 2. Type A:\INSTALL /A at the MS-DOS prompt and press Enter.
-
- 3. Enter your name and company in the spaces provided. You will
- be asked to confirm this information. If you re-install FoxPro,
- this information will automatically be included. When you start
- FoxPro for MS-DOS, this information will appear on the
- initialization screen.
-
- 4. The installation program suggests a directory in which to
- install FoxPro for MS-DOS. To confirm that you want to install
- FoxPro in this directory, press Enter. If you do not want to
- install FoxPro in the default directory, type N and press Enter.
- You will be prompted for an installation directory.
-
- 5. If the directory in which FoxPro will be installed is not in
- your path, the installation program asks you whether or not you
- want your path changed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Press Enter to
- allow the modification, or type N and press Enter if you do not
- want your path modified.
-
- 6. The required FoxPro for MS-DOS files and all files necessary
- for subsequent installations are copied to the server. When the
- basic installation is completed, you are prompted to press Escape
- to quit or any other key to continue with optional component
- installation.
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- Optional Component Installation
-
- The optional components you choose to install in the
- Administrative Installation are available for workstation use;
- those components you do not install are not available. All FoxPro
- components remain available to those who perform Normal
- Installations after the Administrative Installation, regardless of
- which optional components you include.
-
- Before installing optional components, the installation program
- prompts you to choose the type of monitor used with your system.
-
- Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate monitor type and
- press Enter.
-
- During installation, you are given the option of installing the
- FoxPro supplemental programs and files. This step is identical to
- the corresponding step in Normal Installation. For more
- information, refer to the FoxPro for MS-DOS Installation and
- Configuration manual.
-
- Stopping the Installation
-
- If you want to stop the installation process, you can press Escape
- at any prompt or press Ctrl+C at any time. Note that if you press
- Ctrl+C, installation does not stop immediately. When it does, the
- MS-DOS prompt appears.
-
- Installing Additional Files
-
- After you have installed FoxPro, you can install any optional
- components that you did not specify during installation. To do
- so, restart FoxPro by typing FOX at the MS-DOS prompt and pressing
- Enter. Insert any one of the product disks into the floppy drive
- and enter the following command in FoxPro's Command window:
-
- DO INSTALL
-
- You will be prompted to insert the disk or disks that contain the
- additional files that you want to install.
-
- Note: If you are installing from a drive other than A:, you will
- be instructed to select another source drive after the "Abort,
- Retry, Fail?" message.
-
-
- WORKSTATION INSTALLATION ( /N)
-
- 1. Type X:\<path>\INSTALL /N at the MS-DOS prompt. X represents
- the network drive and <path> represents the directory in which
- FoxPro was installed with the Administrative Installation option.
-
- 2. The installation program suggests a directory in which to
- install FoxPro. To confirm that you want to install FoxPro in
- this directory, press Enter. If you do not want to install FoxPro
- in the default directory, type N and press Enter. You will be
- prompted for an installation directory.
-
- 3. If the directory in which FoxPro will be installed is not in
- your path, the installation program asks you whether or not you
- want your path changed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Press Enter to
- allow the modification, or type N and press Enter if you do not
- want your path modified.
-
- 4. FOX.EXE is copied to your FoxPro directory. You can end the
- installation by pressing Escape at this point or press any other
- key to configure your FoxPro workstation.
-
- 5. An information screen explains FoxPro configuration and allows
- you to specify the directory for your configuration files to be
- created in. The default is your FoxPro directory. Press Enter to
- accept this default or type your preferred directory in the text
- box and press Enter.
-
- 6. Choose <<Continue with configuration>> to proceed or <Abort
- configuration procedure> to cancel the configuration procedure.
-
- 7. A dialog opens so that you can set the directories for:
-
- * CONFIG.FP - Your FoxPro configuration file.
- * FOXUSER - A FoxPro database that keeps track of window sizes
- and so on.
- * Overlay files - Since the FoxPro executable file is too large
- to fit in conventional memory at one time, parts of
- it are kept in overlay files and loaded into memory
- as needed.
- * Editor work files - Temporary files created during editing
- sessions.
- * Sort work files - Temporary files used during database sorting
- and indexing.
- * Program work file - Temporary program file.
-
- Descriptions of these options are included in the dialog. By
- default, FoxPro uses all available expanded memory. In this
- dialog, you are given the option to Limit EMS Available to FoxPro.
- There are three push buttons at the bottom of the dialog:
- <<OK>> - Accept the directories and EMS settings.
- <filer> - Open the FoxPro Filer accessory to view your
- directories before deciding on configuration directory
- defaults.
- <Cancel> - Cancel the configuration procedure.
-
- 8. You are given the option to have FoxPro update your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that FoxPro looks for configuration
- information in the directories that you have specified.
-
- 9. You are given the option to have configuration changes written
- to your CONFIG.FP file.
-
- 10. Installation is complete. Press any key to start FoxPro.
- Remember to reboot your machine so that changes made to your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT can take effect.
-