Express Systems Express Meter Working Model --------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the Express Meter Working Model! Express Meter is a license management system that optimizes your organization's software usage: it lets you dramatically reduce your license needs, while ensuring that you're complying with your software license agreements. It does this by fully exploiting the "concurrent licensing" provisions in the software license agreements of most popular applications. Winner of the 1993 InfoWorld Product of the Year award, Express Meter employs a unique and sophisticated dynamic license allocation scheme that actually adjusts license assignments continually in response to changing user needs. Using this and other advanced optimization techniques, Express Meter is able to maximize the value of your software licenses significantly beyond other metering systems, while keeping you legal at the same time. The benefits of using Express Meter are immediate and substantial: * EXPRESS METER SAVES MONEY. By optimizing your license usage, Express Meter can save up to 80% or more of your software costs - while actually increasing user access to the software. * EXPRESS METER ENSURES LICENSE COMPLIANCE. Illegal software usage is no joke. It can be a FELONY to have just 10 illegal copies of software worth just $2500. Penalties include fines of up to $250,000, and prison terms of up to 5 years. The Software Publishers Association took action against 1324 companies for software piracy in 1992 and 1993 alone, resulting in $7.5 million in fines. * EXPRESS METER IS THE BEST WAY TO SHARE SUITES. Application suites like Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite have become increasingly popular in recent years. But most people are unaware of the special licensing provisions which make these packages virtually impossible to legally share among users. Express Meter not only lets you legally share these suites, it actually optimizes their usage like no other system, and helps you determine the most cost-effective mix of suite licenses and individual application licenses to meet your usage needs. * EXPRESS METER PUTS YOU IN CONTROL. No longer will you have to guess how your software is used. Get detailed reports of who uses what software, at what time. Manage usage with lockouts, usage time limits, and VIP passwords. Meter software run locally on a workstation as well as from a network server. And Express Meter operates completely transparently, so your users need not even know it's being run. Express Meter is a snap to install and use. It works with any Windows network, and any Windows shell. It does not require a TSR, makes no modifications to executable files, and uses no stub files. This working model will allow you to fully explore Express Meter using a sample library. You won't be able to control application usage or gather your own usage statistics, but you will be able to see for yourself how Express Meter works and how it can benefit you. Here's how to install the Express Systems Express Meter Working Model. 1. The working model will require 2 MB of local hard disk space. Make sure you have at least this much space before you start. (The working model does not require any server disk space). 2. Make sure you have compatible versions of MICROMAN.EXE and HDCLIB.DLL. To see what versions you currently have, type "microman -d" at the DOS prompt. You should get a message indicating the version of MicroMan and hDCLib that you have on your computer. If you get "Bad command or filename", or if the hDCLib version is less than 322, (shown as "0x0322") then you need newer versions of these files. To get the latest versions of MicroMan and hDCLib, look for a file called HDCxxx.ZIP (where xxx is a version number which is at least 322) in the place where you got this file. If you cannot find this file, it can be downloaded from the Express Systems bulletin board at 206.728.8302 (2400 baud, 8,n,1) or you can order it from Express Systems Customer Service at 206.728.8300 (for a $7 shipping and handling fee). Once you have the new files, copy them over your old files. IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF MICROMAN AND HDCLIB ------------------------------------------------------------------ A. If you do not wish to lose your system menu configuration and preferences such as the MicroApp path, do NOT overwrite your existing MICROMAN.PRF file. B. If you're using an international language version of an Express Systems product, please note that overwriting HDCLIB.DLL will cause some error messages to appear in English instead of the language of the international version. Your international product will not otherwise be affected. 3. If you are running Windows 3.0 (as opposed to Windows 3.1) then you will need the following files: SHELL.DLL, COMMDLG.DLL, and DDEML.DLL. Check your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to see if you already have a copy of these files. If not, contact Microsoft to see how to obtain a copy. 4. Create a directory named C:\EMWM, and copy the EMWM.EXE file to this directory. 5. EMWM.EXE is a self-extracting archive; run it from DOS or from File Manager to decompress the files included in the archive. 6. Installation is complete! Run APPLIBED.EXE to start exploring Express Meter, or run EMAK.EXE for more information on licensing issues and on Express Meter. If you have any questions on the working model or on Express Meter, give our Customer Service department a call at 206.728.8300. Express Systems is offering its Express Meter Audit Kit, normally $295, FREE to qualified network administrators. The Audit Kit is an easy-to-use full-featured program that monitors and reports software usage on DOS and Windows workstations on any network. It installs and de-installs easily and remotely, and operates completely transparently to users. After an audit, it will give you detailed usage reports showing you whether or not you are using your software licenses legally and exactly how many licenses you really need. The Audit Kit is yours to keep, you are under no obligation to buy anything. To get your free audit kit, answer the following questions and return by email or fax (to 206.728.8301) or call Express Systems Customer Service at 800-321-4606. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of PCs at your site: Number of PCs on a network: Number of PCs you buy or evaluate for: Network type(s): Name: Title: Company: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: Fax: Reference Code: BNWW1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your support of Express Systems' products! Express Systems, Inc. 2101 Fourth Ave., Suite 303 Seattle, WA 98121-2314 PHONE 206.728.8300 FAX 206.728.8301 CompuServe Account 76702, 1031 Express Systems BBS 206.728.8302 Internet express@halcyon.com America Online HDCTECH