Copyright: Copyright © 1995 by Micrografx, Inc.
Citation: Copyright © 1995 by Micrografx, Inc.


Introduction
Network installation overview

If you have a license to install Micrografx ABC Graphics Suite on more than one client computer, there are two ways you can install ABC Graphics Suite in your organization. You can distribute the ABC Graphics Suite CD-ROM to each end user or you can install ABC Graphics Suite on a network and have each end user install from there. The information in this file explains the second option.

Note

When performing an uninstall on a client, TrueType fonts remain in the font list in Windows memory. To update the font list in memory, restart Windows.


Installing ABC Graphics Suite on a network

Support for long filenames on Novell 3.11


Installing ABC Graphics Suite on a network

Installing ABC Graphics Suite over the network is a two-step process:

1	The administrator creates the administrative installation point by running Setup and creating the set of folders which will hold all the ABC Graphics Suite software and from which client installations will be done.

2	Users install ABC Graphics Suite by running Setup from the administrative installation point.

Note

The same Setup.exe is used for each of these steps, although with two different scripts. To avoid confusion, these two scripts will be referred to as follows:

Administrative Setup--To create the administrative installation point, you run Setup.exe from the physical media.

Client Setup--To perform a client installation, a user runs Setup.exe from the administrative installation point.


Creating the administrative installation point


To install ABC Graphics Suite on the administrative installation point

To install ABC Graphics Suite on the client computer


Creating the administrative installation point

You need to run administrative Setup under Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 (or later), or Windows NT Advanced Server 3.51 (or later).

There must be at least 90 MB of disk space at the administrative installation point, and the administrator must have read, write, delete, and create permission to this location. Users need read access.

Using the administrative mode of Setup, you need to install all the ABC Graphics Suite files from the CD to the administrative installation point. This consists of one primary folder which the Setup routine creates:

MGXSUITE--The main ABC Graphics Suite Application files, Picture Publisher, Designer and ABC Flowcharter will be installed in this folder.

Note

Before running the administrative installation of ABC Graphics Suite, make sure:

Destination folders are empty. If a previous version of ABC Graphics Suite exists, delete it all.

Folders are locked to network user access during administrative installation.

Virus detection software is disabled.


To install ABC Graphics Suite on the administrative installation point


To install ABC Graphics Suite on the administrative installation point

1	Run Setup.exe from the CD. You must run Setup.exe from a workstation with write access to the server, not directly on the server itself.

2	Follow the instructions on screen. When prompted for user name, enter the user name "Network" (without quotation marks) to start an administrative point install. Setup copies all files from the CD to the administrative installation point.

3	After the installation is complete, share the folder (\MGXSUITE) on the network.

Note

The organization name you enter will be used for all client installations of ABC Graphics Suite from this network location.

When asked for the server and path for the shared applications folder, enter the name in the same way that users will specify it when installing ABC Graphics Suite.


To install ABC Graphics Suite on the client computer


To install ABC Graphics Suite on the client computer

1	Connect to the main ABC Graphics Suite folder on the administrative installation point (\MGXSUITE).

2	Run Setup.exe.

Note

When users run client Setup from this administrative installation point, the main ABC Graphics Suite application files are left on the server and run remotely.

Setup will place approximately 12 MB of files in the user's main ABC Graphics Suite folder.

Users should have a read-only connection to the server ABC Graphics Suite folder when they're running Setup and when they're running the applications after a Client installation.


Support for long filenames on Novell 3.11

There is a patch available from Novell to handle long filenames. You can find it in a file called os2ptch.nam which replaces the standard Novell 3.11 file os2.nam. This file is available from your Novell distributor.

Once this patch is installed on the Novell 3.11 server, make sure the long filename feature of Windows 95 is turned on by setting the following entry in the Windows 95 system.ini file:

[nwredir]

SupportLFN=2

You must restart Windows 95 for the changes to take effect.