Copyright: Copyright (c) 1995 by Micrografx, Inc.
Citation: Copyright (c) 1995 by Micrografx, Inc.


Network installation overview

If you have a license to install Micrografx FlowCharter 7 on more than one client computer, there are two ways you can install FlowCharter 7 in your organization. You can distribute the FlowCharter 7 CD-ROM to each end user or you can install FlowCharter 7 on a network and have each end user install from there. The information in this file explains the second option.

Notes

Sample files that users need when using the tutorials are located on the CD-ROM in a directory called TUTORIAL.  Please copy these files to the network, notify the users of their location, and allow your users to copy them to their local drives.

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 FlowCharter 7 on a network

Support for long filenames on Novell 3.11


Installing FlowCharter 7 on a network

Installing FlowCharter 7 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 FlowCharter 7 software and from which client installations will be done.

2	Users install FlowCharter 7 by running Setup from the administrative installation point.

Notes

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.

Sample files that users need when using the tutorials are located on the CD-ROM in a directory called TUTORIAL.  Please copy these files to the network, notify the users of their location, and allow your users to copy them to their local drives.


Creating the administrative installation point


To install FlowCharter 7 on the administrative installation point

To install FlowCharter 7 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 FlowCharter 7 files from the CD to the administrative installation point. This consists of one primary folder which the Setup routine creates:

Note

Before running the administrative installation of FlowCharter 7, make sure:

Destination folders are empty. If a previous version of FlowCharter 7 exists, delete it all.

Folders are locked to network user access during administrative installation.

Virus detection software is disabled.


To install FlowCharter 7 on the administrative installation point


To install FlowCharter 7 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.

Notes

The organization name you enter will be used for all client installations of FlowCharter 7 from this network location.

When asked for the server and path for the shared programs folder, enter the name in the same way that users will specify it when installing FlowCharter 7.

Sample files that users need when using the tutorials are located on the CD-ROM in a directory called TUTORIAL.  Please copy these files to the network, notify the users of their location, and allow your users to copy them to their local drives.


To install FlowCharter 7 on the client computer


To install FlowCharter 7 on the client computer

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

2	Run Setup.exe.

Notes

When users run client Setup from this administrative installation point, the main FlowCharter 7 program files are left on the server and run remotely.

Setup will place approximately 12 MB of files in the user's \Micrografx  folder.

Users should have a read-only connection to the MGXSUITE folder on the server when they're running Setup and when they're running the programs 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.