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OfficeTalk Setup Program

The OfficeTalk Setup program is run automatically by the Windows 3.x Installation. Windows 9x/NT platforms should start the OfficeTalk Setup program by running Setup.exe from the Windows 9x/NT installation media.

Note: If you are installing a subsequent Windows 9.x platform in order to share the workgroup database then you should run Setup.exe from the Setup32 directory. This directory is created by the initial Windows 9.x installation in the directory specified in the Database page of the main OfficeTalk Setup wizard.

When you run Setup.exe the OfficeTalk Setup wizard is displayed. The first page of the wizard welcomes you to the OfficeTalk Setup program.

Pressing Next will display the License page. Read the terms of the license agreement. If you agree to the terms of the agreement, press Yes. If you do not agree, press No and the Setup program will close.

If Setup finds an existing previous version of OfficeTalk then Pressing Yes will display the Upgrade page. Otherwise the Database page is shown.

The Upgrade page lets you choose whether or not you will convert the old version 1.x OfficeTalk database to the new version 2.0 format. If you do not want to upgrade the database then select the Create New Database radio button. Otherwise, select the Upgrade v1.x database from .CMP file radio button.

Setup suggests where it expects to find the latest OfficeTalk version 1.x .CMP file. If your .CMP file is located in a different place then use the Browse button to locate the file and press Next.

The Database page lets you choose the location to which the workgroup database will be installed. This page is only displayed if this is the initial OfficeTalk installation.

Note: The directory that you specify must be a shared directory to which everyone has full access. Ideally, it should be a directory on a fast file server machine.

Specify the relevant directory either by typing into the field or by pressing the Browse… button and using the Select Directory dialog box to choose the destination directory. Press Next to show the Options page. This page lets you choose whether to perform a Standard, Minimum or Custom installation.

The Standard installation copies the program files and help files to your local machine. It also installs the OfficeTalk API component which allows you to extend the functionality of OfficeTalk using Visual Basic.

The Minimum installation does not copy any files to your local machine but instead runs OfficeTalk from the server machine. No additional components are installed.

If you select the Custom installation, pressing Next will show the Custom page which lets you choose which specific components to install.

You can choose whether or not to run OfficeTalk from the server or from the local machine by selecting the appropriate radio button. You can also choose which components to install from the check box list. You may choose from the following:

Component Description
OfficeTalk Executables This is a required component.
OfficeTalk Help files The help files.
OfficeTalk API The Application Programming Interface which lets you write separate programs which can access the OfficeTalk database. This component is only available to Windows 9.x platforms.
OfficeTalk Active Server Pages The Active Server Pages files which enable you to run a cut down version of OfficeTalk from a Web browser. This option is only available to Windows 9.x platforms.
cc:Mail/Notes Connectivity The components to allow you to send and receive mail to and from cc:Mail and Lotus Notes.
Exchange Connectivity The components to allow you to send and receive mail to and from Microsoft Exchange. This includes electronic forms to allow you to send meeting invitations and task assignments to Exchange users.
Make your selection and press Next. The next page shown is the Choose Destination Location page. This page is also shown after the Options page if you had chosen the Standard or Minimum installation option. This page lets you choose to which local directory you wish to install the OfficeTalk executables and other related files.

Press the Browse… button and use the Choose Folder dialog box to select the local directory to which OfficeTalk executables will be installed. If you chose to run the executables from the server, you must still specify a directory using this page, since Setup needs to know where to copy other local files such as the offline database directory and associated files.

If you selected the OfficeTalk Intranet ASP Pages component from the Custom page, then pressing Next will display the Choose ASP Destination page. This page lets you choose the directory to which the ASP files are copied. If Microsoft Information Server is installed on the machine, Setup will detect the root web directory and will suggest a directory called <WebRoot>/OfficeTalk.

Pressing Next will display the Select Program Folder page. You may use this page to specify the name of the program folder to which the program shortcut icons will be added. You may either select an existing program folder from the list or enter the name of a new program folder.

When you press Finish OfficeTalk will begin copying the files to your machine. If you are performing an initial installation (i.e. you ran Setup.exe from the installation media) then the file copying process will take a little longer since Setup must create the Setup32 or Setup16 directories containing the setup files for subsequent Windows 9.x or Windows 3.x platforms respectively.

Setup creates the OfficeTalk program and help icons and places them in the program folder that you chose.

When the installation is complete, Setup will inform you by displaying a message box.

If you elected to upgrade an old version 1.x database, then OfficeTalk will ask you to confirm that you wish to do this. Choose Yes. If you press No then you will have to re-run Setup if you wish to convert the database at a later time. Pressing Yes will run the database conversion program. This may take a long time depending upon the size of your version 1.x database. When the program completes you will be ready to run OfficeTalk.


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