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- LAN Support Center v3.01
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- READ.ME CONTENTS
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- Section 1. Licensing 7. Archive/Restore
- 2. Installation 8. Crystal Reports
- 3. Investigate (Launching) 9. Import/Export
- 4. TSR's 10. Node Address
- 5. Btrieve & Brequest 11. Disabling Message Box
- 6. Btrieve VAP/NLM 12. Trouble-Shooting
- 13. Product Enhancements
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- 1. LICENSING
- Licensing is on a per/HelpDesk user basis. Each simultaneous support
- person requires an individual user license of LAN Support Center (LSC).
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- 2. INSTALLATION
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- To install LAN Support Center, run the setup.exe from either File Run
- or File Manager in Windows. If you are installing on a Novell network,
- also make sure that you're using the current versions of IPX and NETX
- shells. Versions of IPX that are supported are v3.10 and NETX v3.26,
- v3.32 along with IPXODI v2.10 & 2.12 and LSL v2.01 & 2.05.
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- You may Install LSC on your local drive C: as well. The Install will
- default to C:\LSC.
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- You may also run LSC from your Local Drive without being logged into
- a network. First run the USEBTR.BAT file from the C:\LSC directory
- and then run Windows. You do not have to load the Local Btrieve
- everytime to do this. Running LSC will automatically load Btrieve for
- you.
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- BASIC INSTALL- Allows you to install with little input.
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- CUSTOM INSTALL- Allows you to Install with options.
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- UPGRADE INSTALL- Converts your old data from a previous version of LAN
- Support Center v2.02 into the new database for Windows.
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- CONVERSION INSTALL- Converts multiple LSC v2.02 database files into the
- directory where LSC v3.01 is currently installed. You must have v3.01
- of LSC already installed before running this install.
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- If you're upgrading from a previous version of LSC, make sure that you
- have enough disk space available before running the Install. When the
- conversion is in progress, Btrieve needs to create preimage files
- which use up disk space depending on the size of your database.
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- NOTE: Before you run the Upgrade Install you must first load the
- Brequest /D:17000 prior to running Windows and the Upgrade
- Install. You cannot open a DOS box from Windows and load
- Brequest, you must load it at the DOS prompt.
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- If you want to install LSC in a directory several directories deep,
- you must change to that directory before running the Install.
- For Example: change to the directory F:\APPS\WINAPPS\LSC before running
- the Install. Place the disk in drive A: or B: and type setup.
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- You may want to backup your old database files before you start the
- Install.
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- NOTE: Before running LSC.EXE you must first run USEBRQ.BAT if using
- Brequest in the F:\LSC directory, or USEBTR.BAT for Btrieve.
- You only have to do this once before running LSC. The default
- is already setup for running Brequest.exe because it runs faster
- than the client based Btrieve.exe.
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- 3. INVESTIGATE
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- To allow LSC to launch NETremote, Sitemeter, LAN Automatic Inventory
- or Fusion from Investigate, a search drive mapping should be made to
- where the application files reside on your network. Please refer to
- your Novell manuals for further information on setting up network
- search drives.
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- In order to get the Username: and Station Address: you must have a
- Ticket open at that time. Make sure that there is a Node I.D. filled
- in for that particular ticket.
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- 4. TERMINATE AND STAY RESIDENT PROGRAMS (TSR's)
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- We don't usually recommend that you run any other TSR's with LSC except
- for Btrieve or Brequest which normally take up 45k of RAM in
- conventional memory. You may use DOSKEY, SETVER, SMARTDRV, NAV and
- CCMAIL NOTIFY when using LSC.
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- 5. BTRIEVE AND BREQUEST
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- If you are using Btrieve client based version, we recommend using
- ver. 5.10a or later If you're using the Server Based version of
- Brequest, we recommend using v6.10a or v6.10c and that the Btrieve.nlm
- v6.10a is loaded on the server.
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- Suggestions for loading Btrieve or Brequest upon login:
- Create a batch file called BRQ.BAT (Brequest) or BTR.BAT (Btrieve).
- Then place the exit command on the last line in your lo4gin script
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- Example: EXIT "BRQ.BAT" Contents of Batch File: BRQ.BAT
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- Endbtrv
- Brequest /d:17000
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- It will execute BRQ.BAT when logging into the network automatically.
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- 6. BTRIEVE VAP/NLM
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- Versions of the VAP/NLM you should use are v6.10a or later. The latest
- version of the Btrieve.nlm is v6.10a and Bspxcom.nlm v6.10a. The latest
- version of the Btrieve.vap is v5.15.
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- 7. ARCHIVING/RESTORING TICKETS
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- To Archive tickets to a Local drive C: you must have the Client Based
- Btrieve loaded. Using Brequest, the server based btrieve will not allow
- you to archive or restore tickets from a Local drive.
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- 8. CRYSTAL REPORTS V2.0 PRO
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- We currently ship Crystal Reports v2.0 Pro with LAN Support Center in
- order for you to create your own custom reports using our .DDF files
- (Data Dictionary Files) that ship with LAN Support Center.
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- To print Queries along with a report, you must select the Print Option
- from the Crystal Reports Tool Bar. Generating a Report to the screen
- will NOT display the Query List for the specified report.
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- When generating a Report, the status of the report will display one
- more record to the total of Tickets selected. This is because there
- is a blank record included to the database which is used for Filtering
- criteria. You will not be able to see this blank record at anytime
- while you're adding or deleting tickets from the database.
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- 9. IMPORT/EXPORT UTILITY
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- The Import/Export utility allows you to import an ASCII text file into
- the LAN Support Center database. If you currently have an existing
- database and you wish to import the data into the LSC database, you
- must be able to export your data from your database to an ASCII file.
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- NOTE: The Local client based Btrieve or server based Brequest must
- be loaded in order to run the utility.
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- To Import the data for Tickets and Actions, you must rename your
- text fileto ITICKETS.TXT and IACTIONS.TXT so that the utility recognizes the
- text files to be imported.
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- To Export data from the utility for Tickets and Actions, select
- the fields that you want to include from the menu. Tickets and
- Actions will exported to an ASCII file format with the filenames of
- TICKETS.TXT AND ACTIONS.TXT.
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- Error messages will be logged into a text file called ERRORLOG.TXT which
- will describe the Ticket# and error message you recieved for an error
- when either Importing or Exporting database information.
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- 10. NODE ADDRESS
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- To populate the Node Address field, you will need to type in the user's
- Login Name in the First Name field. When you select the Node Address
- field, the first network address at the top of the pull down menu box
- will be the network address for the default fileserver you're logged into.
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- For multiple server attachments, you will have to exit to DOS and select
- the network drive for that server and type userlist /a to view the node
- address on that server. You can then Alt-Tab back into the LSC program
- screen and select the appropriate node address for that user starting at
- the top of the node address list.
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- 11. DISABLE MESSAGE BOX FOR UPDATING ACCOUNT INFORMATION
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- To disable the message box for updating the Account Information when
- changing or editing a new ticket without changing the Account ID
- information, Add the following line to you're LSC.INI file:
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- [Account]
- PromptAccountChange=NO
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- If you wish to enable the message so that it does update the Account ID,
- simply change "NO" to "YES" in the above entry. The default setting is
- set to YES.
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- 12. TROUBLE-SHOOTING
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- If you receive an error message that the Brequester or Btrieve is not
- loaded, check to see that you ran the USEBRQ.BAT file for running
- Brequest or the USEBTR.BAT file for the Local Client Based Btrieve.
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- If you receive an error message "Call to Undefined Dynalink" when
- running LSC with the VLM drivers on NetWare v3.12, make sure that you
- run the workstation install from NetWare v3.12 install diskettes which
- updates the Windows and DOS files.
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- When launching WLAI v3.0a or v3.1 from the Investigate using the server
- based Brequest, you must create an NWUTIL.INI file using any editor and
- copy it to your Windows directory. Include the following line in the
- NWUTIL.INI file:
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- [Brequest]
- Enabled=YES
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- Otherwise you will receive an error message from WLAI "Cannot Initialize
- Local Btrieve" or "Brequester not running".
- When "NO" is chosen, the Investigate will attempt to launch WLAI with
- the Local Based Btrieve.
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- Be sure that you run the USEBTR.BAT file in the WLAI directory if you're
- running the Local Based Btrieve, and USEBRQ.BAT for using the Server
- Based Brequest.
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- When applying a Query for a Report, be sure not to use any "" quotes.
- It will return an error " Error In Formula" from Crystal Reports.
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- In order to launch the Sitemeter Administration from the Investigate,
- you must have a search path mapped to the SiteMeter v4.0 directory.
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- When using the Local Based Btrieve for running SiteMeter Reports, you
- must include the following line to your WIN.INI file.
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- For Example: [Btrieve]
- Options=/p:3072 /f:22 /t:Btr.trn /e
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- 13. PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS
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- The time required for a user to print a report on a single ticket has
- been enhanced in response to user requests.
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- The time delay for opening a new or existing ticket has been been
- enhanced in response to user requests.
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- When using a high resolution monitor, the Ticket Window is now sized more
- appropriately.
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- Customer Service Department
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- Send written comments to:
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- McAfee Associates, Inc.
- 766 Shrewsbury Ave
- Building #2
- Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
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- FAX# (908)576-8867
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- or by Internet: Customer_Service@Brightwork.com
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- or by Compuserve: Mail Box: 73500,1415
- Forum: GO MCAFEE
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- or call the Technical Support line: (908)530-9650
- from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon. thru Fri. Eastern Time
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