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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON NETWORK INSTALLATION
The Writer's Workshop Setup program contains everything you need to
initialize the Writer's Workshop. The Setup program installs files in
several locations:
MACINTOSH:
- System Folder:Preferences:EoWWW Preferences (contains setup information
needed by Writer's Workshop)
- Writer's Workshop 1 or Writer's Workshop 2 (contains the main program
files)
- WWnet1 or WWnet2 (contains the network files)
WINDOWS:
- WW1 or WW2 (contains the main program files)
- WWnet1 or WWnet2 (contains the network files)
During installation, you will be prompted to identify both the network
fileserver and a folder on that server for the Writer's Workshop network
files.
1. FOR MACINTOSH: Click the pull-down at the lower left corner of the Setup
dialogue box and drag to select "Select Folder".
FOR WINDOWS: You will be prompted to type in the path to the network
folder. It may be necessary to click NETWORK to locate the server.
2. Select the parent directory (i.e. the directory that contains the WWnet1
or
WWnet2 directory); then click SELECT or OK. (Note: Do not select the WWnet1
or WWnet2 directory itself; this will create another WWnet1 or WWnet2
directory inside it.)
The Installer will copy the necessary files to this location and write this
information into the EOWWW Preferences folder. This is a new installation,
and you are specifying the "parent" folder for the WWNET folder.
Technical Note for Macintosh: If this pointer to the WWNET folder is
damaged or lost, you can re-install, or you can create this pointer
yourself. This pointer can be found in the EOWWW Prefs folder (in your
Preferences folder)--it is an alias named "workshop 1 alias" or "workshop 2
alias." If you need to, you can open your fileserver, make an alias to the
folder that contains the WWnet1 or WWnet2 folder, and put it into your
EOWWW Prefs folder, renaming it to "workshop 1 alias" or "workshop 2
alias"-- this is exactly what the Installer does.
Technical Note for Windows: The EOWWW.INI file is created during
installation, and checked whenever the program runs. If this .INI file is
damaged or lost, you can re-install, or you can recreate it yourself. This
file is in the same directory as the Writer's Workshop program; you can
double-click on it from the File Manager to use the Windows Notepad program
to edit the file. The .INI file contains one section, which has two paths.
The "NET" line tells the program where to find the WWNET directory. The
"CD" line locates QuickTime movies and other graphics files more
efficiently. The program will eventually find the right drive letter if
this line is missing (and if the CD is actually inserted in an available
drive), but it begins its search for a valid CD at this location. Here is
an example of an EOWWW.INI file:
[PATH]
NET=F:\ENGLISH\WWNET1
CD=D:
If you install Writer's Workshop on student workstations while attached to
the fileserver as an Administrator, the student's Alias file will connect
subsequent users as Administrators, too. To avoid this problem, install
network items first, while you're attached to your fileserver as an
Administrator; then reattach to the fileserver as a normal, day-to-day
user, and continue installing Workstation elements. This way, the alias to
the server will contain the proper AppleShare information.
One additional way to improve network security is to mount the server at
program launch and unmount it upon quitting the program. Since students
need network permissions to these files only while running the program, you
can use DOS Batch files or Macintosh Applescripts to mount the server with
full permissions at program launch, and to unmount the server or reduce
permissions when the program is quit.
For Windows, the uninstaller can be a handy utility as you experiment with
your installation options; however, you may want to delete the "UnInstall"
program item from each student workstation so that students cannot delete
their programs.