================================== Installing WinSPIRS v2.1 ================================== The following is a guide to downloading and installing WinSPIRS v2.1. Once you have installed WinSPIRS, we recommend that you review the Release Notes that come with the software. This file contains the following: 1. Retrieving the WinSPIRS 2.1 Software 2. Installing WinSPIRS 2.1 3. Adding the French, German, Spanish Language Interfaces 4. Retrieving the WinSPIRS 2.1 User's Manual 5. Contacting SilverPlatter 1. Retrieving the WinSPIRS 2.1 Software --------------------------------------- To install WinSPIRS 2.1, download the win21.exe from the SilverPlatter FTP site: ftp://ftp.silverplatter.com/software/winspirs2.1/ You can also download this file via the SilverPlatter web site: http://www.silverplatter.com From this site, follow the links to the WinSPIRS software directory. To download the software from the SilverPlatter FTP site: 1. Log on to your Internet account. 2. At the Internet prompt, type open ftp.silverplatter.com or use the following IP address: open 192.80.71.12 3. When prompted for a user name, type anonymous 4. When asked for a password, type your full electronic mail address (for example, jdoe@test.com). 5. Type "cd software/winspirs2.1" to go to the sub-directory that contains the software to download. 6. Download win21.exe for the WinSPIRS 2.1 self-extracting file. 2. Installing WinSPIRS 2.1 -------------------------- Copy the win21.exe file to a temporary directory and run the file (in Windows 95, click Start on the Taskbar, click Run, and type the directory and filename) to begin the installation. Then follow the instructions on your screen to install the WinSPIRS basic version. Note: Before you install WinSPIRS you should close all other applications to avoid conflicts installing shared files. In this version of WinSPIRS, new versions of ctl3dv2.dll and cmdialog.vbx are included. During installation you can confirm the replacement of an older versions of the file. Older versions are saved as backup. If you get problems with shared files on installing, reboot and make sure that Windows Startup doesn't start any other Windows applications. 3. Adding the French, German, Spanish Language Interfaces --------------------------------------------------------- The WinSPIRS interface is available in French, German and Spanish. To install any of these languages: 1. Install the basic WinSPIRS (See Chapter 1 of the WinSPIRS User's Manual). 2. Locate the appropriate language files. From the SilverPlatter FTP site, go to the WinSPIRS 2.1 directory; ftp://ftp.silverplatter.com/software/winspirs2.1/ and download these files: * german.z - for the German language interface. * french.z - for the French language interface. * spanish.z - for the Spanish language interface. 3. Copy the files for the languages you want to install to: ..\winspirs\language 4. Run the Add Language program: * Double-click the Add Language icon in the WinSPIRS program group or * Change to the ..\winpsirs\language directory and run setup.exe 5. Follow the screen instructions. At the Choose Components screen, make sure that the language interfaces you want to add are checked. Once you have added languages as described above, you can set the default language for WinSPIRS. In the Reconfiguration program, open the Workstation Options dialog. Near the bottom is the Language prompt where you can choose the language you want to be the default. 4. Retrieving the WinSPIRS 2.1 User's Manual -------------------------------------------- You can download a .pdf version of the WinSPIRS User's Manual from this directory: ftp://ftp.silverplatter.com/documentation You can also find this directory via the SilverPlatter web site: http://www.silverplatter.com Follow the links to the documentation directory. To be able to view and print this document, you will need to download the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader. The Reader is available at no charge from this web site: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html 5. Contacting SilverPlatter =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= For further assistance contact SilverPlatter's Technical Support Department. SilverPlatter Information, Inc. SilverPlatter Information, Ltd. 100 River Ridge Drive 10 Barley Mow Passage Norwood, MA 02062 Chiswick, London W4 4PH Phone: 800-343-0064 (US/Canada) Phone: 0800-262-096 (UK) 617-769-2599 +44-181-995-8242 Fax: 617-769-8763 Fax: +44-181-995-5159 Internet: info@silverplatter.com or support@silverplatter.com Web site: http://www.silverplatter.com