26 March 2001

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QUIKdata 2.0 for Windows 2000
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QUIKdata enables ERL 2.x and ERL 4.x customers to electronically transfer
SilverPlatter databases and license sheets to their site via the Internet.
The QUIKdata software consists of a small collection of Perl scripts,
executables, and shell scripts that you install and run directly from your
ERL server machine.

Some changes to the quikdata.pl file were necessary in order to run QUIKdata
for Windows 2000. It is important that you replace the quikdata.pl file that
is located in the directory where QUIKdata was installed with the quikdata.pl
file that you transferred from the ftp site. Detailed instructions for 
download and installation follow.

For all other information, please refer to the Release Notes (relnotes.txt).

1. Downloading the QUIKdata Software
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The QUIKdata software is available as a self-extracting file from SilverPlatter's
FTP site. For Windows 2000, an InstallShield based self-extracting installation
program is provided.

Each self-extracting file contains the following components:

 * Perl 5.004 - automatically installed in the /sproot/perl directory.

 * libwww 5.36 and related libraries - automatically installed under the
   ${QD_ROOT}/perl5 directory.

 * gunzip, diskfree - automatically installed in the ${QD_ROOT}/bin
   directory.

 * QUIKdata.pl - This script is the main component of the QUIKdata process.
   It is automatically installed in the ${QD_ROOT}/perlscripts directory.
   This file must be replaced with the quikdata.pl file that is on 
   SilverPlatter's FTP site (in the /software/quikdata/win2000 directory).

 * QUIKdata.sh - In a Unix environment, this shell script sets the QUIKdata
   environment and runs the main script (QUIKdata.pl). It is automatically
   installed in the ${QD_ROOT}/perlscripts directory.

 * QUIKdata.cmd - In an NT environment, this shell script sets the QUIKdata
   environment and runs the main script (QUIKdata.pl). It is automatically
   installed in the ${QD_ROOT}/perlscripts directory.

 * An empty ${QD_ROOT}/filelists directory - This directory will hold all
   the file lists of downloaded database volumes.

 * An empty ${QD_ROOT}/licsheets directory - This directory will hold all
   downloaded database license sheets.

 * An empty ${QD_ROOT}/log directory - This directory will hold all
   log files for the latest QUIKdata run.

To Download the QUIKdata Software:

1. Go to SilverPlatter's FTP site and change to the software/quidkata/win2000
   directory

2. Set the transfer mode to "binary" (using the "bin" command)
   and download the qd2.exe and quikdata.pl file to any directory on
   your ERL server.

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2. Installing the QUIKdata Software in a Windows 2000 environment.
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To install the QUIKdata software:

1. Login to your ERL server as user "Administrator".

2. Run the installation program. For example, type:

      .\qd2

3. Navigating the installation program is done using the Next and Back
   buttons on the installation program window.  Press Next to go to the
   License Agreement screen.  Press Yes to agree to the license and
   continue with the installation process.

4. If you accept the license agreement, the program presents a series of
   dialog windows prompting for the following information:

     A. The directory to install QUIKdata in (defaults to
	c:\Program Files\SilverPlatter Information\QUIKdata).

     B. Your ERL server ID.

     C. The directory where ERL is installed on the system  This is also
        referred to as sproot.

     D. The directory where volumes will be automatically downloaded
        (defaults to \temp\QUIKdata\download).

     E. The e-mail address to receive the results of QUIKdata transactions.

     F. The hostname of the e-mail server used to send outgoing
        messages.

     G. The e-mail address to use as the return address for all e-mail
        sent by the QUIKdata program.

   The information you enter is stored in a file named QUIKdata.cfg in the
   perlscripts directory in the install directory specified in step A. You
   can edit this file at any time after installation to change the QUIKdata
   configuration.

5. After entering the configuration information described in step 4,
   the installation program builds the QUIKdata.cfg file and then
   prompts that the installation is completed.

6. Replace the quikdata.pl file that is located in the directory where QUIKdata
   was installed with the quikdata.pl file that you transferred from the ftp site.