Quick Installation Guide For FFE

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Quick Installation Guide For FFE Windows
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Overview:
By using this guide, most users will be able to quickly install FFE for Windows via the Web. A separate troubleshooting guide is also available to assist with any problems.

Requirements:
FFE for Windows requires 30mb free disk space, 16 mb of RAM, and a 386 or greater processor to install. Either Windows 3.1, Windows NT, or Windows '95 can be used. A working copy of Netscape Navigator must be installed to access the Internet.

FFE for Windows will install easily on most machines. Installation is a two-step process consisting of downloading the installation program using Netscape Navigator, and then executing the downloaded program. Simply follow the instructions below. If the install program issues warnings, please write these down and either check the troubleshooting guide or send email to FFETECH@columbia.edu.

Notes:
Please quit all other applications before installing FFE.

Most users will need to run the install twice to properly configure ODBC drivers. If you get ODBC errors from the application and only ran the install once, run it again. It is not necessary to run it more than twice.

Please run the FFE Updater after completing the installation to bring FFE up to date. When the Reporting Module is updated, you will see a DOS box open up which may remain on the screen. (It will say 'Finished' in the right hand corner.) Click on the "close box" for this window and continue. This box will be setup to automatically close soon.

Installation Instructions:
Use Netscape Navigator to go to the FFE Distribution Page. The URL address for the page is currently http://www.ais.columbia.edu/ffe . Once there, select "Download FFE".

Click on the Download FFE for Windows Installation Package.

Click on the Download FFE for Windows (Production) link on the page shown. This will start the download of the FFE Installation program.

When the download starts, you may be asked how to handle the file. Select 'Save' so that the file will be saved to disk. If Netscape is already configured to load .EXE files, then it will perform this step automatically.

A Save File dialog box will appear so that you can tell Netscape where to store the installation file. You should store the file in the C:\ directory. Write down the location where you store it, because you will need to find it again.

Navigator will download the installation program to your hard drive (C:\). A message box will appear on the screen showing the progress of the download. The installation program is several megabytes long, and can take from a few seconds (on a fast connection with little traffic) to several minutes (on a slow or modem connection or if there is much traffic).

When Navigator has finished downloading the program, the download message box will disappear.

Quit Navigator and all other open applications.

Run the download (FFEWIN3X.EXE, FFEWIN95.EXE, or FFEWINNT.EXE) using the Run command on the Start Menu (in Windows '95 or NT) or the Run command in the Program Manager (in Windows 3.1).

FFE for Windows will install automatically. Please note any warnings or errors which appear.

After Installation and Rebooting:
An icon for FFE for Windows will be installed. Click on this icon to start FFE for Windows. FFE for Windows can also be run from the program group (in Windows 3.1), or the Start Menu (in Windows '95). If you are running Windows '95, you should create a shortcut to FFE for Windows on the desktop. Right click on the FFE for Windows icon and select 'Create Shortcut'. Drag this shortcut to the desktop.