ARCHIVE 7.4 RELEASE FOR FACTS 7.4  (01-13-2004)

Print out and read the entire contents of this file before proceeding. 

Aperum includes Archive on all installations CD's. If for some reason you
downloaded from our web site or requested a diskette then start with section 1. 
Otherwise goto section 2. 
					      
1. Program and data files for diskette and Web downloads.  

WINDOWS-NT New Installs: Copy the contents of the diskette into your
FACTS home directory. Run the arc74.exe and it will create the
necessary directories. (Note-When you run arc74.exe it will ask you
which directory to extract the files to and defaults to c:\windows\temp.
Change this to your facts home directory, ie. "ssi74" if you want it to
automatically place these files in the correct locations.)

WINDOWS-WIN2000 Upgrades: Copy the contents of the diskette into a temp
directory. Run the arc73.exe. Copy the programs from the temp
directory into your ...prog/AC directory.  Copy the data files into 
data/AC directory. EXCEPTION: DO NOT COPY ACCNTL and ACINDX

UNIX/AIX New Installs: Change directory to your FACTS home directory.
Issue a tar command to copy the "arc74.tar" file from diskette to your 
FACTS home directory.  IE. # tar xvf /dev/fd0
Then issue a tar command to extract the contents of the "arc74.tar"
file.  IE.  # tar -xvf arc74.tar

UNIX/AIX Upgrades: Extract the contents into a temp directory. Copy 
the ARCHIVE programs into your .../prog/AC directory.  Copy all data files
except for ACCNTL and ACINDX data/AC directory. 


2. FACTS Installation - All Systems. 

Login to FACTS completely. From a Menu get to a PVX prompt.  run "prog/AC/ACNSTALL"
Follow the directions.  NOTE: See the supplemental instructions below for WINDOWS/WIN2000 upgrades before running this step. 

You will be prompted to setup Archive Control parameters during the installation.
Have your DDS authorizaton information ready. 

Important Note: Don't use the same library directories on multiple 
company systems. IE Company 01 library 1 would reside in:
../ssi73/ac01/lib1. And so on for each company/library. The bottom line is that
each company's archives must be in seperate directories. 

ARCHIVE DEMO MODE: If you wish to run Archive in demo mode for 
evaluation purposes, type in "ARCHIVE DEMO" as your authorization
code. (Two words with a space and no quotes). You will be able to
make up to five Archive files.  

Setup AC Control for company 01 and then manually enter control records for other companies.
Run ACNSTALL only one time. 

If the installation is succesful then when you return to a menu Archive
will be ready for use. 

3. Supplemental instructions:

WINDOWS-WIN2000 Upgrades From 6.6 and 6.7: Archive 7.4 utilizes long file names for the naming of Archive files. IE RC000099 will now be ARC000099.  The 
installation program, "ACNSTALL" will perform this conversion on 
your system if it can find the library directories.  Check the library
setup in AC Control before running the upgrade. Be sure they are fully
pathed.  Also add any drive designators if your FACTS home directory
is on a different drive from the Archive libraries. 

For new users the files: ACCNTL and ACINDX are in a PVX compatible 
format. For upgrades from level 6.6, these two files will need to be
converted using the PVX conversion utility.

For level 6.6 users of ARCHIVE: The merge files are no longer needed. 
APERUM has included our old "hooks" in the standard code.  If you have 
ARCHIVE related problems with any SSI programs you can call DDS and we
can determine how best to handle the situation. 


4. What's New in 7.4

The following features are in the new level for Facts 7.4

I. Major Enhancements

	1. Added descending keys to ACINDX. Modifed the GUI search to load most
	   recent Archives in reverse order (new to old).
	
	2. Streamlined Archive viewer for viewing and printing form prints. Prompt
	   for form depth is no longer needed for statements, pick tickets, invoices
	   and purchese orders. 

	3. Added an option to the GUI viewer to use Wordpad.
	   
	   Wordpad Setup - Uses a link file, "PWP" and driver "wordpad.arc". The driver
	   is included.Here are the steps required to set up. 
	   
	   A. On each client PC you will need to test for the location of the wordpad.exe 	      	      file and be sure that it's directory is a part of the 'path' environment                     variable. For example: In XP Wordpad is in: 
		"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe"
              Add this directory to the path environment variable by going to Start, Control               Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System, Advanced, Environmental Variables.               Or if you prfer move or copy the worpdad.exe file into a valid directory such                as "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32"
	   B. Create the link file PWP by using the PVX utilites. Answer the prompts as...
	      Link Name: link/PWP
	      File/Device: nul (Windows) or /dev/null (Unix)
	      Type: Printer
	      Terminal Aux. Port: NO
	      Driver: WORDPAD.ARC   
	   C. Load the driver, "WORDPAD.ARC" and edit lines 30,31 and 32 as needed for
	      the proper configuration for your system. 
	

	4. Expanded the library length from 20 to 50 characters. 

II Minor Enhancements
	
	1. Backup and Restore - Added a warning message about the removal of archives
	   during backup. Corrected bugs regarding invalid Archive name in ACINDX

	2. Expanded user ID in GUI search

	3. Corrected several cosmetic issue in GUI panels. 

	5. Added revision level to GUI view/search ABOUT panel. 

	 
5. Possible Problems

Configuration - Archive 7.4 is configured to work on WINDOWS/WIN2k and 
UNIX/AIX/Linux systems running PVX 5.1x.  PC's running WINDX 5.1x. We assume
that the PVX directory resides under the FACTS home directory. If your PVX is 
somewhere else, you will need to move the Archive printer driver: "arc.printer"
from the pvx/lib/_dev under your FACTS home directory to its proper place. 
Archive may run on other platforms or configurations, but has not been tested or
designed to do so.

If the SMFLUP update portion is not completed automatically then proceed
manually by:
	1. Copy SMFLUP.AC to SMFLUP     
	2. Run MERGE SMFLUP from the UT menu. 

6. Support

Problems or questions? 

If you are an end user, call your authorized FACTS Software Solution Partner.  

If you are an authorized FACTS Software Solution Partner needing technical
Support, call E&A Support at 336-272-1241 or e-mail support@designeddata.com. 


7. E&A/DDS Web Site. 

Visit our web sites to download update information, documentation and demo
versions of ARCHIVE. Call 336-272-1241 for login and password instructions. 

www.designeddata.com or www.earnestassoc.com