Description of the revised network installation instructions (Network.wri) for Visio 2000 Standard Edition (258467)

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Visio® 2000 Standard Edition
Network Installation Instructions

Copyright© 1991 - 1999 Visio Corporation.  All rights reserved.
File version 6.0.0 Visio(R) 2000 Standard Edition US English version 
Network Installation Instructions

This file contains information about setting up and running Visio 2000 on a 
network. We recommend that you read this file and keep a printed copy with 
your Visio documentation. For other late-breaking information about 
installing and running Visio 2000, see the README.WRI file. For a list of 
all the files copied to your hard drive if you install the complete version 
of Visio 2000, see the FILELIST.WRI file.

CONTENTS

·   NETWORK LICENSING INFORMATION
·   OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR VISIO 2000
·   NETWORK SETUP OVERVIEW
·   PREPARING A WORKSTATION TO SET UP VISIO FOR SHARED USE
·   SETTING UP VISIO 2000 ON A NETWORK SERVER FOR SHARED USE
·   SETTING UP VISIO 2000 ON A NETWORK SERVER FOR LOCAL INSTALLATION TO 
    WORKSTATIONS
·   WORKSTATION SETUP - DETECTION OF READ-ONLY SYSTEM FILES IN A SHARED 
    WINDOWS DIRECTORY
·   DEFINING DEFAULT FILE PATHS FOR VISIO FILES
·   OPENING VISIO FILES ON A NETWORK
·   USING FILTERS WITH VISIO IN SHARED WINDOWS ENVIRONMENTS


NETWORK LICENSING INFORMATION

To run Visio on a network that gives more than one person access to the 
product, you need to acquire additional licenses either by purchasing 
additional retail packages of Visio or by purchasing license packs.

A license pack, which authorizes one additional user, includes a product 
license, a serialized registration card, and a documentation order form.


OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR VISIO 2000

To use Visio 2000 Standard Edition, you must be running one of the 
following 32-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems:
·   Microsoft Windows 95
·   Microsoft Windows 98
·   Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or later is required)

Service Packs for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT operating systems 
can be obtained from Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com). 

NOTE  To install Visio 2000 on a workstation running Windows NT 4.0, the 
user installing the product must have Administrator privileges for that 
workstation.

NOTE   Installation Path Length Limitation:  To ensure operation of the 
Visio 2000 Solutions the directory chosen for installation of Visio 2000 
Standard Edition must have a path name of less than 55 characters in 
length.

NETWORK SETUP OVERVIEW

Setting up Visio on a network is a two-step process: First, you install 
Visio on the network server; second, you set up individual workstations so 
they can run Visio from the server or from each workstation's hard disk.

NOTE Setting up Visio 2000 on a network server for shared use requires 
Windows NT 4.0 SP 3 or later. This procedure is not supported under Windows 
95 or Windows 98.

For details about setting up Visio on a network so that multiple 
workstations can use a shared copy from the server, see "SETTING UP VISIO 
2000 ON A NETWORK SERVER FOR SHARED USE" below. 

For details about setting up Visio files on a network server so that the 
program can be loaded onto the hard disks of individual workstations, see 
"SETTING UP VISIO 2000 ON A NETWORK SERVER FOR LOCAL INSTALLATION TO 
WORKSTATIONS" below.


PREPARING A WORKSTATION TO SET UP VISIO FOR SHARED USE 

The Visio 2000 setup program is based on the Microsoft Windows Installer 
(MSI) technology. MSI must be installed on the workstation you are using to 
set up Visio 2000 for shared use before starting the Visio 2000 setup 
program. If MSI is not installed on the workstation, or if you are in 
doubt, use the following procedure to install MSI:

1. Insert the Visio 2000 CD into your CD-ROM drive.

2. From the Start menu, choose Run.

3. Type d:\Install\bin\sp\MSI\WinNT\InstMSI, where d is the letter assigned 
   to your CD-ROM drive.

After installing MSI, complete the following procedure to install Visio 
2000.


SETTING UP VISIO 2000 ON A NETWORK SERVER FOR SHARED USE

To install Visio 2000 on a network server for shared use:

You must have write access to the network server to install Visio on the 
server.

NOTE  Do not run the Setup.exe file located in the root directory of the 
Visio CD for this procedure. This file is for single-user installations 
only, and will not install Visio correctly for shared use.

1. From a workstation running Windows NT 4.0, log on to the network and 
   connect to the drive where you want to install the Visio program.

2. Insert the Visio 2000 CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. From the Start menu, choose Run.

4. Type d:\Install\Setup /a where d is the letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive. 
   Setup prompts you for the location of your Visio installation. 

5. Type e:\visio, where e is the letter assigned to the network server and 
   Visio is the directory on the server where the Visio program files will 
   reside.

6. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Setup /a installs the Visio program files and creates the following 
subdirectory: Visio\Bin, for Visio product files.

To set up a workstation to run Visio from a network server:

1. On the workstation, from the Start menu, choose Run.
 
2. Type e:\Visio\setup, where e is the drive letter and \Visio is the 
   directory on the server where the Visio setup program resides.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen. 

The workstation setup does the following:
·   Installs or updates any Windows system and shared files required by Visio.
·   Adds Visio 2000 to the Start Menu.


SETTING UP VISIO 2000 ON A NETWORK SERVER FOR LOCAL INSTALLATION TO 
WORKSTATIONS

You can place Visio 2000 files on a network server by following the steps 
in the preceding section, "SETTING UP VISIO 2000 ON A NETWORK SERVER FOR 
SHARED USE." Then, users can connect to the directory and run the Setup 
program to install Visio on their workstations. 

To install Visio 2000 from a network server to a workstation

1. On the workstation, from the Start menu, choose Run.

2. Type f:\visio\setup where f is the drive letter and Visio is the 
   directory on the server where the Visio setup program resides.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.  

4. When Setup prompts you for an installation location, type c:\program 
   files\Visio, where c is the letter assigned to the workstation hard 
   drive and \program files\Visio is the directory on your workstation 
   where the Visio program will reside. 


DEFINING DEFAULT FILE PATHS FOR VISIO FILES

Users can define default file paths for Visio drawings, templates, add-ons, 
and filters. To specify these custom paths, choose Options... from the 
Visio Tools menu, then click the File Paths tab. File paths defined here 
are written into the user's registry under the 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Visio\Visio 2000 key. Click the Help button on 
the File Paths tab for more information.


OPENING VISIO FILES ON A NETWORK

Working with and opening Visio files on a network is essentially the same 
as on an individual workstation. On the network, however, you can make a 
drawing available to other users and allow them to make changes to the 
file. You can also protect the file from changes.

Keep the following issues in mind when using Visio on a network:

You can share stencil files so that multiple users can access them at once. 
However, when you share stencil files, it is important that users not open 
them in read/write mode. (When a Visio drawing file is opened in read/write 
mode, no other network user can access the file.)

By default, the read-only attribute is set for stencil files to prevent 
users from opening them in read/write mode. You can also set the network 
Visio directory to read-only to prevent users from opening the files in 
read/write mode.


USING FILTERS WITH VISIO IN SHARED WINDOWS ENVIRONMENTS

If you are using Visio 2000 in a shared Windows environment in which system 
files are write-protected, Visio 2000 cannot store custom filter settings. 
You will need to make changes to any filter defaults each time you use that 
filter - changes will not be retained from one use to the next.




Visio 2000 Standard Edition
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