RV32INSL.TXT	RptView32 (Report View) Installation Instructions
12/01/2000

WELCOME

RptView for Windows is a Report Viewer and Print system. 
RptView allow you to view, print, and extract
information from reports generated from other systems and stored
as ASCII files on your PC or network drives. Mainframe 
generated reports (IBM, UNIX) can be downloaded and processed. Reports 
generated from PC-based tools (such as dBase, Paradox) can also be 
printed to ASCII file and then accessed by RptView. 


DOCUMENTATION
RptView comes with a standard Window's Help file and a user's
manual. The user's manual is in Word 6 format and is found
in the file RV32MANL.DOC.


GENERAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

The original installation file that you received may be in either
the form of RVWxxxxx.EXE or RVWxxxxx.ZIP.  The EXE version is 
either a self-extracting zip file or install exe. 
The ZIP version requires that you use
PKUNZIP version 2.04 or newer. Create a directory on any drive,
copy the installation file to the directory and unzip the file.
Within the original archive file you will find an installation
file SETUPEX.EXE.


FILES

There are two sets of files that you need to deal with in the
installation process, runtime libraries and application libraries.
Each of these will be dealt with under the categories of Server,
Workstation and Mixed Installations.


INSTALLATION AND TESTING

1. Perform the initial unzip to a drive on a server or PC.
2. Run the program Setupex.exe to install the product.
3. When prompted for a directory to install to,
   if you currently have the 16-bit version, you may install into
   the same directory. No 16-bit files will be modified. In addition,
   the 32-bit version will copy settings from the 16-bit RPTVIEW.INI 
   to the 32-bit RPTVW32.INI.
3. Execute the RPTVW32.EXE to initially create the RPTVW32.INI file and
   other directorys and files.
4. Setup any necessary Windows Shortcuts on the Client PC's.
5. Review the Help system / Manual on customizing the RPTVW32.INI file.
   Some default settings have changed from the 16-bit version
   especially if you wish to read reports from ZIP archives.
6. Modify the INI file as appropriate.
7. Re-execute the RPTVW32.EXE to re-create application directories
   and files depending changes made in the RPTVW32.INI.


TRUETYPE FONTS
RptView includes two fonts named RPTVW and RPTVWPRT. They are TrueType, 
scalable-fixed fonts. When RptView is first started the default
font is Courier New, which is the font supplied with Windows.

The difference in these two fonts in basically in the width. If you use
RPTVWPRT as the print font you should be able to print a 132 column report
in portrait. Experiment with the fonts to see which you prefer for viewing
and printing.

To install RPTVW.TTF and RPTVWPRT.TTF go to Control Panel, Fonts and follow the
steps for installing a new font.

Edit the RPTVW32.INI and change the entry as follows

ViewFont=RptVw
PrntFont=RptVwPrt

Make sure these entries are spelled correctly. Windows will use a default
font if it cannot find the one requested.

The existing entries can be commented out as follows;

;ViewFont=Courier New
;PrntFont=Courier New


TRIAL PERIOD

Several report files are included in the SAMPLES subdirectoyr for you to 
get an initial feel for RptView. Please review the help file for 
instructions on how to use RptView.

If your copy is unregistered. The main window title will contain 
the word UNREGISTERED. Your trial period from initial installation will
last four months. Contact DREC Software if you need an extension.


STATUS OF THE PROGRAM
Shareware and freely distributable.


PROBLEMS WITH INSTALLATION OR QUESTIONS

Please contact DREC software thru on of the following methods.

        DREC Software
        1633 West A St
        Lincoln NE 68522-1259
        USA

        Email           DRECSFTWR@AOL.COM
        Phone Voice:    1-402-890-7760
                Fax:    1-402-477-7964

Please include Version number using when contacting DREC. (Found in
About Box under the Help Menu.)

