Readme Text File

What is VIZION

1.2 Enhancements

System Features

System Requirements

Internet Requirements

Installation Instructions

FAQ's



What is VIZION

VIZION was designed by information automation software specialists 
at SIRSI, addressing two major problems for online users. First, how
to help new users get a smooth, unintimidating start on the Internet 
and secondly, how to store destinations using a more flexible, 
personally designed tracking system. VIZION automates the connection 
process, freeing the user to concentrate on where to go. VIZION 
lets you do all your information sorting and searching while 
off-line: connect only when you know you have the right site. 
VIZION offers a common graphical front end to Web, Telnet, FTP, 
Gopher and BBSs sites. 



VIZION provides personal research power to users who are already 
directly connected to the Internet. It operates under Microsoft 
Windows 3.1. 



1.2 Enhancements

We kept the best of VIZION 1.1 and added what our users asked for: 

*Enhanced Netscape interface via DDE

*Autocapture of Netscape accessed destinations from both Explorer 
 and Portfolio.

*Unique new destination delivery system allowing you to select 
 from an extensive list based on your favorite subjects in 
 areas of business, recreation, education and more. 

*Redesign of user interface, including the main VIZION window, 
 folio, and data entry screens.

*New graphics for your icons, utilizing an extended color 
 palate, for marking your favorite hot spots in Portfolio. 



System Requirements

* PC/386 Processor or higher
* MS DOS 3.1 or higher
* Windows 3.1 
* 8MB RAM
* 5MB hard disk space
* Winsock.dll
* An Internet Connection


Installations Instructions

Installing VIZION is easy. After determining the Setup parameters 
listed above, do the following:

I.  If Installing From Floppy Disks:

	1. Start Windows. 

	2. Insert disk 1 into your floppy drive.

	3. Choose Run from the File menu in the Program Manager.

	4. In the text box, type A:setup (or B:setup if the disk is in 
	   drive B).


II. If Installing from a .ZIP file:

	1. Copy the VIZION.ZIP file into an empty temporary directory,
           for example VIZTMP.  Do not use VIZION as the 
           temporary directory name.

	2. Open a DOS window, change to the temporary directory and
           unzip the file using your favorite unzip utility.

	3. Choose Run from the File menu in the Program Manager.

	4. In the text box, type C:\VIZTMP\setup.exe, where 
	   C:\VIZTMP is the name of the drive and temporary directory 
	   into which you unzipped the file.

	5. Click OK, or press Enter. 

	6. Follow the on screen prompts to accept the terms of the 
	   license agreement and continue.

	You will be prompted for the installation location. You can 
	accept the default directory name C:\VIZION or you can 
	rename the directory.

	7. Choose a directory and click OK to continue.

	VIZION will begin to copy the files. 

	8. If installing from floppies Insert disk 2 when prompted, 
	   and click OK.

	After the VIZION  files have been copied to your hard drive, you 
	will be prompted to decide if you want VIZION  to create an icon. 

	9. Click Yes.

	10. If Yes, then you will be prompted to accept the default 
	    Program Group, "SIRSI Applications." You can instead 
	    rename the group or enter the name of an existing 
	    Program Group. 

	The VIZION icon will automatically appear in the Program Group you 
	specified during installation.

	Note: If you click No, choosing not to create a VIZION icon, 
	you will have to choose Run from the File menu in the Program 
	Manager and type: 

	    C:\VIZION\VIZION.EXE 

	in the text box each time you want to execute VIZION. This 
	will remain true until you create an icon.

        11. After VIZION is successfully installed, you can remove
            VIZION.ZIP and all of the files created when it was
            unzipped.

	12. Double Click on the VIZION Icon to start VIZION.

Connections with VIZION

Connections are made via the Internet.  When accessing a home 
page on the World Wide Web, VIZION launches the appropriate 
Web Browser client and provides the universal resource locator 
(URL). For FTP files, VIZION will launch an FTP client.  


Using your existing Internet client software

You may already have Internet client software installed on your 
computer: programs such as NCSA's Mosaic, or a gopher client. 
VIZION  is designed to work with your existing clients. Clients 
are added by clicking on the Client Manager and completing the 
Add Client information fields. 

An FTP Internet client, WinFTP, is provided with VIZION. WinFTP can 
be used to download Internet client software and other software from 
the Internet. 

Note: SIRSI does not provide support for WinFTP. Should you 
have any questions or comments, please refer to the "About" menu 
choice on the WinFTP menu bar.

About Winsock 

The Internet, as well as many Local Area Networks, uses a 
communication protocol known as TCP/IP. Windows Sockets, 
or Winsock, is software for Microsoft Windows that allows 
programs to communicate using the TCP/IP protocol.

Downloading Winsock

There is a popular shareware Winsock, called Trumpet Winsock. 
It is available via anonymous FTP from the following sources. 
You will need a program such as "pkunzip" to decompress the 
files you retrieve.

	host:           ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
	directory:      /Web/Mosaic/Windows/Sockets
	files:          disclaim.txt, winsock.zip

	host:           ftp.utas.edu.au
	directory:      /pc/trumpet/winsock
	files:          retrieve and refer to "readme" files

	host:           ftp.trumpet.com.au
	directory:      winsock
	files:          retrieve and refer to "readme" files



Frequently Asked Questions 

Q: Telnet and other clients won't work

A: Make sure the network is up and running. If so, go into the 
   Preferences menu and press Selected Setup, then choose 
   Yes for Winsock.dll.  Now try again.

Q: How do I add icons?

A: The icon bit-mapped files (.bmp) can be placed directly into 
   the "Icons" director, but must be 64x64 pixels and be 
   Windows compatible. The icon name is the bit-map file 
   name (i.e. name.bmp).  For more information refer to page 21.

Q: One of my clients starts up, but doesn't automatically load the 
   destination.

A: First check the command line information in the Client 
   Manager. If this isn't the problem, then it is likely that 
   your client does not support command line navigation. We 
   recommend that you use a client that does. Many are available 
   from the Internet, including Mosaic and Netscape.

Q: How do I change a destination's Source?

A: The Source is used for database control, and can only be changed 
   by SIRSI. The Enterprise Source is designed for Universities or 
   other organizations to be able to restrict the use of the 
   databases to VIZION destinations plus additional destinations 
   they will call Enterprise sources.

Q: VIZION doesn't find my Winsock.dll file. 

A: First make sure that there is an existing TCP/IP protocol on 
   your computer (to ensure that it is a working copy of Winsock). 
   If so, then make sure the directory containing winsock.dll is 
   included in the path in your autoexec.bat file.  VIZION looks 
   for it there. Remember that the normal DOS path is limited 
   to 128 characters. 

