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                 INSTALLING DATALENS FOR WINDOWS
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This document explains how to install DataLens® for Lotus Notes® and
1-2-3 for Windows. To use DataLens, you must be running 
Lotus Notes Release 3 and/or 1-2-3 Release 4 for Windows and 
Miscrosoft® Windows(tm) 3.0 or higher.


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INSTALLING DATALENS FOR WINDOWS
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1.  Insert the DataLens for Windows "Disk" into your disk drive.

    TIP    Copy the contents of the DataLens disk onto 
           your computer's hard disk, so you can easily install 
           additional drivers and reconfigure data sources later.

2.  In the Program Manager Select File Run, type A:SETUP and press 
    OK. The "DataLens for Windows Installation" dialog box appears.

    NOTE    Replace "A" with the letter that represents the appropriate 
            disk drive. If you copied the DataLens files to your hard 
            disk,use that letter instead; for example: 
            C:\DLENSKIT\SETUP.   

3.	Select "OK". The "DataLens for Windows product choice"
        dialog box appears.


4.      To use with Lotus Notes proceed to step 5.  To use with 1-2-3
        Release	4 for Windows Select "No" and the "Select DataLens 
	Drivers dialog box appears; skip to step 9.


5.     SELECT "YES". The "Type of Installation" dialog box appears.

6.	Select an  installation method:

        *  "Standard" -- Installs the complete DataLens software on 
           your computer.

        *  "Public" -- installs a public copy of the DataLens drivers 
           on a file server. If you choose this method, be sure to 
           tell users to select "Node" when installing DataLens, in 
           order to use the public DataLens drivers.

        *  "Node" -- Select this method if you want to use publicly 
           installed DataLens drivers.

           Before you use the Node installation, your Notes 
           administrator must install a Public copy of DataLens for 
           Windows on a file server that you can access. You'll 
           need to know the path to the DataLens files on that server.

    If you selected "Standard", the "Select DataLens Drivers" dialog 
    box appears; skip to step 9. 
    
    If you selected "Public" or "Node", the "Location of DataLens 
    files on server" dialog box appears; continue with step 7.

7.  Enter the path where the shared DataLens application files will
    be (or already are) stored on the Notes server.

    If you're performing a "Node" installation, you can get this 
    information from your Notes administrator. If you're performing
    a "Public" installation, you must assign a path now.

8.  Select "OK". The "Select DataLens Drivers" dialog box appears.

9.  Select one or more drivers to install.

    For a Standard or Node installation, check the total space used by 
    the drivers to make sure you'll have room for them on your hard 
    drive. Since several drivers share information, the total size of 
    the selected drivers may in fact be smaller than you'd expect; 
    however, the "Total Size of Selected Files" shown in the dialog box 
    is correct.

    For 1-2-3 Release 4 for Windows users the installation procedures 
    automatically updates the Lotus.bcf file.  The installation is complete.

    For a Public installation, all drivers are selected by default.

10.  Select "OK". The "Configure Data Source" dialog box appears.

11.  Select a driver from the "Drivers" list (this list shows you which 
    drivers have been installed).

12. Select "Add new source". The "Data Source" dialog box appears.

    NOTE    This dialog box looks slightly different for each driver, 
            because each driver requires different information for 
            configuring its data sources.

13. Enter the data source information required for the current driver. 

    Use this chart when filling in the dialog box:

    Dialog box option      Enter this information
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    Source name            The data source name. This name represents 
                           the location where the database tables are 
                           stored; you'll reference this name in the 
                           Notes formula that activates the DataLens 
                           driver.

                           The data source name can be up to 30 alpha-
                           numeric characters; it is case insensitive.
                           In the DATALENS.INI registration file or 
			   Lotus.bcf, the data source name appears 
			   enclosed in square brackets; 
		           for example: [PUBLISHERS].

                           Caution!
                           -  You cannot use the same data source name 
                              twice, even with different drivers.

                           -  The names "DataLens Drivers" and 
                              "DataLens Data Sources" are already in 
                              use by the DataLens software, so don't 
                              use them as data source names.

    Path to files          For dBASE IV® and Paradox®, the database 
                           tables are stored in a directory on the 
                           computer's hard drive. Enter the path to 
                           that directory.

                           For example, if your personnel tables are 
                           stored in a directory called EMPS, and this 
                           directory is stored below your dBASE IV
                           directory on drive C, the path is:
                           C:\DBASE\EMPS

    Server name            For SQL Server, enter the name of the SQL 
                           server by which the database will be 
                           accessed. Follow the SQL Server naming 
                           conventions.

    Database name          For INFORMIX®, IBM® Database Manager, 
                           ORACLE, and SQL Server, enter the name of 
                           the database containing the tables you want 
                           to access.

                           Follow the naming conventions for the DBMS 
                           you are using.

    Stored on network?     This option appears only when you're 
                           configuring a data source for the Paradox
                           driver. If the database tables will be 
                           accessed across a network, select "Yes"; 
                           Install then copies the "Path to files"
                           information into the "level2" registration 
                           entry for the database, to ensure that you 
                           can access the tables across the network.

14. To add more data sources, return to step 11. Otherwise, skip to 
    step 15.

15. Select "OK" to complete the installation.



  
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DOCUMENTATION
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Lotus Notes

Install also copies the "DataLens for Lotus Notes" database to 
the \DOC directory in your Notes data directory. 
"DataLens for Lotus Notes" is an online book; it explains:

*  How to install DataLens for Lotus Notes (for future reference)

*  How to install additional DataLens drivers

*  How to add, reconfigure, and delete data sources

*  How to use the Notes @DbColumn, @DbLookup, and @DbCommand functions 
   with DataLens

*  How to modify the DATALENS.INI registration file for each driver.

You can read "DataLens for Lotus Notes" in Notes (just add it to your
workspace and browse it like any other database. You can also print
the book; following the printing instructions in the database's 
"Using DataLens for Lotus Notes" document.

1-2-3 Release 4 for Windows

Also, in addition to your 1-2-3 Release 4 for Windows DataLens 
Drivers booklet we have installed a copy of the Ora123.txt a text file
with information on installing and using the ORACLE DataLens Driver.

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COPYRIGHT
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Under the copyright laws, neither the documentation nor the software 
may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any 
electronic medium or machine-readable form, in whole or in part, except 
in the manner described in the documentation.

Copyright 1993  Lotus Development Corporation
                55 Cambridge Parkway
                Cambridge, MA 02142

All rights reserved. Printed in the United States.

DataLens, Lotus, Lotus Notes, and 1-2-3 are registered trademarks of 
Lotus Development Corporation. dBASE IV, and Paradox are registered 
trademarks of Borland International, Inc. IBM, is a registered 
trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. INFORMIX is a 
registered trademark of Informix Software, Inc. Microsoft is a 
registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft 
Corporation. ORACLE, is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.