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                                 LOCKER v1.75 Demo 

  Thank you for Trying LOCKER v1.75 for DOS & WINDOWS. Please
  notify us if you encounter any problems with LOCKER. 

  You are allowed to use this DEMO of LOCKER for 30 days. After 30 days
  you should either purchase LOCKER or STOP USING the DEMO.
  You are allowed to give/distribute this demo to anyone ONLY IF it
  is given with this documentation and is FREE.

  We are interested in what you think about LOCKER -
  what additional feature you would like to see, what you don't like about it,
  and what you do like about it. Depending on what feedback I
  receive, additional features may be added !

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:
	1.1 What is Locker
	1.2 Requirements

Chapter 2:
 	2.1 Upgrading
	2.2 New Installation

Chapter 3:
	3.1 Screen layout and commands
	3.2 Installing metering on software
	3.3 Changing metering limits on software
	3.4 Removing metering from software
	3.5 Metering applications which reside on local drives

Chapter 4:
	4.1 Common Mistakes & Problems
	4.2 What not to do

	

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 What is LOCKER

LOCKER is a program which meters software on a network. It controls the
number of users that may run a DOS or WINDOWS executable (*.COM & *.EXE files)
concurrently. You can also meter software which resides on a local hard disk,
in this case the user will only be able to run the program when they are logged
in to the network.

LOCKER is run from a console from which you can:
Add metering to a program,
Change the metering limit on a program,
Remove the metering from a program,
See the number of active users for a program,
See what the peak number of users was for a program,
See the number of times a user had to wait to run a program
See the number of times a user canceled out of waiting for a program to
    be available.

You should check the licensing agreement for the software that you are installing 
metering on, some licensing requires that you own a copy of the software for each
person who may use the software. LOCKER is NOT a substitute for purchasing the
legal number of copies required.

LOCKER works with most DOS networks which support DOS file sharing and locking.
It has been tested with Novell's Netware, Banyan's Vines, Microsoft's LAN Manager,
and with Lantastic Networks.

1.2 Requirements

LOCKER requires DOS 3.3 or higher, while it may work with older versions of
DOS, we cannot guarantee that it will. LOCKER adds a 3K memory overhead to
running a metered DOS application. In cases where there is not enough memory to
load a metered software, you should try to remove any TSR which are not needed. 
It is not recommended that you install metering on any memory mapping software
products since you may receive an invalid result. 


CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION
2.1 Upgrading

You should remove metering from all programs you are currently metering.
Then proceed with the normal install except you should copy the LOCKER files
to a different directory than where you had your old LOCKER files. This way if
there is a problem you can easily remeter using your older version of LOCKER.


2.2 New Installation

This installation assumes some knowledge of DOS. If you have problems with
the commands, please look them up in your DOS manual.

First copy the LOCKER disk to a drive\directory where only the SUPERVISOR
or NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR has access. For example:
  Copy A:*.* F:\SYSTEM\*.*


Now change to the directory where you installed LOCKER. In the example before
this would be:
   F:
   CD \SYSTEM


Next run the LOCKCON program. Type:
  LOCKCON 


After starting LOCKCON you will see the following screen:
Ŀ
  UPDATE:                     LOCKER v1.75.1 Console                          
                                                                              
                                           PEAK                       TOTAL   
PROGRAM:       TYPE:   LIMIT:   CURRENT:   USED:   WAITS:   ABORTS:  ACCESS:  
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
              Ŀ             
               Enter Directory Path for LOG files:                          
                                                                            
                                                                            
                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
F2=TOGGLE UPDATE ON/OFF      F4=OPTIONS                                       
F3=UPDATE     INS=Install    DEL=UnInstall    ENTER=Change Count    ESC=Exit  




For the log file path you should enter a directory (it does not need to currently exist)
where all your users will have full access to. Fox example, if you entered
F:\PUBLIC\LOCKER all your users would need to have a drive F: and have full
read/write access to the F:\PUBLIC\LOCKER directory. This directory should
NOT be the same as the directory where you copied the LOCKER files.

Please Note: That for all paths that are entered via LOCKCON you should use
the standard DOS paths not network specific paths (for example: do not use
SERVER01\SYS:\PUBLIC, use instead \PUBLIC .or Z:\PUBLIC - where Z: would be a
drive mapped to the volume SYS:)

You have now installed LOCKER and are ready to start metering you applications.


CHAPTER 3. USING LOCKER

3.1 Screen Layout and commands

To run LOCKER you must either be in the directory where you installed it or
it must be in your path statement. To start LOCKER at the DOS prompt type
LOCKCON. This will bring up Locker's console:

Ŀ
  UPDATE: ON                  LOCKER v1.75.1 Console                          
                                                                              
                                           PEAK                       TOTAL   
PROGRAM:       TYPE:   LIMIT:   CURRENT:   USED:   WAITS:   ABORTS:  ACCESS:  
 TEST.EXE       DOS      001        000     0000     0000      0000     0000  
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
F2=TOGGLE UPDATE ON/OFF      F4=OPTIONS                                       
F3=UPDATE     INS=Install    DEL=UnInstall    ENTER=Change Count    ESC=Exit  


For each program being metered you will see the following information:

PROGRAM: Either the program executable file name or the description

TYPE: Whether a program is a DOS or WINDOWS (DOS/WIN) based

LIMIT:	How many users can use the program concurrently

CURRENT: How many users are currently using the program

PEAK USED: Peak number of concurrent users 

WAITS: Number of users who had to wait to access the program

ABORTS: Number of users who canceled out of waiting for the program to be
  available

TOTAL ACCESS: Number of times the program has been run

From LOCKCON  you can  either install metering on software, change the metering
 limits or remove metering from software.


Actions you can do from this screen:

To install metering on a software product press <INS> key

To highlight a displayed software product use the arrow keys

To change the metering limit, first highlight the software name and then press
 the <ENTER> key.

To remove metering from a software product, first highlight the software name
 and then press the <DEL> key.

To toggle on/off the updating for the LOCKCON press <F2>. The current status
 of the updating can be seen in the upper left corner of the LOCKCON screen

To force the LOCKCON screen to refresh/update press <F3>

To change the interval at which the LOCKCON screen updates press <F4>

To exit from LOCKCON press <ESC>

3.2 Install metering on software

After pressing the <INS> key an entry screen will be displayed:

Ŀ
  UPDATE: ON                  LOCKER v1.75.1 Console                          
                                                                              
                                           PEAK                       TOTAL   
PROGRAM:       TYPE:   LIMIT:   CURRENT:   USED:   WAITS:   ABORTS:  ACCESS:  
 TEST.EXE       DOS      001        001     0000     0000      0000     0000  
                                                                              
                                                                              
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                            Add a new program to LOCKER                       
                                                                              
Program Name:               Type: DOS  Limit: 001 Scan Time: 015 Log: ON      
Module  Name:                                                                 
Program Desc:                                                                 
Program Path:                                                                 
                                                                              

                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                             ESC=Abort Changes           F10=Accept Changes   


Program Name:  Enter the software executable name (for example: TEST.EXE - do
 not include that program path).

Type:	You can press the <space bar> to toggle the program type from DOS to
 WIN (i.e. a windows program).

Limit:	Enter the maximum number of concurrent users allowed.

Scan Time:	Enter how often you want the program to check to see if a license
 is available.

Log:	Use the <space bar> to toggle it on and off. This field controls whether
 the extended log information is kept.

Module name: 	Leave it blank unless the main program actually starts another
 module/program and then terminates. (Only used for windows programs)

Program Desc:	Enter a descriptive name for the program. This field will be displayed
 instead of the program name on the LOCKCON screen and when a user is notified that all concurrent licenses are in use. 

Program Path:	Enter either the directory or the drive:\directory of where the
 software is located. Please note that you should have the same drive configuration
 each time you run LOCKCON since otherwise you may not be able to change or
 remove the metering. After you are finished entering the information, you can
 either escape from adding metering <ESC>, or install the metering by pressing 
 the <F10> key.

3.3 Changing metering limits on software

After highlighting the software you wish to change the metering on and pressing
 <ENTER> the same screen as when you installed the metering will be displayed.
 However, you will only be able to change the user limit. After making your
 changes, press <F10> to accept them or <ESC> to abort.

3.4 Removing metering from software

After highlighting the software you wish to remove the metering from and pressing
 <DEL>; you will be prompted (Y/N) as to whether you really wish to remove metering.
 Please note, you will only be able to remove metering when the software executable
 is not in use.

3.5 Metering applications on Local hard drives

There are two way of metering applications residing on local hard drives

1) You can either install the application on the network,  install metering, and then
 copy all the files to the each local hard drive (Make certain you copy all hidden files
 which reside in the application directory)

2) Install the application on the local drive, copy the executable file to its own directory
 on the network, install metering on the executable on the network, and then copy the
 metered executable and any hidden files in the directory back to the users local drives.  

After changing the metering limits for applications residing on local drives you
 DO NOT have to redistribute the network files.

After removing metering from an application residing on a local drive you must either
 erase all copies of the application which reside on the local drives or copy the network
 executable to all the local users drives.

Chapter 4: ERROR MESSAGES

4.1  Common Mistakes & Problems

Most of the problems will be covered by the messages below. Since LOCKER does run
on a wide variety of networks, you might get a problem which is not covered
below. If you do, you can call us at (800) NET-SOFT or leave a message on
Compuserve to 72607,3042 and we will try to resolve your problem as fast as
possible.

If you are using Norton's Desktop for Windows you will need to make the
<filename>.@@@  file unhidden.

ex. Attrib TEST.@@@ -H

For  WORD PERFECT for windows, you need to copy the WPWINFIL.EXE file in the
 WordPerfect directory to WPWINFIL.@@@

ex. copy F:\wp51\wpwinfil.exe f:\wp51\wpwinfil.@@@

LOCKCON Error Messages:

INSTALL MESSAGES

Invalid Filename or Path
 	Check to make sure that the filename and path are correct

LOCKER already installed on file
	Metering has already been installed on the program

File is in use
	Check the use field on the main screen. If it displays __, then your
        drive/path configuration has changed and LOCKER can not locate the
        file. Otherwise it does mean that the file is in use.

	The supervisor can run a metered program but the users can not.  You
        have not granted rights to the log file path directory. (This is the
        directory which you entered when you first ran LOCKER.

	Metering was installed but the program still allows everyone to
        access it. The program probably starts another program and then exits.
        You should call technical support to see if we already know what the
        name should be for the module name field.

	You are having difficulty metering windows. You should install metering
        on progman.exe (its a windows program) instead of win.com or win.exe.

4.2  What not to do:

	DO NOT erase any hidden files which reside in the applications directory
        after installing metering. Locker uses these files and if they are removed
        prior to removing metering you will have to reinstall your original executable
        program.

	DO NOT erase the LOCKCON files before removing metering on all metered applications.
        The applications will still be metered after LOCKCON is removed and you will have
        to call technical support to remove the metering.



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we can be contacted at:

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                           12750 MERIT DRIVE, SUITE 830
                           DALLAS,TX 75251

                           TEL: (214)-387-1812
                           FAX: (214)-392-2568

                           Compuserve Address: 72576,3352


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either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties
of mechantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the
software, the accompanying written materials, and any accompanying hardware.
This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may have others,
which vary from state to state.

NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. In no event shall VERITAS TECHNOLOGIES
or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever caused by the use of or
inability to use this VERITAS TECHNOLOGIES product. Because some states do not
allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential of incidental
damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.

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