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VISIO 3.0 NETWORK.TXT FILE
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This file contains information about setting up and running Visio 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, see the README.TXT file.

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NETWORK LICENSING INFORMATION
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To run Visio on a network on which multiple users have access to the product, you need additional licenses. You can get additional licenses by purchasing additional retail packages of Visio or by purchasing license packs.

A license pack, which authorizes either one or ten additional users, includes a product license, a serialized registration card, and a documentation order form. You can use the product license in any of these three ways: 

(1) Grant of License for Non-Networked Workstations

With this licensing option, you purchase one additional license for each additional designated workstation. For example, if ten users access Visio on ten workstations, you need one full copy of Visio and nine additional licenses. If the ten users access Visio on two designated workstations, you need one full version of Visio and one additional license.

(2) Grant of License for Metered Concurrent Usage over a Network

With this licensing option, you can install Visio on a network and allow as many users as you have licenses to access the product concurrently. For example, if you have ten licenses, ten users can use the product concurrently. Your network must have a software metering mechanism that monitors and controls the number of users accessing the software.

(3) Grant of License for Non-Metered Usage over a Network

With this licensing option, you can set up as many designated workstations as you have licenses. For example, if you have ten licenses, you can set up ten designated workstations. This option is designed for networks that do not have software metering mechanisms.

For more information about network use policies, please see your Visio license agreement. If you have any questions, you can call Shapeware Product Licensing at 206-521-4500 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific time, or send a fax to 206-521-4501. You can also write to:
 
	Shapeware Corporation
	Attention: Product Licensing 
	520 Pike Street, Suite 1800
	Seattle, WA  98101-4001
	USA

To order Visio License Packs, contact your reseller or contact Shapeware's Customer Service Department. Customers from the United States and Canada can call 800-446-3335.  Customers from other countries can call 303-743-9533, or fax orders to 303-695-0555. You can also mail orders to:

	Shapeware Corporation
	Attention: Customer Service
	P.O. Box 22063
	Denver, Colorado 80222
	USA
		 

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NETWORK SETUP INFORMATION
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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 either run Visio from the server or from each workstation's hard disk.

For details about setting up Visio on a network so that multiple workstations can use a shared copy from the server, see Section A.1 of this document. For details about running Visio from a server on a workstation, see Section A.2. 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 Section C.1. For details about copying Visio onto your workstation hard disk, see Section C.2. 

While you are setting up Visio on a network, you can refer to the information contained in this file by choosing the View Network.txt button in Visio setup.  During network setup, the window displaying the information may be replaced by a setup window.  To return to network.txt, press Alt+Tab to cycle through open windows.

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A. Running a Shared Copy of Visio from a Network Server
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A.1 >> To install Visio on a network server:

1. From a workstation, log on to the network and connect to the drive where you want to install Visio.  You must have write access to the network server to install Visio on the server.

2. If it is not already running, start Windows.

3. Insert Disk 1-Setup in a drive.

4. From the File menu, choose Run.

5. Type the drive letter of the drive followed by setup /n. For example, type:

	a:\setup /n

/n creates a directory called Visio\System where the Windows system (OLE) files required by Visio are stored.

6. Follow the instructions on your screen.

7. Setup asks where you want to install Visio. Type the path to the directory on the server where the Visio program files will reside. For example, type:

	e:\visio

Please refer to section B, "Troubleshooting Network Installations", later in this file.

8. If you run a shared copy of Visio from the network, mark VISIO.EXE read-only.  Alternatively, you can mark the directory that contains VISIO.EXE read-only through your networking software (not File Manager).

Note that the VISIO.INI file is not an installed file.  By default, VISIO.INI is created automatically in the same directory as VISIO.EXE the first time Visio is started unless VISIO.EXE is read-only or you have specified a path for VISIO.INI in WIN.INI.

How VISIO.INI is created:

* First, Visio will try to write/read it from the path specified in WIN.INI. 

* If there isn't a specific path in WIN.INI, Visio will then try to write/read it from the directory where VISIO.EXE is located. 

* Finally, if VISIO.EXE is read-only or the directory that contains VISIO.EXE read-only, Visio will try to write/read it from your personal Windows directory or wherever WIN.COM is located.

If you are logged in as the network administrator and are running Visio, a VISIO.INI may be created in the Visio directory on the network drive unless you have a specific path in WIN.INI. To avoid this situation, log in without write privileges to the Visio directory on the network.

To specify a path for VISIO.INI in WIN.INI, add these two lines to WIN.INI:

     [VISIO]
     ini=<complete path>

For example, if your Visio and Windows installations are both on read-only network drives, you can add these lines to your personal WIN.INI to put VISIO.INI in a directory that is read-write:

     [VISIO]
     ini=j:\users\kelly

To customize the VISIO.INI file path for drawings, templates, add-ons, filters, and shape help, choose the Options command from the Tools menu in Visio, then choose the File Paths button.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  A Visio setup directory called Visio\Setup is created during this installation process. To run Visio, you must first set up each workstation using the procedure described in the following section.

A.2 >> To run Visio from the server:

1. On each workstation, run Setup from the drive and directory on the server where the Visio setup program resides. For example:

	e:\visio\setup\setup.exe

2. Follow the instructions on your screen. Setup will install the Windows system (OLE) files required by Visio, create a Program Manager group, and install a Visio button on certain Microsoft and Lotus SmartSuite applications toolbars.

If you have any problems with this workstation setup, you can perform each of these tasks manually.  Please see README.TXT for information on:

* Windows system (OLE) files required by Visio.

* "Visio 3.0 and Windows Registration."

* Installing the Visio Button on certain Microsoft and Lotus SmartSuite application's toolbar.

Please see your Windows documentation for information on how to create program groups and program items.

3. Start Visio by double-clicking on the Visio icon. A private copy of the VISIO.INI file is automatically created in your personal Windows directory the first time you start the Visio program.

Tip: Once the private copy of VISIO.INI has been created, you can specify an alternative path for your drawing files by changing the DrawingsPath line in the [application] section of your VISIO.INI file.  For example, if you want to specify your local Visio\Drawings subdirectory for your drawing files, make the following change:
						
	Default:					Change to:
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	[application]				[application]
	DrawingsPath=drawings\*.vsd		DrawingsPath=c:\visio\drawings\*.vsd

By default, Visio looks first in the Visio subdirectory named Drawings for drawing files. If you are running a shared copy of Visio, this directory is likely to be marked read-only. If you want the primary location for drawing files to be elsewhere, you can substitute any valid path for c:\visio\drawings. This will cause Visio to look in the specified directory whenever you open an existing file or save a new file.

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B. Troubleshooting Network Installations
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Shared Visio running on a shared copy of Windows:

During a workstation installation, if Visio Setup warns that the Windows\System directory is marked read-only, three options are available to complete the installation.  We highly recommend using option 1.  Using options 2 and 3 may cause problems after installing other OLE 2.0-compatible applications.

1. Contact your network administrator to determine if the files in the shared Visio\System directory can be copied into the shared Windows directory, or

2. Copy the files in the Visio\System directory to the user's personal Windows directory, or

3. Add the shared Visio\System directory to the path statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file for the workstation.  Be sure to include the drive letter.  For example: PATH=C:\DOS;E:\VISIO\SYSTEM.  Users will need to reboot after changing the path statement.  

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C. Placing Visio Files on a Network Server
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Installing from a network server is a time-saving, convenient alternative to installing Visio from disks.  Visio has an administrative setup option that you can use to place Visio files on a network server. This option does not set up a copy of Visio that you can run; instead it transfers the files from the Visio Setup disks to the network drive in their compressed format. After the Visio files are in a directory on the network, users can connect to the directory and run the Setup program to set up Visio for their workstations. 

Before installing Visio on any workstations, you must be in compliance with the terms of your Visio license agreement. For details, see "Network Licensing Information" earlier in this file.

C.1 >> To place Visio files on a network server:

1. From a workstation, log on to the network and connect to the drive on which you want to install Visio. You must have write access to the network server to install Visio on the server.

2. If it is not already running, start Windows.

3. Insert Disk 1-Setup in a drive.

4. From the File menu, choose Run.

5. Type the drive letter of the drive followed by setup /a. For example, type:

	a:setup /a

6. Follow the instructions on your screen.

7. Setup asks where you want to install Visio. Type the path to the directory on the server where the Visio program will reside. For example, type:

	e:\visio

8. Write-protect the network server directory where you've placed the Visio files.


C.2 >> To install Visio so that it runs from a local workstation:

1. From the workstation, log on to the network and connect to the drive that contains Visio.

2. Start Windows if it is not already running.

3. From the File menu, choose Run.

4. Type the complete path to where Visio is installed on the network, followed by setup. For example, type:

	e:\visio\setup

5. Follow the instructions on your screen to install Visio. When Setup asks where you want to install Visio, type the path to the directory on your workstation where the Visio program will reside. For example, type:

	c:\visio


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VISIO 3.0 AND WINDOWS REGISTRATION
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Please see "Visio 3.0 and Windows Registration" in the README.TXT file. 


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USING VISIO ON A NETWORK
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Using Visio on a network is essentially the same as using Visio 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:

(1) When a Visio drawing file is opened in read/write mode, no other network user can access the file. (Even read-only access is denied.) Visio does, however, permit multiple users concurrent read-only access to files so they can share a single set of network stencils. Therefore, when stencil files are shared, it is important that no user open the files in read/write mode. As a safeguard, stencil files should have the read-only attribute set to prevent users from opening the files 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. 

(2) You may see the messages ERROR 113, ERROR 115, or ERROR 116 when you use the Save or Save As commands to save a file that was previously saved to a network drive. That's because many networks unbundle permission attributes for directory access. The error occurs when an inconsistent set of permission attributes is applied to a directory. For Visio to save a file to a network directory, the user must have write, delete, rename, and file attribute change privileges. If the user does not have this complete set of attributes, Visio cannot save changes to the existing file. The changes are, however, saved to a temporary file in the Visio\Drawings subdirectory and the name of the temporary file is displayed in a dialog box. Because this error is fatal, the file must be closed. (Any further work will be lost.) Be sure to note the filename displayed in the dialog box before you close the file.

To work around these errors, the network administrator can add the following lines to a user's personal VISIO.INI file to alter Visio user privileges:
*  To remove the user's file naming privileges, add NetFlags=1.
*  To remove the user's file rename and delete privileges, add NetFlags=3.

If a Visio user encounters ERROR 113, 115, or 116 when saving, Visio adds the appropriate line to the user's local VISIO.INI file. Though these VISIO.INI settings increase the time required to save files, they make it possible to save without error in a restricted network environment. Note also that NetFlags=3 may reduce Visio's error-reporting capabilities.

END OF NETWORK.TXT
