2.0    INSTALLING AND UNINSTALLING

       Installation is easy.  Basically, it is just copying files
       from your distribution disk.  We have provided a simple
       batch file to do this - "INSTALL.BAT".  If you're running
       Windows, you also have to set up a few icons.

2.1    Now to install....

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       Installation is a three-step process.  You have to run two
       batch files (Install.Bat and CopyFilz.Bat, in order), and
       then add five "new program items" to Windows.
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       We assume your diskette drive is A:, and you want to
       install to your C: hard disk, and to a directory BLUEBOOK.

       You are strongly recommended to use this setup as it will
       save you having to alter Windows PIF files, documentation,
       etc; but if you choose not to, modify the following
       command as necessary.
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       1.  Insert the distribution diskette into your diskette
           drive and enter the command -

              a:\install  a:  c:\bluebook  <Enter>

           You can enter this command at the DOS prompt, or from
           Windows.  If you are in Windows, click File, then Run,
           and type it there; then click OK.

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           This command directs your computer to run the batch
           program "install" on the diskette drive A:, and copy
           files to C:\BLUEBOOK.

           If, on the other hand, your diskette drive is B:, and
           you want to install to a directory BLUE on drive D:,
           you would instead type -

              b:\install  b:  d:\blue  <Enter>
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           If you should need to install manually for any reason,
           all this batch file is doing is:

           (1) creating, if necessary, the directory you gave it
               ("c:\bluebook"), then
           (2) copying all the files in the diskette's root
               directory to it.
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       2.  If you will be running BlueBook directly from DOS at
           any time, then for smooth operation you should, AFTER
           installation, do ONE of the following to ensure that
           BlueBook can always find its components.  We recommend
           the former.  (If you will only ever be running from a
           Windows icon, this step can probably be omitted).

           EITHER...

           (A)  copy or move, to a directory listed in the PATH
                statement of your AutoExec.Bat file, the files

                BBMain.Exe    BBIni.Exe     BBView.Com
                BBZipBak.Bat  BBZip.Bat     BBPull.Bat
                BlueBook.Hlp  BlueBook.Doc  AskUser.Exe

                (See below, after B)

           OR...

           (B)  use a text editor (NOT a word-processor) to edit
                AutoExec.Bat, and add to the END of the PATH line
                a semi-colon plus your chosen installation
                directory (";c:\bluebook"), if that directory is
                not ALREADY listed.  Then save the file, and
                re-start your computer.  (A PATH statement has a
                maximum length of 127 characters; don't forget to
                back up AutoExec.Bat before modifying it!)

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           If you choose (A), a batch program, "COPYFILZ.BAT",
           has been provided to do the job for you.  Decide where
           you want to copy or move these files to (you can check
           your path by typing "path <Enter>" at the DOS prompt),
           and then run it.  At the prompt, or in the Windows
           File/Run box, type:

               <InstDir>\copyfilz  <InstDir>  <DestDir>  <Enter>

           where <InstDir> is the directory you installed to, and
           <DestDir> is where you want the files to go.

           For example, if you installed to "c:\bluebook" and you
           want to copy to "c:\utils", then enter -

               c:\bluebook\copyfilz c:\bluebook c:\utils <Enter>
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       3.  That's it, you're installed -- except for Windows.

           To set up BlueBook under Windows you need to:

           (1) make a new program GROUP (or select an existing
               one)

           (2) create five new PROGRAM ITEMS (one for BlueBook,
               and one each for its companion programs, the
               utilities BBReset, BBRestor, BBTrim and BBIni).

           (3) tell these to use the relevant icons and PIF files
               provided.

               If you chose to install somewhere other than
               C:\BLUEBOOK, you must update the new and re-
               installed PIF files to "point" at that directory.

               If installing for the first time, you should also
               associate (in File Manager) the file types BBL, BBI
               and BBD with BLUEBOOK.EXE, to enable point and
               click launching from there.

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               If you need help installing a program into Windows,
               need advice on PIF files, or don't know how to
               "associate", there's a very full, click-by-click
               guide in the file "WinSetup.Doc".
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               (SHORT OF DESKTOP?  You CAN skip installing the
               utilities.  They can all be run from DOS, or even
               from a BlueBook database record (taking care to
               avoid clashes with already open databases).
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2.2    Miscellaneous points:

       It is possible to run BlueBook direct from a diskette or
       CD, with provisos: see section 4, "Running the Program".

       Beware of changing diskettes while a database is still
       open!

       To uninstall, just delete the files relating to BlueBook
       in the installation directory you chose, and any databases
       you have created.



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