PC Forms: E-Forms SETUP.EXE Version 1.01 Update

Last reviewed: June 3, 1996
Article ID: Q111532

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer, version 1.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft provides a replacement for the SETUP.EXE, CMDKINST.EX_, and USERINST.EX_ files that are included on Disk 1 of version 1.0 of Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer.

For complete information about obtaining and installing the SETUP.EXE, CMDKINST.EX_, and USERINST.EX_ files, see the following sections:

To download the updated files
To replace your E-Forms setup files

MORE INFORMATION

This update contains SETUP.EXE, CMDKINST.EX_, and USERINST.EX_, which replace the files included on Disk 1 of version 1.0 of Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer. The replacement files provide additional enhancements to the original setup files.

These replacement files resolve the following problems that can occur when you use version 1.0 of Electronic Forms Designer:

When you are using Server Setup or User Setup to install to a shared Windows environment, the Setup program may generate errors when it is attempting to copy files.
When you are using User Setup to install to a shared Windows environment, the Setup program may copy unnecessary files to the user's private Windows directory.
When you are installing on a Novell(R) network where the Map Root command was used to attach a drive, the Server Setup and User Setup programs may generate errors indicating that various files could not be found.

To download the updated file

You can find EFSETUP.EXE (size: 68762 bytes) 
                        , a self-extracting file, on the following

services:

Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet

      On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
      Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
      Enter kbfile EFSETUP.EXE (size: 68762 bytes) 
                              , and click GO!
      Open the article, and click the button to download the file.

Internet (anonymous FTP)

      ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
      Get EFSETUP.EXE (size: 68762 bytes)

The Microsoft Network

      On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location.
      Type "mssupport" (without the quotation marks).
      Double-click the MS Software Library icon.
      Find the appropriate product area.
      Locate and Download EFSETUP.EXE.

Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

      Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download EFSETUP.EXE (size: 68762 bytes)

For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services

After you download EFSETUP.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing "efsetup" at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file. You should receive the following files:

   SETUP.EXE    (15,360 bytes, dated 09-20-93, 12:59 P.M.)
   CMDKINST.EX_ (31,210 bytes, dated 10-13-93,  6:03 P.M.)
   USERINST.EX_ (37,205 bytes, dated 10-13-93,  5:58 P.M.)
   README.TXT

To replace your E-Forms setup files

To replace the E-Forms setup files, you will need to copy the files included with this update to Disk 1 of the Electronic Forms Designer.

Two of the files included with this update are compressed to match their original format on the disk. After the files have been replaced on the floppy disk, you can run the Server Setup program to reinstall the Electronic Forms Designer. It is not recommended that these files be manually decompressed and copied to existing installations. See page 123 of the Electronic Forms Designer "Developer's Guide" for more information on using the Server Setup and User Setup programs.

At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER

   copy <drive1>:\*.* <drive2>

where <drive1> is the drive and directory where you ran the self- extracting EFSETUP.EXE file and <drive2> is the drive containing the Electronic Forms Designer Disk 1. For example, if you ran the self-extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, and the Electronic Forms Designer Disk 1 is in drive B, type the following command:

   copy d:\test\*.* b:\

Additional Notes on Installing to Shared Windows Environments

Before running Server Setup in a shared Windows environment, the administrator must have read/write access to the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory. (Normally, this is a read-only directory.) Once the files have been installed by Server Setup, the users can install Electronic Forms Designer to their private Windows directories using the User Setup program.

In addition, if a new version of a support file is placed in the shared Windows directory, and not in the E-Forms Server Setup directory, the User Setup program will fail due to inconsistent versions. To avoid errors, it is important for the versions of the support files in the E-Forms Server Setup directory (the default is ADDONS\EFORMS) to be the same as those in the shared Windows directory.

Additional reference words: 1.00
KBCategory: kbsetup kbfile kbtlc
KBSubcategory: MailPCForms

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Last reviewed: June 3, 1996
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