# QuickField 5.2 Installation Guide

QuickField installer is based on Microsoft Windows Installer technology.

This document contains the following sections:

Requirements
How to Install QuickField
Using QuickField Setup Program
QuickField Setup hints
Modifying, Repairing and Removing QuickField
Using Several Versions of QuickField Simultaneously

## Requirements

The software requirements have been slightly tightened comparing with previous version of QuickField.

- Operation systems:
  Windows 98 Second Edition,
  Windows ME,
  Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a,
  Windows 2000,
  Windows XP.

- Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 required;
  Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0 is highly recommended for viewing ActiveField help.

Installation of QuickField on Windows NT/2000/XP requires administrative rights and privileges.

Hardware requirements:

CPU | Intel Pentium grade or compatible processor.
RAM | 32 MB minimum.
Video | 800*600 with 256 colors video system required, 800*600 with 16K colors gives you more comfort, 1024*768 with 16K colors recommended.
Mouse | Pointing device is highly recommended.

## How to Install QuickField

### Using QuickField Setup Program

QuickField installer can be launched either from the Autorun applet or manually by running Setup.exe in the root folder of your QuickField distribution kit. First, it checks Microsoft Installer engine (MSI) and upgrades it, if necessary. You might be asked to reboot the system after the upgrade. You have to agree to continue installation.

Then, you will be asked whether you prefer Complete or Custom installation. We recommend the last one unless there is shortage of hard disk space.

By default, QuickField is installed under <Your Program Files folder>/Tera Analysis/.At this moment you can change the QuickField installation folder. This could be useful, for example, in such cases when you already have one of the previous QuickField versions installed. Although you can install the new version to the same folder, we do not recommend it since in this case the previous installation will be overwritten and your old shortcuts might stop workiing correctly.

In case of custom installation you see additional dialog bringing up the list of optional QuickField components organized in a tree. By default all components are selected and you would have to unselect the components you do not need. You can also add and/or remove any component later running the QuickField installer again.

Having transferred all necessary files to your hard drive the installer might ask you to reboot the system. Press OK to agree.

If you met any troubles answering the questions of QuickField Setup program, try to find answers in the QuickField Setup Hints section of this document.

### QuickField Setup hints

To install QuickField you do not need to read this section (or QuickField Installation Guide at all). In spite of that, we decided to include here a couple of hints you might find useful for successful installation of QuickField.

- Updating HTML Help

- Components of QuickField Student

- Specifying QuickField Destination Folder

## Modifying, Repairing and Removing QuickField

Having installed QuickField you can always run its installer again to modify or repair its configuration or uninstall it from your computer. To do that, start the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel and choose QuickField 5.2 Student from the list of installed software. To start QuickField installer click Change (in Windows 2000/XP) or Add/Remove (in Windows 98/ME/NT).

Installer provides you with three options:

- Modify lets you to add another QuickField component or remove any optional QuickField component that was installed on your computer;

- Repair automatically restores the installed QuickField configuration. For example, you might need it having unintentionally deleted some of mandatory files or after virus attack.

- Remove completely removes QuickField from your hard disk.

## Using Several Versions of QuickField Simultaneously

When you install QuickField alongside one or several older versions installed in different folders, old installations remain usable. You can even run them simultaneously. However, you should be aware that each copy of QuickField registers itself in the system registry as the default handler of all QuickField documents and automation requests. Any client program that uses QuickField will be served by the copy of QuickField that was started last. To register another version of QuickField as the default handler, start it in interactive mode.

If you remove (uninstall) any of installed QuickField versions, all information related to other versions is also removed from the system registry. To restore usability of another QuickField version after such action, you would have to start that version in interactive mode.