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International Data Base (IDB) Installation

(Please read first before executing)
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1. System requirements

The International Data Base (IDB) requires the following minimum hardware and
software:
	
	IBM PC or compatible 386 or higher microcomputer
	1MB of memory
	47MB available on a hard drive
An EGA or VGA board and monitor are required to display the opening screen,
graphs, and maps within the program but are not required to run the program 
and retrieve information.           

2. Transfer the IDBZIP.EXE file to your PC

You can use the ftp protocol to to tranfer IDBZIP.EXE file (8MB) to 
your PC.  Be sure that you use binary mode for the transfer.
Since it is such a large file, this transfer will take a long time, 
approximately 2 hours using a 14.4 modem.  The above procedure will copy 
the IDBZIP.EXE to your hard drive.  It is best to place this file in an empty 
subdirectory (e.g. C:\TEMP).

3. Run IDBZIP.EXE on your PC to prepare for 
installation

The file IDBZIP.EXE is a self-extracting archive (ZIP), which contains 
the files necessary for installing the actual International Data Base 
(IDB).  Suppose that you have placed IDBZIP.EXE in a subdirectory 
called C:\TEMP, enter the following commands:
      C:
      CD C:\TEMP
      IDBZIP
A series of files will be decompressed into this subdirectory.  Some of these
will be other zipped files.  Another will be the install program, called
IDBINST.BAT.  These are all necessary for installation.  If you are very 
limited on disk space and the IDBZIP extraction seems to have completed 
successfully, your can delete the IDBZIP.EXE file at this time.

4. Install International Data Base (IDB) on your 
PC

The IDBINST program requires you to install from the directory which 
contains the files IDB.ZIP and IDBINST.BAT.  The general format of the 
installation command is:
      IDBINST d directory
where d is the destination drive letter WITHOUT the colon, 
               (e.g. C or D).  The default is C.
      directory is the directory under which the IDB subdirectory 
                       will be installed, (e.g. \ or \DBS\). BE SURE THERE 
                       IS A SPACE BETWEEN THE DRIVE LETTER AND THE 
                       DIRECTORY.  If you specify a directory other than the 
                       root, make sure it has been created before you start
                       the installation.  The default is \ the root directory.
For example, if you are installing the database from the directory C:\TEMP, 
and you wanted to install the data base on drive C under the directory 
\DBS\, use the following commands:     
     C:
     CD \TEMP
     IDBINST C \DBS\
Note that there is no colon (:) after the drive, there is a space after the drive
letter, and that there is a backslash (\) before and after the directory name.
The first time the IDB is run you will be asked if you want to create the 
indexes.  Answering "Yes" will complete the initial IDB installation process, 
and the IDB should be ready for use.

5. Run the International Data Base (IDB)

The installation process automatically creates the file IDB.BAT in the 
root directory of the drive where the IDB was installed.  The installation 
procedure will attempt to start the IDB program using that batch file.  
To run the database, change to the root directory and type IDB.  For example, 
if you installed the IDB on drive C:, type: 
     C:
     CD \
     IDB
For easy access to the IDB program, the IDB.BAT file can be move to a 
directory in your path.

6. Documentation
The subdirectory DOC under the IDB subdirectory contains further documentation
for installation and use of the IDB in WordPerfect (5.1) format.