Chapter 2: Installing and Licensing

In the great majority of cases, to install you simply put the CD-ROM in your drive and follow the on-screen instructions, which appear automatically after a few seconds. After installing, you can run Revolve from a button that appears at the end of the instructions, and thereafter you can run it from your Windows Start menu.

If the instructions don't appear automatically, or you have any questions or problems, this chapter tells you where you can find more information.

2.1 ReadMe Help

The ReadMe Help is a file containing extensive advice on possible problems and troubleshooting. The on-screen installation instructions include an opportunity for you to look at it. If you want, you can see the ReadMe Help before you start to install. It's a WinHelp (.hlp) file in the root folder on the CD-ROM. It's the file whose name begins with "read" - the next few letters of the name may vary. Open it using Windows Explorer, or by using winhelp or winhlp32 from a command prompt.

The ReadMe Help also tells you how to contact MERANT for support, updates, and information.

2.2 Installation Information

If you need information on installing:

The booklet inside the cover of the CD case tells you what is on the CD-ROM and what to do if instructions don't appear automatically when you insert it.
Most on-screen instructions have Help buttons you can click to get a more detailed explanation.
The Installation Notes, part of the ReadMe Help, are a list of possible problems and additional details. Most of these will not affect most users, but you should look through them to see if any affect you. The program called Setup that they talk about displays the main part of the installation instructions.

2.3 System Administrators

If you are a system administrator at a site with multiple users, you should read the System Administration information accessible at the start of the Installation Notes.

2.4 End User License Agreement (EULA)

Your license to use Revolve is a legal document which you can see in three places:

on a printed card
displayed as part of the on-screen installation instructions
displayed as part of the ReadMe Help

2.5 License System

Separate from and additional to your EULA is the license provided by the License System. This System is software within Revolve, and the "license" it provides is a software switch enabling Revolve to run. When you first run Revolve, you may see a warning that your license will last only a limited time and that you need to get a permanent license. You don't need to do this straight away, but you should do it in plenty of time before your temporary license expires. Instructions on the warning tell you how to do this, and a Help button gives you more details.

Here in brief is what you will need to do:

If yours is a small site with no system administrator, note down the request key (an alphanumeric string) displayed and send it to MERANT on the User Request Key form provided. MERANT will send you a response key (another alphanumeric string), which you enter to enable your full license.
If you do have a system administrator, your administrator may prefer to forward your request key to MERANT for you. An Additional Request Keys form is provided for the administrator to batch together requests from several users.
At a larger site, your administrator may be running MERANT software that grants licenses. Send your request key to your administrator.
At a larger site, your administrator may configure the system so that licenses are granted automatically across the network. No request keys or response keys are involved.

For details, see your system administrator or click the Help button on the license warning displayed when you run Revolve.

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