The purpose of this document is to aid in the installation of WinChecks, the new check printing software for CEFMS. If you have not yet downloaded WinChecks, you may get it by returning to the CEFMS user's page and following the download instructions. Please make sure you write down the path to the executable you download; you will need it for installation.

It is strongly recommended that you print this page before continuing the installation process.

To begin the installation process, you must first uncompress the self-extracting executable you downloaded from the download site. You can do this one of two ways. For the purposes of this guide, we shall assume you downloaded the WinChecks file to C:\TEMP\WC32V10.EXE (for version 1.0; later versions may have different names). From the Windows 95 "start" menu (click the button marked "Start" on the Windows 95 taskbar), choose the item marked "Run...". When the window prompting for the file to run opens, enter C:\TEMP\WC32V10.EXE (or whatever path/filename combination is appropriate. When the files are uncompressed, close the DOS shell window by clicking the "X" button in the upper right corner of the window.

Alternately, you can open a DOS shell window, change to the directory where you saved the file (in our case, you would type cd C:\TEMP at the prompt), and execute the file you downloaded (type WC32V10 (or the appropriate name) at the prompt. When the files are uncompressed, close the DOS shell window by clicking the "X" button in the upper right corner of the window, or by typing "exit" at the prompt.

Uncompressing the file using either of the above methods will create a group of files in the download directory. To begin the installation of WinChecks, choose the "Run..." option off the Windows 95 Start Menu, and enter C:\TEMP\SETUP.EXE as the file to run (where "TEMP" is the name of the directory where you saved the download). This will start the InstallShield WinChecks setup process. Please follow the instructions given in the setup process. It is recommended that only advanced users modify any of the default settings in the Setup process.

At the end of the Setup process, you will have a prompt to "Launch program file". Make sure you check the box next to this prompt before you exit the Setup program. When you finish the Setup process, the WinChecks Configuration utility is executed (if you checked the "Launch program file" box). In the "WinChecks Configuration Utility", enter the following values:

• Your MCS code. For example, Mobile District users have a code of "SAM", Savannah District is "SAS", Waterways is "WES", etc. You should know your own code, or where to find this code. Please enter this value without quotes.
  
  
• Your FOA code, which is a single character followed by a single digit. For example, HQ USACE has an FOA code of "S0", Huntsville Division is "A0", etc. You should know this, or where to find it. Please enter this value without quotes.
  
  

When you have entered all the values for the configuration utility, click the "Ok" button to continue. At this point, you should see the "Change SQL*Net Configuration" window. This window generates a SQL*Net entry for WinChecks to use when talking to your CEFMS database. Do not modify this entry unless you are familiar with SQL*Net configuration issues. Click the "Ok" button to save your changes and exit, or the "Cancel" button if you'd like another chance to enter your MCS and FOA codes. If, at any time in the future, you wish to run this utility again, the file is called WCCONFIG.EXE, and it is located in the WinChecks installation directory (C:\CEFMS\DISB, if you took the defaults).

You are now ready to perform the final step in the installation and configuration of WinChecks. There is a utility in the WinChecks base directory (C:\CEFMS\DISB, if you took the defaults on installation) called BDEADMIN.EXE. Run this program by picking the "Run..." option off the Windows 95 Start Menu. Enter "C:\CEFMS\DISB\BDEADMIN.EXE" in the file entry box as the name of the program to run, and click the "Ok" button. Hopefully, this process will be automated in future releases, but for now, you must do the following:

• When the Borland Database Administrator starts, you should see two clickable tabs about 1/3 of the way down the left side of the window. These tabs are labelled "Databases" and "Configuration". Click the "Configuration" tab.
  
  
• You should now see a tree view of all known configurations. If there is a plus (+) sign next to the word "Configuration" in the tree view (it should be the first element), click the plus sign to expand the tree to the next level.
  
  
• You should now see two entries, "Drivers" and "System". Click the plus sign next to "Drivers", then open "Native" under that. You should now see a list of available database drivers. The driver we are interested in is the "ORACLE" driver. Single click it now, and the view area to the right of the BDE Admin window should show you the configuration information for the Oracle driver as a list of names and values for the configuration.
  
  
• The configuration parameter we are interested in for this is the "VENDOR INIT" parameter. Most likely this value is currently set to "ORANT71.DLL", which is incorrect. Click your mouse button on the word "ORANT71.DLL", and the word should become highlighted. You should also see a small button to the right with a down-arrow on it. Click this button now. Clicking the button gives a drop-down list of the available "VENDOR INIT" values. The value WinChecks needs in order to run is "ORA73.DLL". Click that now. The drop-down list should go away, and the "VENDOR INIT" value should now be "ORA73.DLL".
  
  
• Exit the BDE Administrator by choosing "Exit" off the "Object" menu. When prompted to save the changes, choose "Yes".
  
  

Congratulations, WinChecks should now be installed correctly. Don't forget to change, on the CEFMS side, your entry in the "PC_USER_ENVIRONMENT" table. The entry for "PC_WORK_DIR" for your entry in that table should now be "C:\CEFMS\DISB\WINCHECKS.EXE" (assuming you took the default installation path).

The first time you run WinChecks, you need to configure your printer settings. Once WinChecks is up and running, click the "Configuration..." button. You should now be in the "WinChecks Configuration" window. Click the "Add new printer..." button, which will take you to the "Add new printer" window. Enter a name for your printer (anything you like). Select which LPT: port you wish to use for check printing. Finally, in the "Settings" edit box, enter the printer code that puts your printer in 8-lines-per-inch mode. Every printer we've ever seen for CEFMS uses "27 48" (without the quotes) as this setting. If this setting doesn't work for you, please call Fred Anderson (205-864-0656) for further assistance. Once you've entered these values, click the "Ok" button to close the window. Back in the "WinChecks Configuration" window, select "Set as default printer" for the printer you just entered, and click the "Ok" button to save your changes.