FoReSight
Installation Instructions
These instructions
are for installing the First Resort Software FoReSight Module. Please call
First Resort Support for assistance if you feel uncomfortable with this procedure.
You can reach the Support Department at 970-927-9222. If you have not purchased
the Foresight
Module, please contact the First Resort Sales
Department at 800-872-3771 or by email at sales@firstres.com.
Installation
- Obtain the Foresight
setup file. You may download it from the First Resort web site (file
size is approximately 1.3 Megabytes), or you may request to have it sent
to you on a floppy disk. The file name is FORE116.EXE.
- The Foresight setup file
is password-protected. If you are downloading the file from the First
Resort web site, you will need to contact Support to obtain a password.
This is most efficiently accomplished by emailing a request to support@firstres.com.
If you received the file on diskette, the password will be printed on
the diskette label.
- If you are downloading
the file, the file is located on the previous page, Software
Version Downloads link from the First Resort Support
home page. When downloading, pay attention to the
folder to which the file is being downloaded.
- Open the Windows Explorer
program (Start > Programs > Windows Explorer) and navigate to the
location of the Foresight setup file. If you downloaded the file it will
be in the folder to which you downloaded it. If you obtained the file
on diskette be sure the diskette is inserted into your PC and look in
the item described as '3 1/2 Floppy (A:).'
- Double click (right mouse
button) the Foresight setup file. An introductory message will appear.
Click on 'OK.'
- When the Password dialog
box appears, type in the supplied password. Note the password is case
sensitive. Click on 'OK.'
- The InstallShield routine
is launched and a welcome box will appear. Click 'Next.'
- Read the Warning message
and click 'Next.'
- Complete the User Information
lines and click 'Next.'
- A Destination Location
box displaying the location to install the Foresight module will appear.
The location defaults to F:\ACCOUNTS which is applicable in most cases.
Your location may differ if you or your hardware vendor have chosen a
different directory location for First Resort data files or if you
have a Windows NT/2000 or Peer-to-Peer network and are performing this
function from the server or host PC. If necessary, use the Browse button
to navigate to the correct location of your First Resort data. Once
the correct location is specified, click on 'Next.'
- A Select Program Folder
box will appear. Leave the folder name as First Resort Software and click
on 'Next.'
- Confirm the values which
appear in the Start Copying Files box. Click 'Next.' Installation will
proceed and the Program Folder will appear on your desktop.
- Click on 'Finish' in
the Setup Complete box.
- If you wish to create
a shortcut to Foresight on your Windows desktop, right-click on the Foresight
icon in the Program Folder, left-click on 'Send To' and left-click again
on 'Desktop.'
- You may launch Foresight
by double-clicking on your desktop shortcut, or by accessing the program
from Start > Programs > First Resort Software > Foresight
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