Download (Versions prior to 4.0)
Whether you have recently purchased AdvancedChecker and are electronically downloading your copy, or are upgrading your version, simply follow these steps to install AdvancedChecker. Please remember that this is a powerful program and we highly recommend you read all the documentation mentioned in the installation scripts and related files. Please contact us if you have any problems.
- Purchase Customers (...who are electronically downloading)
- You need an Installation Code
to install the main AdvancedChecker software that you download in Step 1, below. This code will be conveyed to you by your Trusted Systems sales representative by phone, E-mail, or will be printed on your sales invoice.
- If you have purchased more than the minimal license you also need a License Setup Program
(see Step 2). It is normally named "SetupLicense.EXE" and will be on a floppy disk in your shrink-wrap package or E-mailed to you by your TSS sales representative.
- Upgrade Customers
- For all free upgrades, just run the install program you download in Step 1. The installer detects your preexisting installation and upgrades it keeping the same licensing parameters. (It does not change your Editor settings or Master Host List files.) Alternately, you can de-install AdvancedChecker and run the installer, in which case you need to enter the same Installation Code and apply any License Setup programs (see Step 2) as in your previous installs.
- Note: Before you run any of your preexisting scripts in 2.0 or 2.05, please see the notes on Upgrading (your scripts) at the beginning of the online Checker Language Manual (available in the Editor and on your Start Menu).
1. Main Application Setup Program
Download the main "setup" program (about 5 Mbytes) that installs the AdvancedChecker application, the Checker Editor, and supporting programs and documentation. Simply run this setup program and follow the directions. Unless you are upgrading an existing installation, you'll need to enter an Installation Code and the script will tell you if you need to proceed to "Step 2."
- Download the version 3.00 main application setup file (*.EXE)
- Download the version 2.05 main application setup file (*.EXE)
This is a relatively benign installation that replaces no Windows NT DLL's or standard system components. It can be deinstalled from the Control Panel. At the beginning of this setup program you will be given the option of doing a full install or only extracting the Installation Notes (a text file) which explains the installation process in a bit more detail.
2. License Setup Program
For versions prior to 3.0, only, after you have installed the main AdvancedChecker application, you must in some cases run a second License Setup Program (*.EXE) that affixes your proper license parameters. Setting up these license parameters is referred to as Step #2 in the installation script, which tells you when you need to use it and gives directions in its use. The License Setup Program asks for no passwords, although evaluation users need a Download Password to download it in the first place (see following). If you need this second installation program, it will have been conveyed to you by Trusted Systems.
You may also receive a License Setup Program from Trusted System if you've purchased additional licensing or have arranged a special evaluation. In any case, you can simply run this installer at any time to update the licensing parameters of a preexisting AdvancedChecker installation.
3. Script Libraries
The setup programs include the latest "script libraries." If you intend to use these scripts, make sure you read about a handy feature called "Include Libraries" in the manual.
4. Learn & Explore
The installation scripts and Installation Notes suggest things to read and try. However, a few important hints:
- The Online Tutorial (on your Start Menu) is a great introduction to basics of AdvancedChecker. We highly recommend it.
- There's hardly a better way to learn about AdvancedChecker than reading its manual front-to-back. (The latter half are its built-in functions that you can usually skim.) The
language manual is also online under the Checker Editor's Help menu.
- The Script Library is a collection of ready-to-use and example scripts, some quite straightforward and some quite involved. The scripts called "General Policies" are the highest level and easiest to use, and serve as gateway into most of the library. (LP)