PowerBase Installation Guide
Guide d'installation de PowerBase 
PowerBase Installationsanleitung

PowerBase/QSG/99/001
Copyright (c) 1999 Purple Software Limited

Welcome to PowerBase
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Thank you for buying PowerBase from Purple Software.

If you are viewing the HTML version of this document, you can install the PowerBase software and read the User Guide now by clicking on each of the links below and, if prompted, selecting the option to "Open" the file.

Click this link to Install the PowerBase application.

Click this link to Read the English PowerBase User Guide.

If you are viewing any other version of this document or if you experience any problems in installing PowerBase or reading the User Guide, please read the remainder of this document that describes in detail how to install the PowerBase software and read the User Guide.

About Purple Software
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Purple Software is one of Europe's most experienced software developers for handheld computers. With more than a decade's experience of software development, the Purple Software name has become synonymous with advanced solutions for handheld operating systems. Our products are available world-wide and most are published in languages other than English. For more information, contact us by:

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PowerBase Installation Guide
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The PowerBase software is available for the following devices:

* Handheld computers using the 32bit EPOC(tm) Operating System

Please check your packaging to confirm that you have the appropriate version of the software for your device.

PowerBase may be supplied on one or more floppy disks, a CD or, if you have purchased the product as an "Electronic Software Download" (ESD), in the folder nominated as part of the download process. In all cases, these will contain the following files:

Install.HTM 	A copy of this guide in HTML format
Install.TXT	A copy of this guide in plain text format for the PC
Inst_Mac.TXT	A copy of this guide in plain text format for the Mac

If you have an Internet Browser or other program capable of displaying the Install.HTM file (and are not already doing so), you should open this file as it contains links that will help you to install the software and read the User Guide. Alternatively, follow the instructions given in the sections below.

To open the Install.HTM file:
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If you have a floppy disk or CD version of PowerBase, insert the disk in an appropriate drive. The Install.HTM file is located in the "root" folder. Alternatively, if you have an ESD version of PowerBase, and nominated it to be placed in (for example) a "Download" folder on a given disk, this will now contain a folder called "PowerBase ESD" that contains the Install.HTM file.

Open the appropriate folder and double-click the Install.HTM file.

Installation to a 32bit EPOC(tm) device
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Your PowerBase software comprises:

PowerBase.SIS	The PowerBase application installation file. 

Installation files are located in the "Software" folder alongside the Install.HTM file described above. Note that if PowerBase is supplied on multiple floppy disks, the appropriate disk will be labelled accordingly.

From a 32bit Windows platform, PowerBase is normally installed via the "EPOC Install" service provided as part of your "EPOC Connect" or "PsiWin" connectivity software. However, some early versions of the PsiWin software do not provide the "EPOC Install" service. If, in PsiWin, the 'Install New Program' command is not available under the 'Psion' menu, you need to upgrade PsiWin as described below.

If you do not use a 32bit Windows platform, you can install the software to your handheld computer, provided that your computer is equipped with the appropriate software. You should refer to the documentation provided with that software.

To Install PowerBase
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To install an application, open the "Software" folder and double-click the application installation file. If Windows reports that it does not know which application is associated with a .SIS file you need to upgrade your copy of PsiWin as described below.

To Run PowerBase
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To launch an application, tap its icon shown in the "Extras Bar".

To Remove PowerBase
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Move to the System application and choose the Control panel menu command. Tap on the Add/remove icon to display a list of the applications you can remove. 

Highlight the application to be removed and tap the Remove button. Confirming the dialog will remove the application from your handheld computer.

To Upgrade PsiWin
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The files required to upgrade PsiWin and instructions for their use are available from the Psion Computers web site at http://www.psion.com/.

Reading the User Guide
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Your PowerBase documentation comprises:

PowerBase(En).PDF	The PowerBase User Guide.

Documentation files are located in the "Docs" folder alongside the Install.HTM file described above. Note that if PowerBase is supplied on multiple floppy disks, the appropriate disk will be labelled accordingly.

The User Guide is supplied in electronic form as a Portable Document Format (.pdf) file. Software to display .pdf files is freely available from Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be acquired from their Web site at http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/.

Once you have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader application, you can read the User Guide simply by double-clicking the appropriate file.