Scrinium 1.0.1
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Setup

This document describes how to setup Scrinium and is composed by the following chapters:

LICENSE TO USE

Please read carefully the  license agreement supplied with this product before installing and/or using the product itself.

Hardware and software requirements

Minimal hardware requirements (excluded the ones requested by the operating system)

Software requirements

Scrinium can be installed and used on all version of Windows. See table below for features available on the different operating systems.

Feature Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 Windows NT
Setup and usage Yes Yes Yes (2) (2) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2)
Writing to disk and Web server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Writing to CD Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Notify area balloons Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No

(1) Toolbars need Common Controls 4.71, file Comctl32.dll version 4.71.x.y, usually installed with Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher. This component may be individually downloaded and installed following the instructions on Microsoft web site (available in English but suitable for Windows in all languages). This component is necessary.

(2) The program requires 128-bit encryption included in latest Internet Explorer versions. This component is necessary. If you are running Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 5.5 or lower, you will need to upgrade your browser or install the Windows 2000 High Encryption Pack (available in several languages). If you are running Windows Me/98/95/NT and Internet Explorer 5.01 or lower, you will need to upgrade your browser or install the Internet Explorer High Encryption Pack (available in English but suitable for Windows in all languages).

Other requirements

Setup, update and removal of the program

When you have cheked the requirements described in the previous section, please follow the following steps to install Scrinium.

Scrinium is distributed in two editions:

Standard installation program edition (Setup)

Setup program is named  "scriniumXYZ-setup.exe" where XYZ is the version. Please note that on our web site this file may be compressed into a ZIP file due to anti-virus policy. In that situation you will need to expand the file before continuing.

Setup

  1. Run setup program and follow instructions on screen.
  2. Setup will copy files and will add icons to Start menu, desktop and to "quick launch" bar.

Update

  1. Close Scrinium.
  2. Run Setup program.
  3. If necessary the configuration file will be converted when you start Scrinium. [ Important note ]
 Removal

  1. Close Scrinium.
  2. Run automatic removal program "Remove the program from this computer" in the Start menu using the icon created during setup or use related Control Panel item in "Add/remove programs".

WARNING: all files containing data are not removed, in particular configuration files, the backup list and all present backups are not removed. A subsequent Scrinium setup will use the same configuration. If you want to remove all files you must manually delete the folder where you have installed Scrinium.

Portable edition (ZIP file)

Compressed file is named "scriniumXYZ-portable-LL.zip"   where XYZ is the version and LL is a language code. It contains the following files:

Nome file Descrizione
Scrinium.exe The program
Scrinium.sig Digital signature of the program
Scrinium.lic License file (optional)
Scrinium.*.chm Help file in LL language if available or English
Scrinium.*.lng Language file for LL

Setup

  1. Create a folder, for instance "H:\Scrinium" if H: is you pendrive letter.
  2. Expand the ZIP file to that folder.
  3. At your convenience create a shortcut to the program "Scrinium.exe" on desktop or Start menu.

Update

  1. Close Scrinium.
  2. Expand the ZIP file to the folder which contains the previous release, for instance "H:\Scrinium".
  3. If necessary the configuration file will be converted when you start Scrinium.  [ Important note ].
 Removal
  1. Close Scrinium.
  2. Delete any shortcuts created on desktop and Start menu.
  3. Delete installation folder, for instance "H:\Scrinium".
  4. This will delete ALL configuration and ALL backups.

How to update a non-English version of the program

If you are using Scrinium translated into a language different from English you can upgrade to this version but if your language is not currently available,  Scrinium will use English as a second language. In this way the most of Scrinium will be translated in your language and only the new menus, windows and sentences will be in English.

Periodically check our web site for new languages availability.

Important note on update and configuration files

On each final release and on several test versions, it is possibile that configuration files or other files are changed in the internal format to be able to manage new features and options.

This section will contain the changes and the instructions to run and older version of the program.