FlagShip

Installation & Use

 

Copyright: All products on this CD-ROM are Copyright 1992..2001 © multisoft Datentechnik GmbH, 82031 Gruenwald/Munich, Germany. All rights reserved worldwide. No part of this media may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcripted, or published in any form or by any means without the express written permission of multisoft Datentechnik GmbH.

Made in Germany. Printed in Germany.

License: The License Agreement & Warranty is available in the /cdrom/doc_engl/license.html or license.doc resp., or /cdrom/doc_germ/lizenz.doc ASCII files and in the FlagShip printed or on-line manual in chapter GEN.2. By installing the package you will read this document and acknowledge that you agree to be bound by its terms and subjects to its conditions.

Trademarks: FlagShip and FS2 Toolbox are trademarks of multisoft Datentechnik GmbH. Other products named herein may be trademarks of their respective manufacturers or trademark holders. 

Contents of this Installation Booklet

Contact address
Introduction
Contents of this CD-ROM
Products and Licenses
Installation from this CD-ROM
Deinstallation
Support
Using FlagShip
Additional Infos and Ports

Postal address:

multisoft Datentechnik GmbH
Postfach 1312
D-82027 Gruenwald/Muenchen
Germany

Delivery address:

multisoft Datentechnik GmbH
Auf der Eierwiese 1
D-82031 Gruenwald/Muenchen
Germany

Telephone:

(++49 - 89) 649 0040

Fax:

(++49 - 89) 641 2974

E-mail:

sales:       sales@fship.com   or   sales@multisoft.de
support:    support@fship.com   or   support@multisoft.de

Internet:

Web:        http://www.fship.com
Ftp:     ftp://fship.com/pub/multisoft

Call for address of your local distributor. 

 

Introduction

FlagShip is an independent Database Development system, perfectly suited also to migrate xBase based applications to UNIX. It is a superset of CA/Clipper 5.3 and therefore fully source and data compatible to it, including macros, code blocks, objects, user defined OOP classes etc.

Contents of this CD-ROM

FlagShip is ported to all standard Unix systems, from PC-Unix to workstations and mainframes. On this CD-ROM, you will find for the following operating systems (in alphabetical order; additional systems are available upon request): The system specific release notes for the above systems are available on this CD-ROM in overview and after the FlagShip installation in section REL of the on-line manual fsman.

Products and Licenses

The complete License Agreement in English is available in html format or ascii file /cdrom/doc_engl/license.doc (and LICENSE.DOS for MS-DOS). Here in short:
Of course, neither the FlagShip compiler, nor cc is required on the customer's site, but the executable only. You will need to obtain a license (Activation Key) from your dealer, distributor or from multisoft Datentechnik GmbH to be able to install and run this full version.
There are no run-time licenses or other limitations. You may upgrade to FlagShip Pro at any time. You will need to obtain an Activation Key to be able to install and run the Personal FlagShip.

Installation from this CD-ROM

FlagShip may easily be installed. You will need superuser (or root) privileges to perform the installation. Requirements: With the CD-ROM distribution, the "FSinstCD" script does it all automatically and interactively for you. If you are in hurry, just cd to the CD-ROM directory and type ./FSinstCD - that's all.

Here the detailed description:
 
1. Before installing the FlagShip full release (FlagShip Pro, Personal FlagShip or the FS2 Toolbox), call your dealer or multisoft GmbH for your Activation Key, you will not be able to install it otherwise. The activation key for the "Free Personal FlagShip is available for free on http://www.fship.com/register.html   The installation of the Trial/Demo FlagShip version does NOT require such an Activation Key. 

2. Log into your computer system as super-user or root: 

$ su                    (Unix shell prompt)
Password: john_miller    (not displayed)
#                       (Unix prompt)

Note: in an emergency, you may perform the installation (at least partially) also without the 'su' permissions. You will be prompted accordingly.

Caution: Before installing the DEMO version of FlagShip, make sure that the date and time are correctly set on your system. Check this or set it by using:
# date -or-
# date mmddHHMMyy - e.g. date 0321154898 for the 21-Mar-98 at 3:48pm

3. Insert the CD-ROM into the drive and mount the CD-ROM to any mount point (directory) of your choice (here referred as /cdrom), if not already mounted 

# mount [-v]              (check the output)
# cd ; umount /cdrom      (to insert the CD-ROM)
# mount /cdrom

Note: some systems, like Sun, use the "volume manager" for an automatic handling of mounts, and a command "eject cdrom" to open the CD-ROM drive. On other systems, you may use e.g. the "storage manager", "Smit", "disk manager" etc, or mount the CD-ROM manually with:

# [/etc/]mount -r <type> <device> <mountPoint>

whereby <type is the name designator for the standard ISO9660 (HSFS, Rockridge) file system, <device> is the CD-ROM driver e.g. "/dev/cd0" and <mountPoint> is an available, empty directory with sufficient permissions, e.g. "/cdrom". See the respective parameters in the system documentation "man mount" or consult your system administrator. Some examples for mounting a SCSI CD-ROM drive:

mount -r -v cdrfs /dev/cd0 /cdrom                 # on IBM AIX
mount -r -F cdfs /dev/cdrom/c1t4l0 /cdrom         # on AT&T, UnixWare
mount -r -F hsfs /dev/dsk/2s0 /cdrom              # on HP UX
mount -r -F cdfs /dev/cd/0 /cdrom                 # on ICL Sparc
mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /cdrom              # on Linux ELF
mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /cdrom               # on Linux a.out
mount -r -F hs /dev/ios0/sdisk005s0 /cdrom        # on Siemens RM
mount -r -t hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom                  # on Sun w/o filemangr
eject cd0 ; mount -r -F hsfs /dev/cdrom /cdrom    # on Sun x86
mount -r -f ISO9660 /dev/cd0 /cdrom               # on SCO OS5

# cd /cdrom (or your mount point)
 
4. Read the documentation in the /cdrom/doc_engl or /cdrom/doc_germ directory, e.g. 

# pg ./doc_engl/*.doc       -or-
# more ./doc_engl/*.doc     -or-
# less ./doc_engl/*.doc     (for Linux)

Note: type ':n' for next file, 'q' to quit the browser. File movement with 'space/b' or with '+/-/return'. You may read it also durimng the installation process.
Read carefully at least the License Agreement & Warranty (the /cdrom/ doc_engl/license.doc or /cdrom/doc_germ/lizenz.doc file). Note: some files are available also in DOS format, check for the *.DOS extension.
 
5. Check, if your CD-ROM drive support mixed case and long file names. When invoking "ls -l ." you should see the file "FSinstCD" instead of "fsinstcd" or "FSINSTCD". If you see it in lower or upper case only, you will not be able to install FlagShip directly from the CD-ROM, but may install it from your harddisk. To do so, cd to the /cdrom/tar directory and follow the instruction in README there. If you see it correctly, invoke the CD-ROM installation script in the /cdrom directory 

# ./FSinstCD             -or-
# ./FSinstCD -e          (for English messages)   -or-
# ./FSinstCD -d          (for German messages)

The full syntax with optional arguments is:

# ./FSinstCD [-e|-d] [-help|-h] [-nocheck] [-t nn] [system]

whereby -e : English messages (the default)
-d : German messages
-nocheck : suppress check for important Unix tools
-t <nn> : terminal lines (default = 24 or environment LINES)
<system> : path of the system to be installed (e.g. sco325)
The installation script will communicate with you and ask the system and product to install.
 
6. During the installation of a FULL version (FlagShip Pro, Personal FlagShip or FS2toolbox), you will be asked to enter the unique serial number and the activation key. Please get your Activation-Key Document and give the required entry exactly as printed in the Document, including the special characters (like colon, period etc.). The entry may be done without regard to the case of the letters. When the entry was wrong three times, the installation is aborted and has to be restarted again. 
Note: The FlagShip package is tailored to the developer's needs: the economic "Personal FlagShip" is used personally or internally in the company and supports two users, whereas the Demo supports four users at a time; and the FlagShip Pro package supports an unlimited number of users. The license type limits the accessibility of executable applications and databases.

Normally, if more than the maximum allowed number of users/processes try to execute an application, the message "...sorry, user limits exceeded, try later..." occurs and the next execution becomes possible when one of the current users finishes his session. Only a certain maximum number of users may access shared databases at any one time, otherwise a run-time warning occurs and the NETERROR() function returns .T. An application can check the user limit before database access by using the FlagShip functions USERCHECK(), USERSMAX() and USERSACTIVE().

Of course, applications created by the usual FlagShip (FlagShip Pro) do not have any limitations, full access is available at any time.

When installing the FlagShip full license (Personal or Pro) after the DEMO, uninstall the DEMO version first by using "FSuninstall" or upon request during the installation (the FSinstCD script will ask you to do this, when another FlagShip version is detected). All your prg sources must be recompiled with the full license thereafter.
 
7. The FlagShip installation is now finished. Remove the distribution media from the disk drive and keep it safe. Log into your computer as an ordinary user:

# exit          (leave the su mode now)
$               (std. UNIX shell prompt)
 

Now, you are ready to use the FlagShip development system. Please invoke the FlagShip on-line manual first by e.g.

$ newfscons fsman              -or-
$ fsman
see details in the Unix manual pages
$ man flagship
$ man fsman
Of the most important sections are the REL (Release Notes) and FSC (compiler). The Release Notes are available also in html format in the root CD-ROM directory in relnotes.html, or in ASCII format in the system specific CD-ROM directory and on your hard disk in the /usr/FSsrc/manual/relnotes.asc file.

If you are not very familiar with Xbase programming yet, read carefully the section LNG (Language) and study the complete programming examples there. For an advanced programmer, the chapter QRF (quick reference) gives you a quick overview and the reference part (CMD and FUN) describes in detail all commands or functions, including the differences (if any) to other Xbase dialects.

Note for Linux users: For your convenience, a printed manual (over 1500 pages) is available for purchase from your dealer. The printed manual is included in the distribution (except of the Demo) for all other Unix systems.
 

Deinstallation

All of the files installed by 'FSinstCD' (or via rpm on Linux) may be removed selectively at any time by entering
$ su
# FSuninstall -e           (using English messages, the default)
# FSuninstall -d           (using German messages)
 

Support

The tech support is for free during the initial period for all registered users. To join it, fill in and return the registration card (the REGCARD file available in the installation directory or in /usr/FSsrc), applicable also for the Demo. You may contact your local distributor or multisoft by e-mail, phone or fax. Preferably use the Support Request form, available in the appendix of the on-line manual or on the CD-ROM in /cdrom/doc_engl/suppreq.doc or on the Web.
 

Using FlagShip

The handling of the FlagShip package is very similar to the handling of any other compiler package like Clipper, cc etc. Please see details in the printed manual or in the FlagShip on-line manual (see "man fsman" for its invocation). The most important chapters are REL, FSC and LNG. An example:
$ cd ~/ (or simple cd )
$ cp /usr/FSsrc/fsadr* .             (a small example)
$ FlagShip fsadr*.prg -omytest (see section FSC)
$ newfscons ./mytest                     (or newfswin, newfsterm instd.)
There are also many additional hints in /usr/FSsrc/docu directory, e.g. the howto* files.

Before starting your application, you should check the actual environment settings (stty, TERM, ttymap etc.) according to chapter Runtime Requirements in sections FSC and REL, and the configuration file /etc/ FSconfig. If the colors or special keys work other than expected, check section SYS or use the semi-automatic checking program fscheck.prg stored in the /usr/FSsrc directory. Copy it into your working directory, compile and run it. It will check and display the input and output mappings, the default settings and so on:

$ cd /usr/home/john                                (or simple cd )
$ cp /usr/FSsrc/fscheck.prg .
$ FlagShip fscheck.prg                         (see section FSC)
$ TERM=FSansi ; export TERM               (see release notes, section REL)
$ export FSTERM=fslinux                       (for Linux, see release notes)
$ ./a.out                                                  -or to do it automatically, use:
$ newfscons ./a.out                               (sets the terminal for you)

Additional Infos and Ports

For other Unix systems not available on this CD-ROM, FlagShip demos/test drives are available on floppies or tape for a nominal fee. Ask your distributor or contact:

http://www.fship.com
ftp://fship.com/pub/multisoft

e-mail: info@fship.com
fax:    (++49-89) 6412974
phone : (++49-89) 649-0040

We suggest to frequently check the faqsupp.txt file on Internet (via the Support button on the home page, or by  ftp in the /pub/multisoft/flagship/support directory) for actual hints from the support department.
 
Enjoy !