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Database software
You must have Interbase installed on the machine running ASE Scorer 8. See Borland for a discussion on the technical aspects of Interbase. ASE Scorer 8 is developed and tested using Interbase Version 7.1
The alternative and recommended database software is the open source version available from Firebird. See Firebird for more details. If your machine has Windows XP installed then it is essential that you use Interbase 7.1 or the open source Firebird 1.5. The performance of earlier versions are very poor in Windows XP. Make sure you install both CLIENT and SERVER
If you already have Interbase installed on your machine you will not be asked to install it. The setup program will automatically skip this step and proceed to the UNREGISTERED EVALUATION VERSION installation.
The first choice "Install ASE8 with Firebird" is the simplest and recommended procedure. The Firebird software is installed as part of ASE8 and no other steps are needed in the installation of Firebird.
Otherwise you must make a choice between the original product from Borland and the free open source version "Firebird". The availability of these products will vary with time. Generally you get a lot more with the Interbase from Borland but this is only more useful if you are a developer or intend to get into database management in a bigger way.
Using the Firebird product is simple and cheap and as far as the ASE Scorer Version 8 is concerned is all you really need. To install Firebird "server" select the third button "Install Firebird thenASE 8" and follow the prompts. This will allow you to have one server computer in a UNREGISTERED EVALUATION VERSION with the members' database shared by all your computers.
Once the database software is installed you will no longer need to install it in any later updates of the ASE Scorer Version 8.
From this screen you also have the options to go to the web sites for Firebird and Borland for more information on these subjects, but you will need access to the internet from the machine in use.
You also have the option of skipping this option at the moment, but you will need to do this at some time as the UNREGISTERED EVALUATION VERSION will not start without the database manager being installed.
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