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Installation Update Configuration
Installation Download the .Net Interface Installation from our web site, extract from the zip and run the setup.exe in the release folder. Click Next Select everyone or just me as required Click next Click Next Click Close
Update Download the .Net Interface update from our web site, and run the .msi. The update does not affect the configuration which does not require any changes as a result of the update Click next Click Next Click Close
Configuration The .Net interface needs to know where the databases are held. This is achieved with ODBC DSNs (data sources names). A DSN is created for mercury and each database the college is using. Informix ODBC Installation Informix ODBC Configuration SQL Server ODBC Configuration Once the DSNs have been created the .Net Interface Configuration may be run by the administrator. If the configuration icon is not enabled you are not the administrator. Set the mail setting as shown (ppsw.cam.ac.uk for Cambridge colleges) Select a tab and enter the DSN created for that database. There must be a Mercury DSN enter, but all other tabs are optional but a DSN must be entered before that database can be accessed by the .Net Interface. Finally select the system tab and select Informix or SQL Server as the database server. The date format will default according to the database server.