# Installation (not included in filePro Lite)

The installation contains replacement filePro executables that will replace your existing files if you are currently running a non-ODBC version of filePro. We recommend that you always copy or save your old files before installing any upgrade.

DLLs are also needed for the ODBC version of filePro. While there are numerous places where these could be placed, the typical location is either "C:\windows\system" or " C:\windows\system32". The install program will determine the applicable system directory and copy the required files to the right location. If the files already exist, the date of the files is compared to determine if files should be overwritten on your system. Even though the files we furnish may be newer than your files, the install program will prompt you to confirm "overwrites". We recommend that you always replace older versions of the files.

When installing fileProODBC, a new ICON is created in your Programs folder and on your desktop (unless you elect not to create the desktop ICON) for you to access fileProODBC.

Finally, we provide some sample ODBC filePro applications for you to test drive and to become familiar with fileProODBC. These will be copied to the specified \filepro directory on your system. A new reserved directory name of \fp\fputil\filepro is created by the install to store the sample database files and a cool index utility process. The filePro applications are copied to the specified \filepro folder. Refer to the "fileProODBC.hlp" file on how to apply ODBC to your applications.

Note:

Again, if you decide to overwrite your existing filePro programs, you should do one of the following before installing fileProODBC.

· Make a backup of your existing fp directory.

· Duplicate the fp directory tree into another directory (keeping the "fp" basename) and overwrite the programs there. Then, point PFPROG to the new directory when testing the ODBC version.