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downloads and updates   

 

This page provides download links for the latest versions of caplen's technologies and documentation.   To download, click the desired Application Component link in the Product or Documentation section of this page.

 

NOTE: If the date of purchase is prior to the release date for the below application component(s) or documentation, then you should download the updated component or quick reference guide.

 

    Software Products  ( patches and updates ) ...

 

Application Component

Release Date

  Remarks
AIM Service Release    December 18, 2009 This Service Release is required for all AIM users. 

NOTICE : Users who purchase the AIM product after this release date, DO NOT need to download this Service Release.  The Service Release upgrades are already incorporated into the shipping CD.

The Service Release ( 28mb download ) includes the following:

  • Integration of  the Administrator application component to the suite.

  • Updated versions of all AIM application components.

  • Database Engine upgrade from v8.x to v9.x.

  • Automatic creation of configuration tables to support Login / Rights and Permissions.

  • Populate configuration tables with default Users / Rights and Permissions rules.

  • Upgraded Manifest files.

  • Updated Quick Reference Guides.

  • User Interface refinements.

NOTICE FOR EXISTING USERS : Take the following steps:

  1. Download this Service Release to your computer.

  2. Open the downloaded file and extract ALL of the contents to your "aim" folder.   If you installed AIM using the defaults, then the location will be  C:\Program Files\ caplen company\aim.  You may be prompted to overwrite existing files ... select the YesToAll option.

  3. Launch the Data Records application component to execute the Service Release upgrade.

NOTICE TO ZOOLOGICAL USERS : This Service Release provides Login / Rights and Permissions functionality for Zoological users.  By default, the Login mechanism is turned off.  If you want / need to turn the Login mechanism on, then take the following steps:

  1. Launch the Administrator AFTER you have followed the above download and upgrade steps.

  2. Select the View | User Login Required menu item.

  3. Create the desired / required User Accounts and set their usage Permissions.

Architect    December 28, 2009

If you purchased your AIM CD after the above Service Release date, then you only need to download the desired application update in this section, otherwise, if you purchased you AIM CD before the above Service Release date, then you need to download the above Service Release as well as the desired application update in this section.

 

Take the following steps:

  1. Click the desired link to download the application component update to your computer.

  2. Open the downloaded file and extract the content to your "aim" folder.   If you installed AIM using the defaults, then the location will be  C:\Program Files\ caplen company\aim.  You may be prompted to overwrite an existing file ... select the YesToAll option.

NOTE:  Check the Documentation Section (below) for updated Quick Reference Guides.

Data Records    May 19, 2010
Print Shop    May 19, 2010
Data Xchange    May 19, 2010
Administrator    December 28, 2009

 

 

    Documentation  ( quick reference guides ) ...

 

Application Component

Release Date

  Remarks

Architect    July 4, 2009 The links in this section are associated with the help system for each application component ... when selecting the F1 keyboard key or the Help | Quick Reference Guide menu item.

Please review the QRG DOWNLOAD NOTICE in the Installation ... section below.

Data Records    November 3, 2009
Print Shop    October 19, 2009
Data Xchange    July 17, 2009
Administrator    December 28, 2009
 
Architect    December 26, 2009 The links in this section are PDF versions of the Quick Reference Guide for each application component.
Data Records    December 26, 2009
Print Shop    December 26, 2009
Data Xchange    December 26, 2009
Administrator    December 26, 2009

 

 

    Installation ...

 

To install a Product or Documentation update, take the following steps:

  1. Click the desired Application Component link in the Product or Documentation section.

  2. At the prompt, select the Save option.

  3. Save the file to the aim folder.  If you installed the original CD to the default settings, the location will be

C:\Program Files\caplen company\aim

  1. Double-click the downloaded file(s) and extract the content to the aim folder.  If you are downloading a Quick Reference Guide, please read and follow the directions in the below QRG DOWNLOAD NOTICE.

QRG DOWNLOAD NOTICE:  Microsoft introduced Security update 896358 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 which included changes to the InfoTech protocol that block the ability to view remote content.  These changes were introduced to reduce security vulnerabilities in HTML Help and can result in HTML help topics not being displayed properly.   Because of this security update, you will need to choose one of the following methods when downloading Quick Reference Guide files:

Method 1 :  In the Open File-Security Warning dialog box, click to clear the Always ask before opening this file check box.

Method 2 :  If you have already extracted the QRG file (*.chm) from the downloaded compressed folder, then take the following steps:

  1. Right-click the QRG file (*.chm), and then click  Properties.

  2. Click  Unblock.

  3. Double-click the QRG file (*.chm) to open the QRG file.

To review the technical article, please follow this link ... Microsoft Knowledge Base article:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902225
 


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