Microsoft KB Archive/68358

Installing Excel Version 3.00 on a Network PSS ID Number: Q68358 Article last modified on 02-26-1993 PSS database name: W_eXceL

3.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

The Setup program for Microsoft Excel version 3.00 will copy some files that are global (that is, the files need to be available for all network users) into the users’ private directories. These files need to be removed from the private directories and placed into the shared Excel directory on the network.

Specifically, on a full installation of Excel, there will be two files in the WINDOWS directory and eight files in the WINDOWS directory. These can easily be identified as they will have a date of 12/9/90 and a time of 12:00 PM.

The installation program will also build a Program Manager group that has four items. If you choose, the group can be constructed for each user; the instructions are included at the end of this article.

More Information:

The following are descriptions of the three directories that Setup modifies:

The first directory is the one to which you choose to install Microsoft Excel. This is the main directory that holds the supporting files required to run Microsoft Excel. This directory will be referred to as the EXCEL directory.

The second directory installation is the directory that holds Microsoft Windows version 3.00. This directory is the user’s private WINDOWS directory. One file that will be contained in this directory is the WIN.COM file that is specific to the user’s installation. This directory will be referred to as the WINDOWS directory.

The last directory that installation will modify is the SYSTEM subdirectory of the WINDOWS directory. Microsoft Excel uses this subdirectory to store utilities required for some functions. This directory will be referred to as the WINDOWSsubdirectory.

The following files are placed in the directory (named under the Directory heading) when you install the program (listed under the Put There When You Install heading):

Filename Directory Put There When You Install ——– ——— ————————–

XLBIG.BMP WINDOWS Microsoft Excel XLCUBES.BMP WINDOWS Microsoft Excel FILEFNS.DLL WINDOWSMicrosoft Excel Library Files DBNMP3.DLL WINDOWSQ+E QEDBF.DLL WINDOWSQ+E QESS.DLL WINDOWSQ+E QETXT.DLL WINDOWSQ+E QEXLA.DLL WINDOWSQ+E QEXLS.DLL WINDOWSQ+E W3DBLIB.DLL WINDOWSQ+E

Once these files have been identified, remove them from the WINDOWS directory and WINDOWSsubdirectory, and place them in the shared EXCEL directory.

It is very important that the EXCEL directory be included on the search path. The search path is a list of drives and directories that the system will search through to find executable files or supporting utilities.

For more information about the search path, please refer to your network documentation and your DOS manual for a discussion on the PATH command.

Building Excel 3.00 Group for Each User
To build the Microsoft Excel 3.00 group for each user, do the following:


 * 1) Run the Windows Setup application from the Main Group of Program Manager.
 * 2) From the Options menu, choose Setup Applications.
 * 3) Search the drive to which Excel was installed. (Please refer to page 93 of the “Microsoft Windows User’s Guide” for version 3.00 for more information.)
 * 4) A list of applications will appear in the left-hand box. The four that need to be selected are:
 * 5) * Dialog Editor
 * 6) * Macro Translator
 * 7) * Microsoft Excel
 * 8) * QE
 * 9) Press the Add button and these will appear in the right-hand box.
 * 10) Choose OK and these programs will be added to the Windows Applications group. If no Windows Applications group exists, one will be created.
 * 11) The installation program for Microsoft Excel creates a Program Manager group named Microsoft Excel 3.0. You can either leave these items in the Windows Applications group or create the Excel group and move the program icons as described on pages 87 and 95 in the “Microsoft Windows User’s Guide.”
 * 12) After making these changes, exit Windows and check the Save Changes checkbox to record the new settings.

Reference(s):

For more information on setting up Excel, see “Microsoft Excel Getting Started.”

For more information on setting up an Excel group, see pages 87 and 95 of the “Microsoft Windows User’s Guide.”

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.