Using the Companion CD

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The CD included with this book contains all sample programs discussed in the book, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, third-party software, and an electronic version of the book. You can find the sample programs in the Example Code folder.

To use this companion CD, insert it into your CD-ROM drive. If AutoRun is not enabled on your computer, run StartCD.exe in the root folder to display the Start menu.

Installing the Sample Programs

You can view the samples from the companion CD, or you can install them onto your hard disk and use them to create your own applications.

Installing the sample programs requires approximately 162 KB of disk space. To install the sample programs, insert the companion CD into your CD-ROM drive and run Setup.exe in the Setup folder. Some of the sample programs require that the full version of Internet Explorer 5 be installed to work properly. If your computer doesn t have Internet Explorer 5 installed, run ie5setup.exe in the MSIE5 folder to install Internet Explorer 5. If you have trouble running any of the sample files, refer to the Readme.txt file in the root directory of the companion CD or to the text in the book that describes the sample program.

You can uninstall the samples by selecting Add/Remove Programs from the Microsoft Windows Control Panel, selecting Developing XML Solutions Example Code, and clicking the Add/Remove button.

Electronic Version of the Book

The complete text of Developing XML Solutions has been included on the companion CD as a fully searchable electronic book. To view the electronic book, you must have a system running Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT 4 Service Pack 3 (or later), or Microsoft Windows 2000. You must also have Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later and the latest HTML Help components installed on your system. If you don t have Internet Explorer 4.01 or later, the setup wizard will offer to install a light version of Internet Explorer 5, which is located in the Ebook folder. The Internet Explorer setup has been configured to install the mini-mum files necessary and won t change your current settings or associations.

System Requirements

The XML samples in this book can be run using a computer that has at least the following system requirements.

• 486 or higher processor
• Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000
• Visual Basic 6 (If you want to perform the Visual Basic examples in the book, you will need to have this installed on your computer.)