Installation

You now should have Superbase, TCP/IP, Web Server software (If you have not installed all of these components and configured them correctly, you will be unable to install and configure the Superbase Internet Server.)and a Web browser installed on your PC.

To install the Superbase Internet Server run the INSTALL.EXE program from the Superbase Internet Server disk and follow the instructions. (Please note: If you are using Windows NT and your web server is installed as a service, make sure that you configure your web server to interact with desktop applications [use the WinNT control panel to access services.] ) The installation process will prompt you for the location of several specific sub-directories:

1. The CGI-WIN directory

This directory alias must be set-up through your web server configuration software and should be named "CGI-WIN". Normally, the CGI-WIN directory contains CGI executable programs and many web servers ship with a variety of examples located in this directory.

Web servers typically use an alias to refer to a physical directory on your hard drive. i.e. CGI-WIN = x:\httpd\cgi-bin\win. Any URL that refers to an EXE file located in the CGI-WIN directory will actually refer to your x:\httpd\cgi-bin\win directory.

If your system specifies a Windows CGI directory that is named differently you will need to either modify the SBISERVE.SBP program to reflect this, or create a new directory alias called CGI-WIN (please refer to your web server software documentation for details).

2. The document root directory

This directory usually contains the homepage or root document that is accessed when a user connects to your web site.

The Internet server will install a graphics sub-directory for examples.

3. The SB30 directory

The Superbase Internet Server will install the required DLL's, SBP's, and example programs in a sub-directory off the main SB30 directory. (This is the directory where Superbase was originally installed.)