QuoteNerd Pro Installation Instructions
The distribution zip file containing this Readme file, includes
both the handheld (PRC file) and PC Companion software. You can install
the handheld software by itself - to do a quick evaluation - or you can
install both the handheld and
PC Companion software at the same time.
Installing Handheld software without the PC software
- Double click the file QNerdPro.prc. This will launch the Palm Application Install
tool. The Palm Install tool will queue the handheld application for installation during
the next HotSync.
Installing both the Handheld and PC software.
The first step is to ensure that you have the required PC system
support software installed. The QuoteNerd Pro PC software consists of a conduit that handles
the synchronization of the handheld and PC data as well as a user
application called the PC Companion. The required system support software is freely
available from Palm One, Sun Microsystems and Gabriel Software.
Installing or Updating Required System Support Software:
If you are upgrading
a previously installed version of QuoteNerd Pro you should already have
the required system support software installed. If you are installing
QuoteNerd Pro for the first time, you will need to
perform one or more of the steps listed below. You can use the
hotlinks provided to download required support software.
- Download required Palm Desktop Software version 3.5 or later. The Palm Desktop Software
was supplied with your Palm handheld. It contains the basic synchronization
support (HotSync) as well as the PC applications for accessing the addressbook,
memopad and other built-in applications, via the PC. You can determine
the version of your Palm Desktop software by opening the Palm Desktop
application and selecting the Home | About Palm Desktop menu item.
If you need to upgrade your Palm Desktop Software, you can download the
latest version for your handheld, free of charge, from
PalmOne (Download)
- Download Palm Desktop support software for Java based conduits (JSync). This software
is supplied free of charge by PalmOne however it is not shipped with the handhelds. If you
do not know whether this software is currently installed on your PC then more
than likely it is not. You can
download the
JSync Installer (Download)
from our website. Launch the JSync Installer after you have downloaded it and
it will automatically install the necessary synchronization support required by QuoteNerd Pro
and any other Java based conduits that you may install in future.
- Download the Java runtime support software. The QuoteNerd Pro PC Companion application is a Java based application.
As such it requires that a Java runtime environment be installed on the PC.
Since many websites use Java technology, you may already have the Java runtime
system software installed on your PC to support your Web Browser. If you are
not certain that you have Java installed on your PC or you know that you have
a very old version of the Java runtime software installed, download the latest
version, free of charge, from
www.java.com (Download).
Installing or Updating the QuoteNerd Pro Applications:
- Before upgrading an existing QuoteNerd Pro release, HotSync
the Handheld and ensure that you have your registration code at hand.
- Extract the QuoteNerd Pro files, from the distribution zip file,
to a temporary folder on the PC.
- Launch the Install tool (Install.exe) included with
the QuoteNerd Pro distribution zip file. The Install tool will copy
QuoteNerd Pro application and conduit files to the QuoteNerd Pro
application folder (C:\QuoteNerdPro). In addition, Install will register the QuoteNerd
Pro conduit synchronization software with the Palm Desktop Software as
well as launch the Palm application installer to queue the QuoteNerd Pro
handheld application for transfer to the handheld during the next HotSync
session.
- HotSync the handheld with the PC to transfer the QuoteNerd Pro application
to the handheld.
If you are updating a previously installed version of
QuoteNerd Pro, the update is now complete.
If you are installing QuoteNerd Pro
for the first time, complete the remaining steps listed below.
- The QuoteNerd Pro handheld application is entitled QNerd Pro.
Locate QNerd Pro in the list of applications on the handheld.
Launch the QNerd Pro application on the handheld by selecting it from
the list of applications.
- HotSync the handheld with the PC one more time. This will cause the
presence of the handheld application to be detected by the PC.
- Launch the QuoteNerd PC Companion application by opening (double click with
the mouse) the C:\QuoteNerdPro\QuoteNerdProW.exe Windows application.
The QuoteNerd Pro PC Companion will automatically detect all Palm OS handhelds
on which you have installed the QuoteNerd Pro application.
- Close the QuoteNerd PC Companion. At this point, you may want to make
a shortcut to the PC Companion and place the shortcut on the desktop for
easy access in future. To create a shortcut, right click on the QuoteNerdProW
application and then select Create Shortcut on the popup menu. A short
cut will be created in the C:\QuoteNerdPro folder. Drag this shortcut
to the Windows desktop.
- Follow the examples in the Getting Started section of the QuoteNerd Pro User Guide.
The User Guide will quickly introduce you to the basic features and operation
of the QuoteNerd Pro. Since the QuoteNerd Pro handheld and PC applications
are very similar, you can easily apply the User Guide tutorial instructions to both
the handheld and PC applications.
Installing the Sample Items Catalog
QuoteNerd Pro comes with an Sample Items Catalog to help get you started.
The sample items use a variety of item features by way of example. The
Sample Catalog is provided as both a Palm PDB file and a tab delimited text
file. Use the PDB file (SampleItemsCatalog.PDB) if you are installing
QuoteNerd Pro for the first time on a handheld. Do NOT use the PDB file if
you have already created a catalog on the Handheld or wish to auto import your
catalog from an existing QuoteNerd Lite installation on the handheld. In both
of these cases, import the catalog items (SampleItemsCatalog.txt) using the
PC Companion application. Importing the catalog items, with the PC Companion, will not overwrite existing
catalog data that you have created.
- To install the PDB version, use the Palm Install tool just as you would do for any Palm
application or data file.
- To install the text version, select File Import/Export from the PC
Companion menu. Then select the Import button. Navigate to the location
of the sample catalog file (SampleItemsCatalog.txt). Open the file.
QuoteNerd Pro Uninstall Instructions
The QuoteNerd Pro distribution zip file contains a Windows script file (.BAT file)
that will deregister the QuoteNerd Pro conduit software. To uninstall QuoteNerd Pro
from the Palm desktop software, perform the following steps.
- Extract the QuoteNerd Pro files from the distribution zip file
to a temporary folder on the PC.
- Open (double click with mouse) the uninstall.bat script file.
- Delete the QNerd Pro application on the handheld.
- Delete the QuoteNerd Pro application file folder on the PC (C:\QuoteNerdPro).