Appendix F - What's on the CD?
- A collection of demonstration applications, scaled-down software, and shareware
- We've included several powerful applications that all work with (or around) SQL Server 6.5.
- All of the sample code and applications from the book
- Any application, sample, or code listing presented in the book can be found on the CD. That way, you can cut and paste code snippets without having to retype and debug them
- Two electronic versions of this book
- We have provided two electonic books on this CD. One is in HTML format, which can be read using any World Wide Web browser on any platform. The other is in Windows Help File format, which can be easily searched and bookmarked for future reference.
In this appendix, you will learn about the materials included on the Special Edition Using Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 CD-ROM that accompanies this book. It contains applications, tools, and demonstration products.
Third-Party Products
Following is a brief description of the products and demos from third-party vendors that you'll find on the CD.
The products on the CD are Demos and Shareware. You may have some difficulty running them on your particular machine. If you do, feel free to contact the vendor. (They'd rather have you evaluate their product than ignore it.)
Using the Electronic Book
Special Edition Using Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 is available to you as an HTML document that can be read from any World Wide Web browser that you may have currently installed on your machine (such as Netscape Navigator or Mosaic). If you don't have a Web browser, we have included the Microsoft's Internet Explorer for you.The book can also be read on-screen as a Windows Help File.
Reading the Electronic Book as an HTML Document
To read the electronic book, you will need to start your Web browser and open the document file TOC.HTML located on the \HTMLVER subdirectory of the CD. Alternatively, you can browse the CD directory using File Manager and double-click TOC.HTML.Once you have opened the TOC.HTML page, you can access all of the book's contents by clicking on the highlighted chapter number or topic name. The electronic book works like any other Web page; when you click on a hot link, a new page is opened or the browser will take you to the new location in the document. As you read through the electronic book, you will notice other highlighted words or phrases. Clicking on these cross-references will also take you to a new location within the electronic book. You can always use your Browser's forward or backward buttons to return to your original location.
Installing the Internet Explorer
If you don't have a Web browser installed on your machine, you can use Microsoft's Internet Explorer 2.0 on this CD-ROM.The Microsoft Internet Explorer can be installed from the self-extracting file in the \EXPLORER directory. Double-click the MSIE20.exe or use the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs option and follow the instructions in the install routine. Please be aware you must have Windows 95 installed on your machine to use this version of Internet Explorer. Other versions of this software can be downloaded from Microsoft's FTP site at ftp://microsoft.com.
Reading the Electronic Book as a Windows Help File Document
To read the electronic book, simply use File Manager to browse to the \HELPVER subdirectory on the CD. Double-click SQLSRVR.HLP and the file will load.
Finding Sample Code
This book contains code examples that include listing headers (for example, "see Listing 10.1") and the On the CD icon:Listing 10.1 10_01.SQL—Creating the Authors2 Table and Indexes
This listing indicates that this particular code snippet (or example) is included electronically on the CD. To find it, browse to the \CODE subdirectory on the CD and select the file name that matches the one referenced in the listing header (in this example, 10_01.SQL).
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