ArchaeoInfo needs Microsoft Access 2003 to run. If you do not have a full version of this program on
your computer you cannot use ArchaeoInfo.

INSTALLING ARCHAEOINFO

If Archaeoinfo is already installed on your computer you must uninstall it using the "add or remove 
programs" facility in the Windows control panel before you can reinstall.

After downloading move the content of ArchaeoInfo.Zip to a temporary library and run Setup.exe. 
This will install Archaeoinfo on your computer.

By default the program file ArchaeoInfo.mdb is placed in a sub library to the Library C:\Program Files 
(in Danish installations the name of the library is Programmer) named ArchaeoInfo. 
Together with this executable file a number of other files are placed in the same 
library. These files must remain in the same library as ArchaeoInfo.mdb.
One of the files is the database file Institution.mdb. This file contain, all the archaeological 
institutions in Denmark. You can edit this file, and include your own institution (and indeed 
delete all the Danish Institutions if you wish).

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Since early summer 2006 a so far unsolved error has occured to new installations probably associated 
with security updates of Microsoft Windows. The following applies to new installations only. If you
are reinstalling ArchaeoInfo you should not be concerned. 

When you try to create a new database or open an existing one you will recieve an error message and nothing 
will happen. The reason is that Archaeoinfo cannot find a library containing the standard file handling 
routines. The library is installed by the installation procedure, but seemingly the registration fails.
The name of the library is comdlg32.ocx, and it is located in C:\program files\ArchaeoInfo.
A work around for this problem (the only one I have been able to establish) is as follows:
1) When ArchaeoInfo is running press Alt-F11. This should bring up the Visual Basic for Aplication (VBA) window.
2) Choose Tools on the menu bar in this window followed by the sub menu References.
3) In the form that appears you will find a number of checked entries. One of them reads 
Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0 (SP3)
4) If you click on this (be careful not to remove the check mark) you will see (bottom of the form) 
that its location is in C:\Program files\ArchaeoInfo, where indeed it can be found, but Windows is not aware.
5) To make Windows aware you: Click on the button Browse; Find the library C:\Program files\ArchaeoInfo;
Choose file type ActiveX controls (*.ocx); Choose comdlg32.ocx; Click Open.
6) Close the VBA window and ArchaeoInfo and then reopen ArchaeoInfo. It should now work properly.
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UPDATING ARCHAEOINFO

The straight and safe but also cumbersome way to update ArchaeoInfo with a new version/build is to uninstall 
the existing program and the reinstall with the new version/build. If you are uncertain use this method 
(Note that you should download the installation file and not the update file).

A quick way to update is to download the update file, which is simply a ziped ArchaeoInfo.Mdb file. You can 
copy the ArchaeoInfo.Mdb directly to C.\program files\Archaeoinfo overwriting the existing ArchaeoInfo.mdb,
and the update is complete.

Warning: If your existing ArchaeoInfo is a compiled version (extension .mde) this method will not work properly,
as your short cuts will keep refering to the old .mde file and not the new .mdb file. If you do not know how 
to handle these things manually, you should uninstall the old version/build followed by a new installation.
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NOTE! As of February 2006 ArchaeoInfo is no longer distrbuted in a compiled version (extension .mde), 
but as a normal Access database (extension .mdb), those who have installed ArchaeoInfo prior to 
February 2006 should delete Archaeoinfo.mde from the installation library, as it will not be deleted
automatically by the installation routine.

NOTE! As of November 2006 Archaeoinfo is no longer distributed with a runtime module, which means that 
you must have Access 2003 installed on your computer to run ArchaeoInfo. The reason for this is that some 
of the many safety changes in Windows have created problems with the installation procedure. There is 
no remedy for these problems with the run time version. Only if you have a full version of Access 2003
can they be handled as described elsewhere in this paper.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO DANISH USERS
When installed ArchaeoInfo appears with an English interface. To change to the Danish interface, you 
should choose Customisation in the menu and subsequently Setup. In the form that appears you can 
then choose “dansk” from the drop down box Language.