The installation wizard presents a series of pages allowing you to choose options to control how to install QMF for Windows. On each page, you must select the desired options and click Next to continue. After you select all of the options, the installation wizard copies the appropriate QMF for Windows files to your machine and then completes the installation. In some cases, you may be required to restart the machine after the installation is complete. After restarting, or if restarting is not necessary, QMF for Windows is ready for you to use.
The first page of the installation wizard is a welcome screen, introducing you to the installation process.
The next page of the wizard allows you to select which components of the product to install. The available components are:
Component | Description |
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Program Files | This component consists of the main DB2 QMF for Windows application files. You must install this component to use any part of QMF for Windows. |
Spatial Data Support | This component includes the files required to display spatial data in a map. Spatial data can be retrieved from a database server that has the IBM DB2 Spatial Extender installed, or from shapefiles. Without this component, spatial data can be retrieved and exported to files, but cannot be displayed in a map. |
Microsoft Excel Add-In | This component gives you the ability to launch QMF for Windows directly from and return query results directly to Microsoft Excel. |
Lotus 1-2-3 Add-In | This component gives you the ability to launch QMF for Windows directly from and return query results directly to Lotus 1-2-3. |
Report Center | This component allows users to create reports that run specified queries, forms, and procedures, and publish results to a variety of targets, using a simple point-and-click tree interface. |
Administrator Program Files | This component consists of the QMF for Windows Administrator application files, and should only be installed by administrators. Administrators use this application to define database servers, create database objects (for example, tables), bind the application packages, grant package permissions, define user profiles, and define resource limits and assign them to users. |
On the Setup Type page, you can select one of the following types of setup to perform:
Setup Type | Included components |
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Typical | Program Files
Spatial Data Support Microsoft Excel Add-In Lotus 1-2-3 Add-In Report Center Administrator Program Files |
Compact | Program Files
Administrator Program Files |
Custom | User-specified |
If you choose a Typical or Compact setup, the next page allows you to select the folder in which to install QMF for Windows.
If you choose a Custom setup, the next page allows you to select which components to install, as well as the folder in which to install QMF for Windows.
For all setup types, the next page allows you to select the program folder in which to create shortcuts to start QMF for Windows.
The last page displays all of the options you selected. When you click Next on this page, the installation wizard will begin installing the required files. If you want to change any of the selected options, click Back.