Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Getting Started
Release 8.0.6 for Windows NT
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Getting Started with Your Documentation

This chapter introduces you to the Oracle8 Enterprise Edition for Windows NT documentation set. Read this chapter before installing or using Oracle8 Enterprise Edition.

Specific topics discussed are:

Documentation Formats

This table describes the format and availability of documents in your Oracle8 Enterprise Edition kit and the tools required to view them:

Document Format  Document Availability  Document Tools 

HyperText Markup Language (HTML) 

All Oracle documentation is available in HTML. 

Use Oracle Information Navigator to view your HTML documentation set. For information on how to start Oracle Information Navigator, see "Starting Oracle Information Navigator". 

Portable Document Format (PDF) 

All Oracle documentation is available in PDF. 

Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view your PDF documentation set. For information on how to start Adobe Acrobat Reader, see "Starting Adobe Acrobat Reader". 

Printed 

Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Installation for Windows NT

This is the CD-ROM insert that contains the installation instructions.

Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release Notes for Windows NT

The release notes contain important last-minute installation and configuration information.

Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Getting Started for Windows NT

This guide.

Note: Additional generic documentation may be included in your kit for this release. 

Certain printed guides are also included in your kit. To order printed guides, contact Oracle Documentation Sales at the following locations:

  • Telephone (1) (800) 252-0303 in the United States of America.

  • Visit: http://oraclestore.oracle.com/

 

What Documentation Did I Receive?

Your documentation set consists of two types of documentation:

Documentation Type  Describes... 

Operating System-specific 

Installation, configuration, and use of Oracle8 Enterprise Edition products in a Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 98 environment. Operating system-specific documents are occasionally referred to in the generic documentation set. These documents are easy to identify because they always mention their specific operating system in their title. 

Generic 

Oracle8 Enterprise Edition, Net8 networking information, and Application Programming Interfaces information that is uniform across all operating system platforms. The vast majority of documents in your documentation set belong to this category. While reading through the generic documentation set, you are occasionally asked to refer to your platform-specific or operating system-specific documentation for procedures specific to the Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 98 operating systems.

To easily identify where these generic documentation references are described in your operating system documentation, see the index of this guide for the following entry:

generic documentation references

All generic documentation references described in this guide appear under this index entry. 

IMPORTANT:

Documentation may be included in your package detailing products that you did not buy or license, or whose functionality is not included in the current release. The presence of such documentation does not mean that these products are included in your package or that you are licensed to use them. 

Online Documentation Set

Your online Oracle documentation set is divided into the following categories:

Installation

Oracle8 Database

Oracle8 Cartridges

SQL*Plus

Network

Net8

Oracle7 Networking

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Application Development

Parallel Server

Legato Storage Manager

Oracle Web Publishing Assistant

Task Page-Find out how to do common Oracle tasks!

What Documentation Do I Read First?

This table lists the recommended order in which to start reading through your documentation set in order to quickly install and configure Oracle8 Enterprise Edition.

Read Documents in This Order...  For Information On... 
  1. Oracle Customer Support Guide

 

How to obtain Customer Support. 
  1. Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release Notes for Windows NT

 

Important last minute installation and configuration information. 
  1. Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Installation for Windows NT

 

Installation instructions included in the CD-ROM insert. 
  1. Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Getting Started for Windows NT

 

Post-installation, database migration, database upgrade, and configuration information for Oracle products. 
  1. Net8 Getting Started for Windows NT and Windows 95/98

 

Oracle8 Enterprise Edition client/server networking environment, basic database network concepts, network protocols, and Oracle Protocol Adapters. 
  1. Oracle8 Concepts

 

Basic database concepts. 
  1. Oracle8 Administrator's Guide

 

Basic database administration. 
  1. Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide

 

Instructions on using Oracle Enterprise Manager. 
  1. The remaining documentation in an order appropriate to your needs.

 

 

Starting Oracle Information Navigator

Use Oracle Information Navigator to view your HTML documentation set. Oracle Information Navigator enables you to search your entire documentation set for information on specific topics.

To start Oracle Information Navigator:

  1. Install Oracle Documentation from the CD-ROM.

    Oracle Information Navigator is automatically installed along with your Oracle Documentation.

  2. Use one of the following Java-enabled browsers:

    • Netscape Navigator Version 3.0 or later

      Visit http://www.netscape.com

    • Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 3.0 or later

      Visit http://www.microsoft.com

    Oracle Information Navigator can only work with a Java-enabled browser. If you do not use these browsers, you cannot view documentation from the WELCOME.HTM page that is accessed when you choose Start > Programs > Oracle for Windows NT - [HOME_NAME] > Oracle Documentation.

    You can still view online documentation by going to \DOC\INDEX.HTM located at the top of your CD-ROM, or to ORACLE_HOME\DOC\INDEX.HTM if you installed the documentation onto your computer.

  3. Choose Start > Programs > Oracle for Windows NT - [HOME_NAME] > Oracle8 Documentation.

    Your Web browser is automatically started, and a welcome page appears.

    Oracle Information Navigator appears.

  4. Click the question mark icon to access help for instructions on using Oracle Information Navigator.

    Notes:

    Some notes on using Oracle Information Navigator:

    • The Java components of Oracle Information Navigator do not work on Windows 3.1. You can still access the Oracle online documentation, however, you will not be able to use the Oracle Information Navigator. To use the Oracle Information Navigator, use a 32-bit Microsoft operating system such as Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 98.

    • Changes to Microsoft's Internet Explorer release 3.02 to address security issues may prevent Oracle Information Navigator from starting and displaying properly. This does not affect your access to Oracle online documentation.

     

Starting Adobe Acrobat Reader

Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print your PDF documentation set.

To start Adobe Acrobat Reader:

  1. Insert the Oracle8 Enterprise Edition CD-ROM into the mapped CD-ROM drive.

    The operating system automatically detects the CD-ROM. The Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Autorun dialog box appears and prompts you to make a selection:

    • Begin Installation

    • Browse Information

    • Explore CD

  2. Click Explore CD.

  3. Go to the \ACROREAD directory.

  4. Double-click on Ar32e30 to install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

    A wizard helps you quickly install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

  5. Choose Start > Programs > Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 after installation is complete to start Adobe Acrobat Reader.

  6. Choose Open from the File Menu and navigate to the \PDFDOC directory on the CD-ROM to read the PDF documents.

  7. Read PDF directly from the CD-ROM, or copy the files to your hard disk.

    Notes:

    Some notes on using Adobe Acrobat Reader:

    • After several documents are opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may receive an error message when trying to open an additional document, stating that the document does not exist. This error occurs because memory is low. To solve the problem, close open documents that you are not using, and continue.

    • You must use Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 3.0 to view the PDF documentation set.

    • The PDF (Adobe Acrobat) version of the documentation included on your product CD is compressed to save space. To use the PDF documentation, open the self-extracting PDF file located in the \PDF directory.

     

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