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                             Before You Install VAX TDMS

          This package contains the VAX TDMS software and installation
          instructions. Whether you are a new or a continuing VAX TDMS
          customer, take some time to read the following information about
          your product.

          Contents of This Kit

          Your VAX TDMS kit contains the following:

          o  The media required for Version 1.9 of VAX TDMS

          o  The VAX TDMS Installation Guide (Order number AA-M057J-TE)

          o  Software Product Description (SPD)

             The SPD provides an overview of the VAX TDMS kit and its
             features and explains the hardware and software requirements.

          o  Bill of Materials (BOM)

             Read the BOM and verify that all items listed on it are in
             your kit. If any items are missing or damaged, contact your
             DIGITAL representative.

          o  Other supplemental materials and any additionally ordered
             items

          You also may have received VAX TDMS documentation. The VAX TDMS
          documentation set consists of the following manuals:

          o  VAX TDMS Forms Manual (Order number AA-GS13B-TE, including
             AD-GS13B-T1)

          o  VAX TDMS Request and Programming Manual (Order number AA-
             GS14B-TE, including
             AD-GS14B-T1)

          o  VAX TDMS Reference Manual (Order number AA-HU17A-TE, includ-
             ing AD-HU17A-T1)

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          o  VAX TDMS Pocket Guide (Order number AA-P466B-TE)



          New Features For This Version

          o  With this version of VAX TDMS, the release notes are avail-
             able in online format only. You can read the release notes
             before, during, and after installing VAX TDMS. See the next
             section for more information.

          o  This version of VAX TDMS supports the VMS License Management
             Facility. During the installation procedure, you are asked
             whether you have registered the VAX TDMS license and loaded
             the appropriate Product Authorization Key (PAK). See the VAX
             TDMS Installation Guide for information on loading the PAK
             and registering the license for VAX TDMS.

          Installation and Release Notes Information

          Read the VAX TDMS Installation Guide before installing the VAX
          TDMS software.

          The release notes for VAX TDMS contain information on techni-
          cal changes and errors corrected in this version of VAX TDMS.
          You can read the release notes before installing VAX TDMS by
          invoking VMSINSTAL and following the instructions in the VAX
          TDMS Installation Guide. You can locate the release notes after
          installing VAX TDMS by entering the following DCL command:

               $ HELP TDMS RELEASE_NOTES <Return>

          The Next Generation Forms Product: DECforms

          VAX TDMS is now in maintenance-only mode. No further enhance-
          ments will be made to the product. However, Digital will con-
          tinue to maintain and service VAX TDMS as necessary and appro-
          priate.

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          Digital's strategic forms product is DECforms. DECforms offers
          all of the best features of both VAX TDMS and VAX FMS in a
          single forms product. In addition, DECforms offers many other
          significant features never before available in a Digital forms
          product. Digital will focus all future development efforts on
          DECforms and is positioning DECforms as Digital's single forms
          interface for the 1990s.

          Because Digital is committed to continued support of VAX TDMS,
          you need not feel compelled to migrate existing VAX TDMS-based
          applications to DECforms. However, if you do want to take ad-
          vantage of the superior functionality and long-term growth
          potential of DECforms, there are two ways to do so:

          o  Coexistence-DECforms can coexist with VAX TDMS. Therefore,
             applications that currently use VAX TDMS can grow to include
             calls to DECforms without rewriting existing modules.

          o  Migration-DECforms includes utilities for converting VAX
             TDMS forms and requests into DECforms form constructs. The
             DECforms documentation set also includes a manual to guide
             the application developer through the process of converting
             the application program itself. Migration is not a trivial
             task; consider carefully whether DECforms is absolutely
             necessary for an application before you attempt to convert
             it.

          You may decide to use DECforms for existing applications or
          for future application development. As a VAX TDMS customer,
          you are entitled to purchase DECforms at significant discounts
          off the standard price for any processor currently licensed for
          VAX TDMS (or VAX FMS). This is Digital's way of acknowledging
          your existing investment in VAX TDMS while encouraging you to
          evaluate the new forms technology for future development. Ask
          your local Digital representative about purchasing DECforms
          using the special part number "VUV" for the Full Development
          License and "VUW" for the Run-time Only License.


             © Digital Equipment Corporation. 1989. All rights reserved.


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          For more information about DECforms, contact your Digital repre-
          sentative.





































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