How to Install Easyask for Horizon
How to Install EasyAsk for Horizon for Windows 7 - 64 bit
Note: be sure that the Horizon client is installed first!
Step One: Configuring the ODBC Data Source
Go into the Windows “Control Panel”, if you haven’t already done so select “View by: small icons. Then the instructions will match what you see.
Click on “Administrative Tools” and then select “Data Sources (OBDC)”
Click the “Add” button to the right of User Data Sources. From the “Create New Data Source” window that appears, highlight the choice “Adaptive Server Enterprise” that appears on the list, and press the “Finish” button.
The ODBC Sybase Driver Setup window appears. On the “General” tab, enter the following:
Click on the “Test Connection” button.
Use “arrowhead” as the password. If you’ve done everything correctly get a “Login Succeeded”
Click “Apply”, then “OK.” Then hit “OK again. You are now finished with configuring ODBC.
Step Two: Installing the EasyAsk Application
1. Download from site these files: easyask.exe and EasyAskDCT.zip into an empty folder on your computer:
2. Go to the folder and Double click on the easyask.exe to extract the install files into the folder.
Next double-click on the EasyAskInstall.exe file. You’ll get this registration box:
3. Enter your name, library, and the following serial #:
KBBBR-Q42NK-2UNVC-YVE6X
Hit OK and confirm that the information is correct.
3. Now you’re asked where to install the documentation
Select “Install into your EasyAsk directory. The click “Next” to choose directory
Click on the “Browse” button and you’ll get this prompt:
Hit OK to select that folder. In the select documentation box select only “EasyAsk Client”, and “EasyAsk Documentation.”
It’s recommended that you restart your computer at this time.
Now go back to the folder where you originally downloaded the files and right click EasyAskDCT.zip file and click on “Extract All”. It will extract the files to the subdirectory, EasyAskDCT.
Copy two files, k12demo.dct and pubdemo.dct and from the folder into the c:\EasyAsk directory: eahorizon.dct, and then also copy EWHRZCFG1.XLS from the original download folder to the c:\EasyAsk directory.
Step Three: Starting EasyAsk for the First Time
1. Start EasyAsk by clicking the EasyAsk shortcut from the program group on your desktop.
2. When the “Data Workshop” window appears, click on the button showing a pair of binoculars (“New Question”). You will prompted to select a dictionary--choose the file “pubdemo.dct” (or, if a school library, "k12demo.dct") and enter the password “arrowhead”.
3. You should then see the EasyAsk Query Builder window appear, which is the starting point for generating a search.
Synchronizing your Dictionary File with the Live Database
1. Every time a change is made to the Horizon that results in a new data field or table; for example, a new Itype, a change in a circulation code, etc. you need to synchronize your dct file with the live database. We do this from a Windows command prompt window.
2. Open a Windows Command Prompt window
3. At the blinking cursor, type in the following, and hit enter: cd c:\easyask
4. Now, enter “EWSynch” at the cursor and hit Enter. You will be presented with a choice of dictionaries, choose the one that you selected before.
5. You will then be asked to enter your Horizon server password (arrowhead) and hit OK.
6. Wait until you see the message “Done!” appear in the command prompt window. You can now exit the window.
EASYASK IS NOW READY TO USE
Be sure to always select your own dictionary file after pressing the binoculars button, and SAY “YES” when asked to save any changes made to the dictionary.
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Mark Koukol, 09/11/12