Dyalog V14.0 Unregistered Version: Installation READ ME FIRST

This document contains information that could affect the installation of Dyalog.

This file is setup_readme.htm and is included in the help directory in the Dyalog installation directory.

Welcome

Further reading

If you are new to APL then you can find out more at any of these places:

Click on Help: Documentation Centre in the APL Session
Hit <F1> on APL symbols or valid system names in an APL session, and help for that item should appear
The help files also appear on http://help.dyalog.com
The directory "Program Files\Dyalog\Dyalog 14.0 APL Unicode\help" (or "Program Files (x86) on 64 bit Windows) contains all of the manuals in PDF format
The manuals also appear on http://docs.dyalog.com
Bernard Legrand's book "Mastering Dyalog APL" can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.dyalog.com/intro. It can be purchased from http://www.amazon.co.uk (why it has to be .co.uk is a long and painful story :-( )
The Dyalog APL forum is a good place to ask questions about Dyalog; you can read items without registering on the forum, but you will have to register to post items. The FAQ section may be particularly useful
Kai Jaeger maintains the APL Wiki at http://aplwiki.com
A diagram of the Dyalog keyboard layout for several languages can be found at http://dfns.dyalog.com/n_keyboards.htm

Licence types

Installing Dyalog

Note: There are some changes to the installation process for Dyalog version 14.0; even if you have installed Dyalog before, it is worth reading these instructions.

To perform a default installation of Dyalog:

Double click on setup.exe (you have probably already done this !).
Enter your serial number into the field on the setup screen.
If installing the Unicode Edition, ensure that the Unicode IME is selected - it is optional for the Classic Edition.
Click on Default Install.
You must read and accept the Licence terms which will appear in a pop-up window to continue with the installation.
At the end of the installation process you will be prompted to reboot your PC; Dyalog will not be fully installed until the PC has been rebooted. It is recommended that you reboot as soon as possible after installing Dyalog.
Double click on the new Dyalog shortcut on your desktop.

A note for those who have installed previous versions of Dyalog: with Dyalog version 14.0 it is not necessary to extract the files from the setup.zip file or to right-click on setup.exe and select "Run as Administrator". This is because setup.exe now automatically asks for elevated privileges; you will still need to permit the installer to run with these privileges. The reboot after having installed Dyalog is still required.

Note also that setup.exe in the Microsoft Windows installation images has been digitally signed with Dyalog Ltd's certificate. This is the first step towards signing all of the executables that are supplied with Dyalog, a process which will continue over the next few releases.

Additional information about installing Dyalog can be found here on the Dyalog Forums.

Post installation tasks

The unregistered version has no update mechanism; Dyalog will update the installation image from time to time.

Association of APL fonts with APL versions

If you have multiple versions of Dyalog installed on your PC, uninstalling any version might result in the APL fonts being uninstalled. Dyalog has placed a zip file containing the APL fonts here so that you can download and reinstall them.

There are more details in the FAQ section of the Dyalog Forums.